Best Manufacturing Execution Systems
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What are Manufacturing Execution Systems?
Manufacturing execution systems (MES) are software solutions designed to monitor, track, and control manufacturing processes on the shop floor. These systems provide real-time visibility into production activities, enabling manufacturers to optimize processes, improve efficiency, and ensure product quality. MES platforms typically include features like production scheduling, inventory management, quality control, equipment monitoring, and data collection. By using MES, manufacturers can streamline operations, reduce downtime, improve resource utilization, and maintain better control over production workflows. Compare and read user reviews of the best Manufacturing Execution systems currently available using the table below. This list is updated regularly.
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Epicor Connected Process Control
Epicor Software
Epicor Connected Process Control (CPC), formerly eFlex Systems, provides manufacturers a flexible, no-code/low-code MES solution. No programming or special skills required. Digital work instructions, with multi-media capabilities, along with the ability to integrate virtually any device with communication capabilities, provides 100% historical record of the product and the process. Providing data insight, from production reports, to part history, quality summary and more — address issues quickly, minimize waste and disruptions. Whether you start small in subassembly areas, an entire line, or apply enterprise wide - we work with manufacturers of all sizes and needs. Hosted on prem or in the cloud, you decide what's best for your operations. -
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Aizon
Aizon
Aizon: Intelligent GxP Manufacturing Aizon enables pharmaceutical and biotech manufacturers to transform operations with AI-powered solutions purpose-built for GxP environments. Our platform helps reduce variability, increase yield, and ensure product quality—consistently and at scale. Aizon Execute — Intelligent Batch Record (iBR): Digitize manufacturing in weeks, not months, reducing deviations and accelerating batch release. Aizon Unify — Contextualized Intelligent Lakehouse: Integrate and contextualize data across systems and sites to drive actionable insights for manufacturing excellence. Aizon Predict — GxP AI Industrialization: Deploy predictive AI to optimize critical process parameters, improve Right-First-Time rates, and boost yield. With Aizon, manufacturers move beyond compliance to achieve operational intelligence—analyzing the past, mastering the present, and shaping the future of production. -
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Odoo
Odoo
Odoo is a fully integrated, customizable, open-source software packed with hundreds of expertly designed business applications. Odoo’s intuitive database is able to meet a majority of business needs, such as: CRM, Sales, Project, Manufacturing, Inventory, and Accounting, just to name a few. Odoo is an all-in-one software solution designed to meet the needs of companies, regardless of their size (or budget). The unbeatable, seamless nature of Odoo helps businesses become more efficient by reducing redundant manual processes, which helps companies save countless hours of labor. Every module is interconnected to provide a fully-integrated experience from app to app, and users can automate many processes that would’ve otherwise required manual inputs into multiple applications. Odoo keeps all business functions in one place, allowing teams to collaborate with other departments from one unified platform in the most efficient way possible.">
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Shoplogix Smart Factory Platform
Shoplogix
Shoplogix is a smart, scalable platform trusted by manufacturers worldwide for over 20 years. It transforms real-time machine and production data into actionable insights, helping teams uncover hidden losses and drive rapid ROI. Features include intuitive visual dashboards, integrated analytics, and real-time alerts for fast, informed decisions. Shoplogix connects to any machine type, tracking downtime, scrap, throughput, and setup stages. Operators and managers can quickly spot issues, launch action plans, and improve efficiency on the fly. With built-in continuous improvement tools and seamless scaling from one line to multi-plant operations, Shoplogix empowers your team to eliminate bottlenecks, boost OEE, and achieve lasting operational excellence. -
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Epsilon3
Epsilon3
Epsilon3 is an AI-powered procedure and resource management tool designed for teams building, testing, and operating advanced products and systems. ✔ Standardize & Optimize Processes Our interoperable procedure execution system replaces inefficient checklists managed with paper, spreadsheets, docs, and outdated planning tools. Automatically track every step to ensure quality, consistency, and traceability. ✔ Fuel Rapid Iteration & Innovation Built-in version control, conditional workflows, and real-time data synchronization keep teams on the same page. Enable continuous improvement and quick, data-driven decisions to stay far ahead of the competition. ✔ Streamline & Scale Operations Securely integrate siloed systems and automate error-prone tasks to boost productivity and prevent delays. Simplify training, reduce costs, and maintain efficiency as your operations expand to meet demand. Trusted by industry leaders like NASA, Firefly Aerospace, and Commonwealth Fusion.Starting Price: $100/user/month -
