Most teams don’t start out trying to build a full MES. They start with Ignition from Inductive Automation. A few dashboards, maybe some downtime tracking. It works well, so they keep going. At some point, the question comes up: “Can we just use Ignition as our MES?” The answer is yes… but not in the […]
When it comes to MES dashboards, most of us have seen the same mistakes: screens overloaded with data, confusing layouts, and interfaces that look like they were built for engineers instead of the operators who rely on them. At Belden, we tackled this problem while deploying SparkMES on Ignition, and it gave us practical lessons […]
Modern manufacturers face increasing pressure to deliver more—faster, more efficiently, and with greater traceability. If you’re already using Ignition® by Inductive Automation for SCADA or HMI and now need real Manufacturing Execution System (MES) capabilities, SparkMES by Flexware Innovation may be the solution you’ve been waiting for. In this video, we break down how SparkMES helps […]
