MES software: from the line to the Decision, on data you can trust.
We design and deploy the Manufacturing Execution System that turns field signals into traceability, OEE, and decisions — with the ARIA platform or by integrating the MES you already run.
The layer that turns machine data into managed production.
Between the field and the ERP, the MES orchestrates production execution and keeps its memory. Here's what we bring to the shop floor.
Production orders & flow
Manage orders and the product flow along the line: stations, progress, completions. The «when this happens, do that» logic that sets a MES apart from a passive dashboard.
Batch traceability & genealogy
Full batch lifecycle — start, complete, abort — with materials, samples, and alerts recorded per batch. The backbone for audits, recalls, and compliance.
Real-time OEE & KPIs
Availability, performance, and quality computed from line data, with trends and production volumes. OEE stops being an end-of-shift spreadsheet.
Alarms with escalation
Severity-based alarms routed to email, SMS, and webhooks, with an escalation ladder if left unacknowledged. Andon console and shop-floor wallboard included.
Recipes, shifts & maintenance
Recipe management and model changeover, shift planning and handover, preventive-maintenance plans with computed due dates. Plus energy-consumption monitoring.
ERP integration
The MES exposes production data (OEE, batches, alarms) to your ERP via a secure API and webhooks: one source of truth from the floor to the office, no double entry.
Who does what — and why all three matter.
The value isn't in one piece of software, but in how the three layers talk. The MES sits in the middle and translates.
SCADA — the field
Real-time supervision and control: reads the PLCs, shows line status, handles alarms. With the ARIA platform it's the supervisor's window onto the floor.
Discover ARIA SCADA →MES — execution
Orchestrates production and records every event: orders, batches, OEE, recipes. The layer that gives business meaning to machine signals.
Discover the ARIA platform →ERP — the business
Orders, master data, accounting. The MES feeds it real production data via IT/OT integration — no more numbers rebuilt by hand.
Explore IT/OT integration →One partner, from PLC to Decision.
One platform, the whole chain
ARIA covers the full chain: from the PLC connection to the real-time decision engine, the historian, the dashboards, up to the ERP-facing API. Not a dashboard bolted onto someone else's SCADA — it can replace the SCADA layer.
The PLC stays the source of truth
Operator actions hit the PLC first, then ARIA observes and records them: the physical line and the digital records never diverge. Process integrity, not flags bolted on later.
From a single line to multi-site
Same software from an on-prem plant server up to the cloud, with a factory view aggregating OEE, health, and alerts across every line. OPC UA and Siemens S7 connectivity, real-time acquisition and historian.
Modular, per-station, transparent
Install only what you need (SCADA, Warehouse) and pay per station with public Lite and Pro tiers. No opaque one-off licenses.
What companies evaluating a MES ask us.
How much does MES software cost?
It depends on scope: number of stations and lines, integrations with existing systems, level of traceability required. ARIA has a public per-station price list (Lite and Pro tiers), so the investment is predictable. We keep a dedicated guide on pricing models and 2026 market ranges.
What's the difference between MES and ERP?
The ERP runs the business — orders, master data, accounting; the MES runs production execution — batches, recipes, OEE, real-time field data. They work together: the MES feeds the ERP real factory data via IT/OT integration. We compare them in a dedicated guide.
Are MES and SCADA the same thing?
No. SCADA supervises and controls the field in real time (reads PLCs, shows the HMI, handles alarms); the MES orchestrates execution and keeps its memory (orders, traceability, OEE, ERP integration). The ARIA platform carries both layers.
Does MES work on plants already in production?
Yes. We start from an assessment of the line and existing PLCs, then a pilot on one station or line, then the rollout — planning downtime together with production. We connect to the PLCs via OPC UA and Siemens S7 without rewriting machine logic.
Does it integrate with the ERP I already use?
Yes: the MES exposes production data (OEE, batches, alarms) via a secure API and webhooks, so your ERP can read them without double entry. It's a tailored integration on the ERP you have, not a pre-packaged connector for a single brand.
Is it suitable for an SME or a single line?
Yes. ARIA installs from a single line server up to multi-site, it's modular, and it's priced per station: an SME starts with one line and the modules it needs, and grows when needed. Same software, scope to fit.
Guides that go deeper on these topics.
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How much does MES or SCADA software cost? Real numbers, not «it depends».
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MES vs ERP: one plans, the other executes. And neither replaces the other.
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MES vs SCADA: what each one really is, and how to decide without being sold smoke.
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