Manufacturing Execution Systems (MES) are a critical asset for smart factories and digital manufacturing. In its new report "Critical Capabilities for Manufacturing Execution Systems 2021" Gartner awards Proficy Plant Applications as the best MES solution for manufacturing industries characterized by continuous processes and indicates it as the second best option for industries with Batch production and for heavily regulated sectors .

GE-Digital it is also a top four vendor for in-process quality management, data collection and management, manufacturing systems integration, and enterprise-level integration architecture.

“We are honored to receive this recognition for our MES solution from Gartner,” he said Richard Kenedi, general manager of GE Digital's Manufacturing and Digital Plant business. “We believe that this report recognizes how important it is to offer innovative industrial software solutions capable of responding to the various critical issues of production processes”.

“Critical capabilities are attributes that differentiate products/services in terms of quality and performance,” he said Rick Franzosa, Senior Director, Analyst, Supply Chain for Gartner. “In this market differentiation is determined by the specific focus of the product on particular functionalities, production systems and/or industries”.

GE Digital's flagship MES software, Proficy Plant Applications, which in Italy is distributed and supported by ServiTecno, is an operations management solution suitable for all production environments, regardless of whether they are characterized by continuous, discrete or mixed production processes: from food and beverage to CPG (Consumer packaged goods), from aviation to electronics.

This MES solution collects and analyzes data and helps manage both fast, highly automated processes and slower, more labor-intensive ones.

Proven and developed for over 25 years with thousands of implementations worldwide, Proficy Plant Applications reduces costs and saves time by automating and integrating information-generating tasks to manage production execution and performance optimization . It helps strike the right balance between the different priorities of manufacturing operations while maximizing operational effectiveness and profitability.

To download the “Gartner Critical Capabilities for Manufacturing Execution Systems 2021” report, click here.

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