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Evocon
Evocon
Trusted by manufacturers worldwide, Evocon is a simple and easy-to-use OEE software that helps manufacturing companies improve their production efficiency and reduce waste. The system enables automated data collection, real-time data visualization, downtime tracking, bottleneck identification, and performance monitoring. With Evocon, you get all the tools you need to improve OEE and understand what is actually going on in your production processes.Starting Price: €159/month, per machine -
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MRPeasy
MRPeasy
MRPeasy helps small manufacturers grow with easy-to-use tools that cover all the essentials they need to manage their production. Having built the first cloud-based MRP platform in 2014, we offer user-friendly software-as-a-service that covers everything from production planning to CRM, skipping all the features that are too complex or irrelevant for small manufacturers. This means smaller manufacturers get access to powerful production planning tools, levelling the playing field with larger competitors. With MRPeasy, you know exactly how much your products cost and when they’re ready, helping you to steer your business effectively. MRPeasy integrates with leading accounting software like QuickBooks and Xero and e-commerce platforms like Shopify and WooCommerce, providing a comprehensive, fully integrated business management solution.">
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Flowlens
Flowlens
Flowlens is cloud manufacturing MES and MRP software for small - medium sized manufacturers of equipment, machinery, plant and industrial systems. Flowlens gives you: - one place for your business information - sales, inventory, purchasing - production, profitability - shop-floor data capture - complex multi-level bill of materials & production routes - traceability & quality management / ISO9001 - sub-contractor workflow - after sales service management and product history - CRM / Supplier management - automatic stock shortages and PO creation Flowlens links to Xero, Quickbooks Online and Sage 50 accounts packages, enabling data to be seamlessly transferred without manual rekeying. Flowlens customers typically migrate away from manual repetitive processes, spreadsheets and hours of effort, to enjoy savings of a day a week or more per person. Visit our website to watch case studies and request a free trial Flowlens also provides expert implementation packageStarting Price: £39/user/month plus platform -
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Katana Cloud Inventory
Katana Cloud Inventory
Katana's Cloud Inventory Platform gives you a centralized view of your inventory to maintain optimal stock levels across all your locations and efficiently track products available for sale. Easily manage incoming orders from all your sales channels and issue purchase orders directly from Katana to ensure restocking at the right time and in the right quantities. Seamlessly integrate Katana with your e-commerce, accounting, and other business software to automate repetitive tasks and get real-time visibility over your daily operations and business performance. Main features: *Real-time inventory insights *Built-in purchase order management *Omnichannel sales management *Manufacturing operations management *Financial visibility and cloud accountingStarting Price: $179/month -
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Eyelit
Eyelit Technologies
Eyelit software provides a fully-integrated, collaborative manufacturing solution for optimizing manufacturing execution, supply chain coordination, asset utilization, and quality management. Eyelit is a recognized leader in providing “out-of-the-box” capabilities that are quickly deployed and has a strong track record of satisfying functionality needs and achieving project goals with little or no customization. At the heart of our solutions is Eyelit MES, the core system augmented by optional modules. Those share the same event-based workflow engine throughout the product suite, with configurable scenarios that evaluate current conditions to control and direct activities. The Eyelit Automation/Integration and Enterprise modules support the wide spectrum of integration and automation capabilities for Industry 4.0 initiatives and connectivity throughout the entire scope of vertical and horizontal value chains of data. -
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Genius ERP
Genius Solutions
Genius Solutions is a complete enterprise resource planning (ERP) solution, including software, implementation services and field expertise for small to mid-sized custom manufacturers. Genius ERP is built for manufacturers handling make-to-order, engineer-to-order, custom-to-order and assemble-to-order manufacturing. Accurate estimating, product engineering, inventory control, production planning, accounts management, field services and complete oversight: one system that helps simplify complex manufacturing. -
