You find out about delays too late
The ERP shows the open order, but not that the machine stopped an hour ago.
MES or ERP? In most factories, both.
The ERP answers “what did I sell, buy and invoice?”. The MES answers “what is happening in production right now, and why?”. One doesn’t replace the other: the ERP runs the business; the MES runs the shop floor.
Side by side.
| ERP | MES (like Mestti) | Spreadsheet | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Question it answers | What was sold, bought, stocked and invoiced? | What is each machine doing and why didn’t production go as planned? | It depends on who filled it in and when. |
| When the information arrives | When the document is posted: order, invoice, stock movement. | Right away: the sensor records every part and every stop. | At the end of the shift, day or month. |
| Who feeds it | Sales, purchasing, finance, tax. | Machine sensors and the operator, only to give stop reasons. | Someone typing. |
| Level of detail | Order and document. | Machine, operation, minute, reason. | Whatever fits in the cell. |
| Example | “Order 2481 was opened and the material was issued from stock.” | “CNC-02 has been stopped for 23 minutes for lack of material and order 2481 will be 1 h late.” | “Yesterday machine 2 produced 800 parts.” |
Signs that the ERP alone isn’t enough.
The reported numbers don’t add up
Production written down by hand differs from what came out, and nobody knows which is right.
The factory seems maxed out
Before buying a machine or adding a shift, it’s worth measuring where the time goes.
Book a demoQuestions about MES and ERP.
Does Mestti replace my ERP?
No. Mestti handles product engineering, planning, execution and quality. Sales, purchasing, finance and invoicing stay in your ERP.
My ERP already has a production module. Do I need an MES?
If the module depends on someone typing in what happened, it shows the past and only what was written down. An MES with sensors shows the present, including the losses nobody writes down.
Your ERP runs the business. Let Mestti run the factory floor.
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