Manufacturing Enterprise Solutions Association
Manufacturing Enterprise Solutions Association International (MESA, aka MESA International) [1] is a global, nonprofit community of manufacturing companies, information technology hardware and software suppliers, system integrators, consulting service providers, analysts, editors, academics and students. The shared goal of MESA members is to improve business results and production operations through optimized application and implementation of information technology and best management practices.
MESA member companies and individuals span the full range of manufacturing from discrete to batch to mixed model to process. The association's efforts are focused on helping the manufacturing community to use information technology to provide real-time visibility into the production process.
MESA provides a variety of programs and events that work together to help manufacturers and producers to:
- Better understand what is possible in terms of information technology to improve profitability, business value, agility, and customer satisfaction
- Engage "best practices" to see what other manufacturers have done to achieve measurable success
- Approach investment decisions in technology with more information and confidence
- Learn to improve the deployment of new technology
History
MESA was initially founded, in 1992, to promote Manufacturing Execution Systems, its acronym and reach was later broadened to include Operations and Maintenance (O&M) and the integration of those systems with plant floor devices and control systems, as well as enterprise systems. In 2012, MESA merged with WBF (World Batch Forum), the standards organization responsible for B2MML and BatchML.
Activities
MESA members participate in and contribute to a number of activities:
- Education
- Webcasts
- Creation of relevant content for manufacturing/enterprise integration topics (example: MESA model for manufacturing) – also link papers for MESA. Content is peer reviewed, non commercial. As an example, the following figure represents the latest version of the MESA Model (originally developed in 2008):
|MESA Model
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- Creation/publication of B2MML/BATCHML implementations of ISA-95/88
- Forum for collaboration between vendors, manufacturers, and standards organizations
- Peer to peer networking (conferences, working groups)
- Conferences (around the world – North America, Europe, etc)
- Working groups, such as:
- Asset Performance Mgt
- Metrics
- Food Safety & Traceability
- etc
Who Participates in MESA?
MESA includes member organizations such as:
- Manufacturers & producers
- Standards organizations
- Vendors (manufacturing solutions providers, enterprise application providers)
- Operations Technology & IT functions within organizations
- Academia
People participating in MESA are typically in roles such as:
- Analysts
- Professors and students
- Manufacturing consultant
- Manufacturing executives
- System integrators
- Software architects
- Manufacturing/production engineers
Sponsoring Organizations
Keystone sponsors of MESA include Platinum keystone members as of October 2014:
- ABB Group
- ATS International B.V.
- Invensys
- InfinityQS
- Rockwell Automation
- Savigent Software
- Schneider Electric
- Siemens
Gold keystone members as of October 2014:
- Brock Solutions
- Epicor
- Grantek
- iBASEt
- Lighthouse systems
- OSIsoft
- Stone Technologies
- Tata Consultancy Services
Related Organizations
MESA works with a number of related organizations in its work to advance the state of the art in Operations and Maintenance:
- SMLC (Smart Manufacturing Leadership Coalition)
- DMDII (Digital Manufacturing and Design Innovation Institute)
- OPC Foundation
- Open O&M
- International Society of Automation
- POSC Caesar
- OAGi (Open Applications Group)
- WBF (World Batch Foundation) (now a part of MESA)
References
- ↑ MESA International. "About Us". http://mesa.org/en/index.asp. External link in
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