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Cetec ERP
Cetec ERP
Cetec ERP is a production-focused, high value, cloud ERP for SMB manufacturing companies. It is built to help manufacturers solve their most difficult challenges, and run their business efficiently. As a web-native, Saas ERP solution, Cetec ERP is nimble and intuitive for users, and robust and flexible in functionality to adequately support a wide range of manufacturing processes. Cetec ERP helps to manage the manufacturing business end to end in a fully integrated, streamlined workflow - including complex BOMs in engineering, CRM, quoting and job costing, scheduling, production management tools, shop floor and order tracking, quality, inventory management, and accounting. It is designed for a dynamic, complex manufacturing environment, and excels in highly regulated industries such as aerospace/defense and medical devices. Services are offered on a monthly subscription basis that includes support via email, phone and through other online resources.Starting Price: $50.00/month/user -
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MasterControl
MasterControl
Bringing breakthrough products to market in highly regulated industries can feel like an endless series of trade-offs. MasterControl's software simplifies GxP workflows so you never have to sacrifice quality for cost or innovation for regulation. Complete and connected meets fast and flexible. From quality event management to document control and integrated training - MasterControl Quality Excellence transforms your quality data and processes into a competitive advantage. Modernizing your manufacturing operations starts with modern software. From work orders to work instructions and production records (EBR or eDHR) to logbooks, MasterControl Manufacturing Excellence is the simplest way to digitalize manufacturing.Starting Price: $25,000 / 1st year -
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M1
ECI Software Solutions
M1 is a subscription cloud-based or on-premise ERP software for discrete manufacturers, enabling you to tie your business operations together in one system to centralize your data. It lets you coordinate and share data across various functions within your business from estimating, purchasing, inventory management, scheduling, production, shipping, and more. The solution is suitable for small to midsize companies that manufacture via repetitive, make-to-stock, make-to-order and engineer-to-order processes. M1’s product configurator provides a multi-level, automated configuration that builds product configurations from a BOM. Users can also add additional rules and formulas after the wizard is complete. The system also offers features for inventory barcoding, shop floor control and customizable reporting through integration with Crystal Reports. Other key features include MRP, Alerts and Automation, BAM, "Smart Screen Technology", and the M1 Design Studio to customize M1Starting Price: $30,000/starting -
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SAP Business ByDesign
Navigator Business Solutions
The right ERP system for Life Sciences, Consumer Products & Distribution companies that are focused on growth and their systems are holding them back. Built for early-stage to mid-market companies that plan to grow. SAP Business ByDesign is a complete, cloud-based ERP solution for fast-growing, start-up to mid-market businesses and subsidiaries that want to scale without the complexity and unnecessary cost. With SAP Business ByDesign, you get an affordable way to manage your entire business as an integrated whole, from accounting and financials, purchasing, inventory, sales, and customer support, all the way to operations, logistics, project management, and human resources. 36 End-to-End Process Scenarios built-in Operational Performance Sourcing & Procurement Project Management Reporting & Analytics Accounting & Finance CRM, Sales, & Marketing Service Support Human resources (Suite-in-a-Box)Starting Price: $22 per/user/month -
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QAD Redzone
QAD
Redzone has taken the food, beverage, and CPG manufacturing markets by storm with a digital production system that was purpose built for lean manufacturing and continuous improvement. By empowering frontline workers as their productivity engine, customers regularly post and sustain 30+% productivity uplifts following their first 90-day deployment. Typical Outcomes: - Rapid double-digit productivity improvements - A collaborative workforce engagement system that reduces turnover - A culture of continuous improvement driven by your workers and sustained over the long term With specific modules for production, quality and maintenance all built on a social/mobile platform for everyone-to-everyone collaboration, you'll connect all levels of the business to catch concerns before they become issues and get them fixed! -
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Masterplan ERP
Masterplan ERP Inc.
Masterplan helps you run efficiently by integrating every facet of your business. Dig deep into your data and find the secrets to your company’s successes and discover ways to drive growth. -
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MISys Manufacturing
MISys, Inc.
