MES system

An MES that keeps traceability, on lines that are already producing.

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.

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At a glance

Who it's for
SMEs and manufacturers, OEMs, plant managers: even with a single line.
Technologies
OPC UA · Siemens S7 · ARIA MES/SCADA · API and webhooks to the ERP
Where we work
Based in Turin. On site across Italy, remote support anywhere.
Real project

CM Srl

The faulty component is found in minutes, not hours.

Read the case: CM Srl
What MES does

Production orders & flow

Manage production orders and the product flow along the line. The “when this happens, do that” logic that sets an MES apart from a passive dashboard.

Orders · stations · progress · flow rules

Batch traceability & genealogy

Full batch lifecycle — start, complete, abort — with materials, samples, and alerts recorded per batch. The backbone for audits and recalls.

Batch genealogy · materials · samples · compliance

Real-time OEE & KPIs

Availability, performance, and quality computed from line data, with trends and volumes. OEE stops being an end-of-shift spreadsheet.

OEE · availability · performance · quality · trends

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.

Severity · escalation · andon · wallboard

Recipes, shifts & maintenance

Recipe management and model changeover, shift planning and handover, preventive-maintenance plans with computed due dates.

Recipes · changeover · shifts · maintenance · energy

ERP integration

The MES exposes production data to your ERP via a secure API and webhooks: one source of truth from the floor to the office, no double entry.

API · webhooks · OEE · batches · alarms to the ERP

If a project starts from traceability alone, without a full MES/SCADA right away, there's ARIA Track, the platform's entry edition; we cover the topic in depth in our production traceability guide.

MES, SCADA & ERP

SCADA — the field

Discover ARIA MES/SCADA

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.

MES — execution

Discover the ARIA platform

Orchestrates production and records every event: orders, batches, OEE, recipes. The layer that gives business meaning to machine signals.

ERP — the business

Explore IT/OT integration

Orders, master data, accounting. The MES feeds it real production data via IT/OT integration — no more numbers rebuilt by hand.

Why ARIA + IOMA

One platform, the whole 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.

A single command point to the machine

Production flows, recipes, automations armed by a person, and commands from the HMI panel reach the PLC from the same point in ARIA, never from the shop-floor apps: 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 on the plant server or in the cloud, with a factory view aggregating OEE, health, and alerts across every line. OPC UA and Siemens S7 connectivity.

Modular, per-station, transparent

Install only what you need and pay per station, with public Lite and Pro tiers. The usage licence is perpetual, with five years of maintenance, support, and updates included.

A stator line built with CM Srl: 15+ stations, each with its own PLC. Mean time to identify the faulty component dropped from hours to minutes with the unified ARIA dashboard. The full case in the portfolio.

What it costs

The ARIA platform price list is public, so we can give you a number now instead of an “it depends”. These are the prices of the MES/SCADA module — the one we deploy most often when an MES is what's needed: the usage licence is perpetual and includes five years of support, maintenance, and updates.

Price list · Lite

€1,200 1st station / year — Monitoring & traceability

Price list · Pro

€1,650 1st station / year — Complete MES/SCADA suite

Commissioning

€4,000 + €400 per automatic station and €200 per manual one (Track) · €4,000 + €600 and €300 (Lite) · €6,000 + €900 and €450 (Pro)

The per-station price steps down as the plant grows, and workstations without a PLC are worth about a sixth: the full price list, with the calculator, is on the product page. These are platform prices, not a services rate card: bespoke work, or work on an MES you already run, stays quote-based.

How an MES budget is built: pricing models and market ranges

Frequently asked questions

How is traceability managed with an MES?

The MES records every event of the batch — start, completion, scrap — together with that batch's materials, samples and alarms, reading them from the line PLCs. The result is genealogy: from the finished batch you can trace back to raw materials, stations and parameters, and the other way round. With ARIA, traceability can start on its own, read-only from the field (ARIA Track), or live inside a full MES/SCADA: the data is the same.

Which MES do I need for production traceability?

It depends on how much you want to govern, beyond tracing. If you need to know what went through the line, rebuild a batch's genealogy and answer an audit, a read-only traceability system is enough; if you also need orders, recipes, OEE and alarms with escalation, you need a full MES. We start from the line and the PLCs you have: ARIA Track to trace, ARIA MES/SCADA to govern.

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: it 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 priced per station: an SME starts with one line and the modules it needs, and grows when needed. Same software, scope to fit.
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