Introduction

For decades, MES system implementations have been synonymous with large, multi-year rollout programs. Systems are designed with a comprehensive understanding for manufacturing evident in a function rich system but results in a heavy deployment and architecture.

As cloud computing has continued to prove reliable and convince manufacturers towards migrating to SaaS products the marketplace has also been open to understanding how new low-code frameworks and API-driven integration are becoming the alternate to deploying monolithic systems. This introduces a fundamental question about the most efficient path to digital transformation goals.