Production Control

In plain words: Think of an MES (Manufacturing Execution System) as the software that translates a high-level manufacturing plan into strictly controlled factory floor actions. When your ERP system says, "Make this product," your MES takes over to answer five practical questions: Where should it be worked on? What does the operator do next? What actually happened? Is the action allowed? Can we prove how it was made later? These five questions map directly to the core MES functions: Dispatch, Guide, Capture, Enforce, and Trace.