FlowFuse for your own MES
FlowFuse provides everything you need to build the robust Manufacturing Execution System (MES) you want, providing everything from production tracking to data analysis, with the components you need and the flexibility to customize as you see fit. Powered by Node-RED.
MES for Modern Industry
MES systems evolved to manage and monitor manufacturing operations on the shop floor, serving to bridge the gap between enterprise resource planning (ERP) systems and production process management like a SCADA system. Complete, monolithic MES systems are no longer needed. FlowFuse provides the resources that allow you to build and augment the components for the MES system you need, securely and at scale.
How it Works
Monolithic MES systems - think Siemens OpCenter Execution or Rockwell Automation’s Plex - offer MES products that are comprehensive and sophisticated, but also expensive and complex. In contrast, FlowFuse allows you to use Node-RED, popular industry protocols, integrations, and our resource library to design and deploy applications for a flexible MES solution you want for your business - and nothing more.
Here is an example. An MES system is essentially a collection of management functions, like production tracking, resource management, data collection and analysis, and scheduling and dispatching. With FlowFuse, you can build the MES features you want by using Node-RED to create applications for the functions that you need, and none that you don’t.
Collect data from the shop floor or the lab by using FlowFuse Certified Nodes to connect with local machines using any protocol: MQTT, OPC-UA, Modbus, Sparkplug B, and any other protocol that exists now or in the future.
Create applications in Node-RED to transform your data for analysis and create visualizations that enable your team to make data-driven decisions about your business. Our ever-expanding Blueprints library helps you get started quickly.
Because FlowFuse provides management of all of your Node-RED instances in a central place, you can easily monitor your applications whether you're running a dozen instances in a factory or thousands at sites across the globe.
MES for Your Industry
The MES needs for an automotive plant, a pharmaceutical manufacturer, and an airline are all very distinct - and yet all can (and do) rely on FlowFuse. With the infinite flexibility of Node-RED and the security and scalability of FlowFuse, every kind of industrial operation can operate the MES they need.
And with the FlowFuse open source advantage, you can build and implement any Node-RED nodes you need at any time, and securely manage the instances that you create along the way.
The FlowFuse Advantage
Built-in adaptation layer
Leverage the power of Node-RED to design exactly the MES your organization needs.
End-to-end insight and control
Everything you need to connect, manage, visualize and analyze your data in one place.
Limitless connections
Robust and growing open-source library provides connections for all protocols, all machines, and all devices.
Rapid implementation
Get up and running quickly on FlowFuse Cloud.
Open-source
Avoid vendor lock-in.
Low-Code
Empowering your teams to build custom solutions with ease.