MISys Manufacturing is a reliable manufacturing software solution available on both hosted-cloud and on-premise platforms. This purpose-built solution is specifically designed for small to midsize manufacturing businesses, and is simple to install, quick to implement, and easy to use. With MISys Manufacturing, you can reduce inventory costs, eliminate purchasing errors, improve production efficiency, and analyze production costs with greater accuracy. This solution also offers low cost of ownership and flexibility in a modular design, with advanced capabilities such as production & purchasing management, forecasting, material requirements planning (MRP), WIP, labor tracking, serial/lot tracking, barcoding and more. Plus, MISys Manufacturing seamlessly integrates with popular accounting applications like QuickBooks Desktop and Online, Sage 50, Sage 50 Canada, Sage 300, and Sage Intacct. Streamline your operations with MISys Manufacturing - learn more at misysinc.com.Starting Price: $150/month paid annually -
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Axelor
Axelor
Axelor is an Open Source business application suite that reinvents enterprise management. Built on a Low Code/No Code approach, it natively integrates key tools for digital transformation: ERP & CRM, BPM & workflows, BI & Analytics, web portals & CMS. The Axelor platform offers over 1500 ready-to-use connectors. Axelor provides specialized ERPs designed for various sectors: Industry & Manufacturing: Axelor Factory Services, Consulting & Construction: Axelor Service Retail & Distribution: Axelor Commerce Low Code Platform: Axelor Platform Enjoy a modern design and intuitive navigation. Unlike traditional management solutions, Axelor combines ease of use, simplicity and efficiency. Discover a new approach for an unequalled flexibility. Thanks to the integrated BPM, you can adapt in real time, with simple configurations and very few custom developments your application to business changes.Starting Price: 35€ per month per user -
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Quantum
CIMx Software
Quantum is a robust MES that gives manufacturers the visibility they want, the data they need, and the compliance they count on, all while seamlessly managing everything from inventory to final inspection. With Quantum: - Your production schedule is always accurate and adaptable, able to flex to any situation. - Your team always has the proper instructions to do their daily work. - You have a prioritized work list, keeping your team on top of tasks today, tomorrow, and beyond. - Gain total visibility into your inventory and manage everything from raw materials to finished products in one place. - Proactively identify and prevent potential issues with real-time alerts. Quantum bridges the gap between your ERP (example: QuickBooks) and your shop floor operations, integrating these functions into a singular system. This empowers the front office with essential financial insights while equipping the shop floor with unparalleled production efficiencyStarting Price: $6,495 +$250 per user per year -
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Tundra
Yeti Forge Technologies Ltd.
Tundra is a specialised system designed for the manufacturing sector, addressing the unique needs of Precision Engineering, Surface Treatments, and Additive Manufacturing. With evolving operations, companies enhance in-house capabilities by integrating value-added services across multiple disciplines, eliminating the need for separate software for each area. Transform your production process and get the customised support you need to thrive in today’s competitive landscape. Tundra is uniquely equipped to meet the needs of Engineering and Surface Treatments while fully supporting the demands of each discipline. With over 40 years of experience serving clients from SMEs to OEMs like Airbus and Bentley Motors, we know what it takes to help companies of all sizes succeed.Starting Price: £35/user/month -
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Prodsmart
Prodsmart
Prodsmart is the SMB manufacturers gateway to digitization. Its a complete, modular solution that gets any production environment ready for the future of manufacturing. Prodsmart empowers SMBs with data. By gathering insight on their entire production, Prodsmart helps them fully understand their environment, optimize their operations and respond to change quickly. This gives SMBs the confidence to make decisions based on data, negotiate from a position of strength, and fuel business growth.Starting Price: $600 per month. Unlimited users & unlimited devices. -
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Tulip
Tulip
Tulip's flexible, no-code frontline operations platform helps manufacturers create front-end applications that guide operators, collect data from workers, machines, and devices, and track metrics against your KPIs. With Tulip, companies can digitally transform their operations in days, gaining real-time visibility of their operations to increase productivity, reduce errors, and drive continuous improvement.Starting Price: $1,200 per year -
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SwipeGuide
SwipeGuide
