Manufacturing execution systems (MES)

From the machine to the record

An edge platform turns machine signals into data that the shop-floor software uses.

Box 1 connects to machines of any maker and age, and turns their signals into data. Box 2 uses that data to track each order, each machine and each defect. Box 3 holds shop-floor software made for printing and packaging plants. Tap a title in the diagram to jump to its companies.

Edge platforms 1 company

An edge platform runs on computers inside the factory, connects to machines of every maker, and turns their signals into data other software can use.

LitmusLitmus, with engineers in Pune, sells an edge platform that connects to the machines and controllers of any maker and turns their signals into usable data.Pune

The tech, explainedIndustrial edge computing

Shop-floor and quality software 4 companies

These companies make software that tracks each order through each machine, shows which machines are running, and records every defect and its fix.

ApplixApplix, an Indian company with engineers in Chennai and Bengaluru, sells software that tracks a factory's production, maintenance and quality.Chennai

CAI SoftwareCAI Software, with engineers in Bengaluru, sells shop-floor tracking, machine monitoring and ERP to small and mid-sized manufacturers, and a platform that guides workers through each step of a job.BengaluruHired recently

Vegam SolutionsVegam Solutions, an Indian company with engineers in Bengaluru, sells software that tracks a factory's production, maintenance and quality.

UnifizeUnifize, with engineers in Bengaluru, sells quality software. It keeps the record of everything that did not go to plan, and what was done about it, which regulators and customers audit.

The tech, explainedManufacturing execution system (MES)OEE and machine monitoring

Software for printing and packaging plants 4 companies

These companies make software for one kind of plant, mostly printing and packaging.

Amtech SoftwareAmtech Software, with engineers in Bengaluru, sells ERP and shop-floor systems to packaging plants.BengaluruHired recently

FieryFiery, with engineers in Bengaluru, makes the servers that drive digital printing presses.Bengaluru

ePS (eProductivity Software)ePS (eProductivity Software) schedules and monitors printing plants.

Windowmaker SoftwareWindowmaker Software, in Kolkata, is another company that makes software for one kind of plant.

How it all worksIndustrial automationThousands of bottles an hour, a few people watching.

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What's changing

The factory's data made usable.

A factory's data sits in machines of different makers and ages, and connecting it has been the long first step of every smart-factory project. Edge platforms and AI models now gather, label and explain the data, so a supervisor can simply ask why a line slowed down.