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: No MES? No problem!

Manufacturers often face high costs and complexity when implementing Manufacturing Execution Systems (MES). Agentic AI and generative AI offer a lightweight alternative, autonomously managing operations, optimizing processes, and delivering real-time insights without MES infrastructure. By combining edge computing, smart sensors, and cloud analytics, these AI technologies enable predictive maintenance, quality control, and process optimization. This AI-first approach empowers manufacturing environments to adapt, learn, and continuously improve, achieving autonomous, data-driven operations without traditional execution systems.

1. Can anyone share an example where AI made an autonomous decision on the shop floor?
2. What technical hurdles have you faced deploying AI without MES, and how did you overcome them?
3. How are you ensuring your AI systems get the right data without a unified platform?
4. What metrics have best demonstrated the value of AI for your operations?

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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