PLM

OT/IT Convergence

The MES Is the Pivot Point of Your MBE Sale — Are You Treating It That Way?

The Manufacturing Execution System sits at Level 2 in the ISA-95 hierarchy — between the shop floor control systems below and the enterprise ERP and PLM systems above. In an MBE implementation, the MES is not just a production scheduling and tracking tool. It is the data hub that connects real-time operational data from the shop floor with the quality and design data from the enterprise systems.

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Channel & Partner Strategy

The Partner Ecosystem Play That Most MBE Solution Providers Are Missing

The MBE market is not a single-vendor market. No one company provides the CAD system, the PLM platform, the CMM software, the QIF data management layer, the MES integration, and the digital thread infrastructure. Every MBE implementation involves multiple products from multiple vendors — and the solution providers who assemble, integrate, and manage that ecosystem are the ones who capture the most recurring revenue.

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MBE & Digital Thread

STEP AP242 Is the Standard Your Customer Has Never Heard of but Cannot Afford to Ignore

STEP AP242 — the second edition of ISO 10303’s Application Protocol 242 — is the international standard for exchanging 3D CAD models with embedded Product and Manufacturing Information. In plain terms: it is the file format that makes Model-based Definition work across different software vendors.

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