Custom MES & production scheduling software
A manufacturing execution and scheduling system shaped to your lines, your routings, and your constraints — owned by you, with no per-seat fees and no vendor lock-in.
Why generic MES platforms fight your plant
A generic MES is built for an average factory that does not exist. Your routings, your changeover and sequencing rules, your machine and tooling constraints, your quality gates — none of them are average. So the platform is configured until it half-fits, the planners keep the real schedule in a spreadsheet anyway, and the shop floor trusts the whiteboard over the screen. You are paying per seat for a system that fights the plant instead of running it.
Custom MES and scheduling software is built around how your plant actually produces — your work centers, your finite-capacity constraints, your sequencing logic, the data your operators can realistically capture. The schedule becomes credible because it reflects reality, and the floor uses it because it is right. Because you own the source, the model evolves as your plant does, with no per-seat fees and no vendor gating your machine integrations.
What a custom MES covers
- Production scheduling — finite-capacity, constraint-aware sequencing across work centers, with the changeover and priority rules your planners actually use.
- Shop-floor execution — work-center dispatch, operation start/stop, and the data capture your operators can realistically do at the machine.
- Materials and WIP — consumption against the schedule, WIP visibility, and shortage flags before they stop a line.
- Quality and traceability — in-process checks, scrap and rework capture, and genealogy from raw material to finished unit.
- OEE and reporting — real availability, performance, and quality by line and shift, without an export step.
When to build, and when to run an operator
The execution and scheduling spine should be software you own — it is your competitive plant logic. But some surrounding work is repetitive coordination rather than core: chasing suppliers on late materials, confirming orders into the schedule, following up on quality holds. That is work a managed operator can run alongside the system. The strongest engagement pairs the two: a custom MES you own for execution, and an operator for the chasing around the schedule.
It connects ERP, machines, and the floor
An MES is the layer between your ERP and your machines, so integration is the point, not an afterthought. We map it in the blueprint: orders and BOMs from your ERP, signals from PLCs or machine APIs where available, and barcode or terminal capture where it is not. Open protocols such as OPC UA and MQTT are used where they fit, so the system reads the floor instead of guessing at it.
Blueprinted, built, handed over
We start by mapping how your plant really schedules and executes — your routings, constraints, and data reality — not a textbook factory. That blueprint becomes the spec. We build against it in milestone-gated stages you can see, and we hand over the source code and everything needed to run it, so your team or any developer can extend it.
Why build a custom MES instead of buying one?
A generic MES models an average plant and charges per seat to half-fit yours, so the real schedule stays in a spreadsheet. Custom MES software is built around your routings, constraints, and data reality, makes the schedule credible, and is owned outright — no per-seat fees, no lock-in.
Can it do finite-capacity, constraint-aware scheduling?
Yes. Sequencing is built around your real work centers, changeover rules, and constraints rather than infinite-capacity assumptions, so the schedule reflects what the plant can actually do.
Does it integrate with our ERP and machines?
Yes. Orders and BOMs come from your ERP, and the system reads the floor through PLCs, machine APIs, or terminal and barcode capture, using open protocols such as OPC UA and MQTT where they fit.
Do we own the software?
Yes — you receive the source code and everything needed to run it. Your team or any developer can extend it. There is no vendor lock-in.
Can an operator handle supplier and order chasing too?
Yes. The same engagement can pair the custom MES with a managed operator that chases late materials, confirms orders into the schedule, and follows up on quality holds.
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