Overcoming MES Challenges with Low-Code Solutions
Traditional MES often struggle with complexity, rigidity, and high costs, making implementation and adaptation difficult. Low-code platforms offer a modern, flexible alternative with user-friendly interfaces, simplified business logic, and cost-effective cloud-based solutions.
By enabling faster deployment, seamless integration, and greater adaptability, these platforms empower manufacturers to optimize processes, reduce labor-intensive customization, and enhance overall efficiency.
Explore how low-code solutions address key MES challenges and drive digital transformation in manufacturing.
Challenge:
Complexity: Traditional MES are often intricate and demand specialized knowledge to implement, operate and maintain. This complexity extends project timelines, making them time-consuming and labor-intensive.
Solution:
User-Friendly Interfaces: Low-code platforms offer easy-to-use, drag-and-drop interfaces that simplify design and development. This ease of use enables non-IT staff, who are closer to the manufacturing process, to develop optimal applications, making the system more accessible and manageable, thus shortening project timelines and reducing labor costs.
Challenge:
Rigidity: Traditional MES are rigid and difficult to adapt to changes in manufacturing processes or business needs. Integration with other systems such as ERP or LIMS often requires extensive reconfiguration or customization, further limiting flexibility.
Solution:
Uncomplicated Builds for Business Logic: Low-code platforms simplify the creation and updating of business logic, enabling faster and more flexible adjustments. With pre-built modules, templates, and streamlined integration capabilities, these platforms increase system flexibility and enable faster adjustments to business changes.
Challenge:
Cost: Implementing, updating, and maintaining traditional MES is expensive, with high costs for licensing, multi-instance setups, configuration, installation, validation, training, and ongoing support.
Solution:
Expense-Reduction Focus: Cloud-hosted low-code platforms offer a cost-effective alternative by reducing the costs associated with IT solutions. These platforms use true cloud technology, centralized instances, to reduce licensing and maintenance costs.
