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Building vs Buying an MES System: The Ultimate Debate

4.0 Solutions Podcast

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The Disconnect Between Business Leadership and Plant Managers

"If you buy a one trick OE solution, you'll feel great for about six months. And then you're going to do one or two things," he says. "By God in heaven, you should work backwards from where you're headed, not work up from where you are." When we talk about what organizations want as a function of what they build, it's sometimes 40% off the shelf and 60% is that MES module. But at the end of the day, solutions are not finite, right? They evolve.

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