According to the IDC MarketScape : Asia/Pacific Manufacturing Execution Systems 2023 Vendor Assessment, Critical Manufacturing, Dassault Systèmes, SAP, and Siemens are identified (in alphabetical order) as “Leaders” among Manufacturing Execution Systems (MES) vendors, followed closely by "Major Players" in the market namely (in alphabetical order) Aveva, Black Lake Technologies, Digiwin, Epicor, FPT Software, GE Digital, New Core, Oracle, Rockwell, Samsung SDS, and SiE.
Manufacturers prioritise building business agility in response to the dynamics and volatility of the market. The increase in deployment of industrial automation and Internet-of-Things (IoT) in manufacturing processes and workflows had pledged the need for the adoption of an MES solution. Vendors need to be attentive to additional manufacturers' challenges such as sustainability compliance and skills shortage.
To deliver an MES solution that meets manufacturers' expectations, vendors need to continuously innovate their products beyond the basic core functionality, providing support for seamless integration, simplifying user interface (UI/UX) and offering manufacturers the flexibility to scale on the ability to control, execute, monitor, and analyse their production operations performance in real-time.
"Manufacturers are constantly looking to improve their production efficiency. An MES solution is an indispensable tool that provides manufacturers with the ability to control, execute, monitor, and analyse their production operations performance in real-time says Dr Wai Yee Lee, research manager for Manufacturing Insights at IDC Asia/Pacific.
"MES solution providers need to support and help manufacturers in customising and integrating the solution, ensuring that their organisation can gain optimal benefits and achieve short-term and long-term organisational goals." Dr Wai Yee Lee
Industry comment
Peter Moore, head of enterprise cloud at SAP Asia Pacific and Japan says SAP is driving the future of sustainable, intelligent Manufacturing Execution enterprises.
"With the SAP Digital Manufacturing solution, together with RISE with SAP and SAP Business Technology Platform (BTP), our customers can realise the benefits of improved manufacturing reliability, product traceability and automated data collection by applying technologies like artificial intelligence and machine learning in the field, front office, back office and the factory/manufacturing shop floor." Peter Moore
"SAP continues to empower companies to respond quickly to market dynamics, future-proof their business and drive a risk-resilient and sustainable supply chain for the digital economy in Asia Pacific and Japan,” he continued.
