Implementation of Manufacturing Execution System (MES) to Increase Productivity and Competitiveness in the Manufacturing Sector

Abstract: Industry 4.0's underlying digital technologies are already essential in helping manufacturing businesses, especially small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), to adapt to the dynamics of the new normal. Manufacturing execution system (MES) serves as the factory information hub and is made possible by internet of things (IoT) ready devices that generate data and cyber physical systems that control the interconnection between equipment and computational assets for industries to achieve sustained competitiveness and address post- pandemic market volatility by utilizing real-time information. This paper focuses on the implementation for MES with the help of three case studies. Three case studies were used to empirically test the theories put out on MES to provide an overview of "How MES is efficient in loss reduction” through findings from cross-case synthesis of the data that was gathered.