It’s time to simplify the way people work and learn at the frontline. SwipeGuide is the frontline 'how-to' platform for collaborative and connected work at scale. The clear-cut platform helps you drive operational excellence through standard work and frontline skills development, hassle-free (we promise). ✓ Coordinate instructions, checklists, and frontline know-how to prevent errors and keep every process running smoothly. ✓ Standardize 50 different ways of doing the same thing. ✓ Capture improvements and share data driven best practices across teams to drive efficiency and continuous improvement. ✓ Motivate frontline teams to develop skills proactively and simplify shop floor training through dynamic skills management. → Simply put: SwipeGuide captures the know-how of the best to remove the guesswork from the rest. Every task done right. No matter who. No matter what. That’s our groove - hope you like it. SwipeGuide is trusted by industrial frontrunners arStarting Price: $425/month -
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Amper
Amper
Amper is redefining manufacturing execution systems (MES) with FactoryOS, a new kind of platform designed to empower manufacturers to track, plan, execute, and improve their operations with unmatched ease of deployment and adoption. Built on real-time IoT data, robust security standards, and seamless integrations—and powered by AI—FactoryOS serves as a turnkey solution and the central hub for manufacturers to achieve on-time delivery, empower their workforce, and maximize efficiency.Starting Price: $30,000/year -
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Predator Software
Predator Software
Since 1994, Predator Software focuses on automating manufacturers worldwide with innovative and award-winning software applications. Predator Software is an industry leader in Industry 4.0, lean manufacturing, industrial networking solutions and automation via shop floor control or SFC. Predator's SFC technologies include CNC networking, machine monitoring, OEE, production data management, data collection, machine simulation & verification, tool & gage crib management, traveler management, CNC post processing, flexible manufacturing systems and robotic cell control software.Starting Price: $250 -
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ShiftWorx
FreePoint Technologies Inc.
FreePoint Technologies' ShiftWorx is a unique grouping of modules that provide an end-to-end solution for continuous improvement across the production floor. ▪ Production Management - Real-time information on machine performance, jobs, and operator workforce. ▪ Performance Analysis - Metrics at the machine, line or plant for historical, situational and predictive insights. ▪ Quality & Compliance - Benchmarking, standards and procedures to meet audit and compliance regulations. ▪ Team Member Development & Performance - Operators have better tools for creating value added work. ShiftWorx provides a ‘holistic’ shopfloor management platform that when applied in whole or in succession affords manufacturers a production optimization solution backed by Toyota Production System (TPS) consulting expertise. Measure, Analyze, and Improve with ShiftWorx! Contact us for a complimentary consultation from our TPS experts! Schedule a software demo specific to your Industry today!Starting Price: $125 -
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Datacor ERP
Datacor
Datacor ERP is a fully integrated enterprise resource planning (ERP) software solution created by Datacor specifically designed for the process manufacturing and chemical distribution industries. Datacor ERP helps integrate the entire business environment by connecting people, procedures, and departments across all operations. Features specific to process manufacturers include Cradle-to-Grave lot tracking and cfr21Part 11 compliance. Distribution-specific features include rebates, price support (CUPS), and multi-source purchasing. Benefits: - Streamline production and quality from a single-source solution - Ensure top-of-the-line products from formulation to shipments - Manage order entry, ensure accurate invoicing and optimize selling - Improve efficiency, inventory accuracy and executive decision-making - Integrate government reporting requirements with business operations for hassle-free compliance -
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ALIX by Agilean
ALIX by Agilean
ALIX - Smart Assistant, an application designed by Agilean, supports the planning and optimization of production in real time, which facilitates the implementation and maintenance of a culture of continuous improvement, allowing to reduce lead times and production costs. ALIX measures in real time the performance of resources, equipment and workstations, raw material consumption as well as the use of subcontracting. By providing a complete picture of the situation, at all times, our customers can identify production delays, make the necessary corrections and optimize their operations. Unlike the systems that could be put in place with our target customers, ALIX measures the deadlines for each step of the production process, at the source, and presents the information in an easy-to-use interface, for all employees ( accessibility and user-friendliness). ALIX paired with the right Zoho apps will give you complete visibility into the Customer Journey in your business. -
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NoMuda VisualFactory
NoMuda
NoMuda VisualFactory is the Lean Manufacturing Software that helps high variety, high value and complex assembly manufacturers implement lean best practice in a simple, standardized and sustainable way. Our customers get better control over their shop floor operations with 6-10% productivity increases whilst eliminating manufacturing errors and providing real time visibility of production status to the Shop Floor and Management. We work with some of the largest manufacturers in the world with installations throughout North America, Europe, India and China.