Manufacturing process management (MPM) and model-based manufacturing (MbM) bridge the gap between the virtual design realm and the physical product/process manufacturing realm as part of an organized software architecture. These technologies are not only applied within the four walls of a plant or a corporation's multiple manufacturing sites. They can be applied holistically, with workflow to manage multiple recipe variants and labeling change/requirements, and/or handle certificates of compliance (CoCs) and certificates of analysis (CoAs) from suppliers.
Gartner defines manufacturing execution systems (MES) as a specialist class of production-oriented software that manages, monitors and synchronizes the execution of real-time physical processes involved in transforming raw materials into intermediate and/or finished goods. These systems coordinate this execution of work orders with production scheduling and enterprise-level systems like ERP and product life cycle management (PLM). MES applications also provide feedback on process performance, and support component and material-level traceability, genealogy and integration with process history, where required.
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Gartner defines supply chain planning (SCP) solutions as platforms that provide technological support to enable a company to manage, link, align, collaborate and share its planning data across an extended supply chain. An SCP solution supports planning, ranging from demand planning through detailed supply-side response planning and from strategic planning through execution-level planning. It is the planning decision repository for a defined end-to-end supply chain. It is also the environment in which end-to-end-integrated supply chain decisions are managed. It establishes a single version of the truth for planning data and decisions, regardless of the underlying execution technology environment. Organizations use SCP solutions to improve their supply chain planning decisions and reach higher levels of maturity.