MES Product Survey 2008

September 5, 2008, the ninth edition of Logica's MES product Survey has been published. Now the report comprises an information about 56 MES products from 55 vendors. The extensive questionnaire resulted in a report with:

• General Information about MES
  • MESA International, MESA-11 Functions and ANSI/ISA-95
• Observations and Trends
  • Results of the 2008 Survey
  • Plant Floor Visibility
  • Performance Improvement Initiatives
  • Collaborative Manufacturing
  • Validation and regulatory Compliance
  • Business Case for MES
  • MES Selection: Best Practices
  • Important Aspects when selecting MES
  • MES and ERP, PDM/PLM
• Vendor Information
  • Focus of the Vendor
  • Alliances
  • Support and Helpdesk
• Product Information
  • MESA-11 and ISA-95 Compliance
  • Configurability
  • Validation and Regulatory Compliance
  • Major Functions and Industry Specific Solutions
  • Supported and Unsupported Functional Aspects
  • Mobile Solutions
  • Architectural and Technical Aspects, including SOA
  • Multi Language Support
  • Incident Management

For each of the 56 products, the report contains extensive detailed information, e.g. about methodologies and tools for efficient implementation and deployment in case of international multi-site roll-outs. The 410 pages report is written by the (Principal) Business Consultants of Logica's MES Centre of Excellence in The Netherlands.

Special Offer
Premium MESA members have the opportunity to purchase an electronic copy of the report (printable PDF file) at 50% off the normal price of US$ 700 through the MESA website. Not a MESA International member yet? The price of an individual end user membership in only US$ 85 per year. Sign up immediately and take advantage of both special offers for the MESA membership and for purchasing the "MES Product Survey 2008" report.

If you are a vendor of a "standard" MES solution and you didn't receive an invitation to participate, please, send an email to Jan Snoeij or use the 'contact' option at the top left of this page to express your interest.