Tag: MES

The Future of ChatGPT in Manufacturing
In my last two posts on ChatGPT, I wrote about exploring how ChatGPT could help manufacturers and system integrators and what benefits it could bring to manufacturing execution systems (MES). Following the documentation […]

Exploring the Use of ChatGPT with Manufacturing Systems
Last month I asked ChatGPT which benefits its integration with a manufacturing execution system (MES) could provide and what the role of a system integrator could be in such a scenario. It […]

What ChatGPT Says About Its MES Abilities
I worked with ChatGPT to learn about its potential applications with manufacturing execution system (MES) software. After working with it for a while, I got the answer shown below. I […]

The System Integrator’s Role in Sustainability – Part III
In my previous article, I noted several sustainable development goals (SDG) a system integration business should be aligned with. Now I’d like to dig deeper into a few of the key […]

The System Integrator’s Role in Sustainability – Part II
As I wrote in my previous article, “The System Integrator’s Role in Sustainability” (Automation World – October 2022), System Integrators have two types of responsibility in driving sustainability: direct responsibility […]

The System Integrator’s Role in Sustainability – Part I
In 2015, the United Nations (UN) adopted the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, which is intended to guide the global economy in light of social equality and ecological boundaries. The […]

Rapidly Changing Market Demands Impact Industry
The food and beverage industry is being disrupted by significant consumer, product, brand, and distribution trends. Even though many of these trends are not necessarily new, disruptions since the emergence […]

Digitalization Is Disrupting the Supply Chain
My last three articles analyzed the relationship between digitalization and the manufacturing execution system (MES), considering MES as a key component of any digitalization initiative. At the time, I touched […]

Is Digitalization Different From MES? (Part 3)
In Italy we say, “There’s no two without three!” So here is the third and last part of my thoughts on the relationship between a manufacturing execution system (MES) and […]

Is Digitalization Different From MES? (Part 2)
When a couple of months ago I wrote of MES and digitalization, I was not expecting to receive so much feedback. It was a real surprise to read comments and […]