MESA Smart Manufacturing Community: Manufacturing Operations Software

Description

Come share your experiences, stories, questions, and what you have learned in a safe, non-commercial environment. We seek to understand the state-of-the market, understand what companies have done that has or has not worked, documenting questions that MESA and the community can help answer. Overall, the goal is to accelerate each participant’s learning and progress toward Smart Manufacturing. 

Topic: Making MES Smarter, Not Harder

Many manufacturers find themselves underwhelmed by traditional Manufacturing Execution Systems (MES)—burdened by rigidity, slow adoption, and poor integration with evolving digital architectures. This talk explores a bold question: what if, instead of forcing MES success, we reimagine it through the lens of AI? Specifically, Agentic AI. By shifting from rule-based tracking and control to intelligent, adaptive agents that learn, predict, and act autonomously, we unlock new ways to optimize production, quality, and workforce performance. This session is for anyone ready to move from underperforming digital tools to value-creating, AI-native operations—and finally make MES make sense.

Agenda: 

• Thanks to our Sponsor(s) 
• Facilitator introduction 
• Community & Group overview – why participate and what to expect 
• Smart Manufacturing Paradigm 
• Thanks to our Sponsor(s) 
• Summary of last meeting 
• Today's subject 
• Wrap up 
• Next meeting 
• How to keep the conversation going 
• Thanks

The Community meets every two weeks via virtual facilitated meetings. The Community is a benefit of MESA membership. Members automatically receive the Zoom link/invitation. Not a member? Join today! 

Learn more about MESA's Smart Manufacturing Community Groups.

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