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MESA International

MESA Global Education Program

With members in 85 countries globally, MESA is an independent, objective community of like-minded people and enterprises working to make Operations more reliable, capable and profitable. Some of the foremost experts across the Operations Management landscape are leading the knowledge sharing within the MESA community by offering programs across 4 continents.

• MESA Certificate of Competency (CoC) for MES/MOM* Methodologies
  A 4-day, comprehensive program of MES/MOM Methodologies courses aimed at Systems Analysts, Architects, Programmers, Project Managers and Consultants.
• MESA Certificate of Awareness (CoA) for MES/MOM Business Awareness
  A 2-day, high-level program of MES/MOM Business Functions courses geared for executives, manufacturing/operations and IT personnel and sales professionals.The CoA courses are higher level, short versions of the CoC program.

* MES/MOM = Manufacturing Execution Systems/Manufacturing Operations Management

MESA's Mission

MESA is the first choice for industry professionals seeking innovative thinking and leadership to drive operations excellence. Its Member-driven working groups, industry events and educational forums:

• Enable members to connect, contribute, cultivate understanding, and exchange strategies to facilitate operations excellence
• Result in white papers, podcasts, guidebooks, research studies, webcasts and other resources that accelerate learning and knowledge transfer
• Provide best practices guidance to drive greater operations performance and profitability

MESA's Manufacturing Models and White Papers

In the nineties, MESA defined the world wide known 11 functions of MES. In 2003, MESA extended the MESA-11 into the collaborative MES model. From 2007, MESA is focusing on Strategic Initiatives (MSI) and at the end of last year the first 5 guidebooks on these MSI's were published (read more ...). MESA also promotes the spread and use of standards like ANSI/ISA-95.

Regularly, MESA publishes new white papers and guidebooks, broadcasting webinars on actual subjects, like "Manufacturing Operations Management: Insights for MESA Members" and "Improving Performance in Difficult Times: MESA Study Shows How".