Start with Plex MES for OEE and shop-floor data: Plex Production Monitoring lists OEE measurement using quality, performance, and availability metrics.
Choose Plex Production Monitoring when OEE from quality, performance and availability is the target; choose Opcenter Execution Foundation OEE when the calculation should use equipment availability, performance and part failure or rejection rates.
Compare the documented fit
| Product | Choose it for | Documented capability for this need | Commercial boundary |
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| Plex MES | OEE calculation: Start here for OEE and shop-floor data: Plex Production Monitoring lists OEE measurement using quality, performance, and availability metrics. | Start here for OEE and shop-floor data: Plex Production Monitoring lists OEE measurement using quality, performance, and availability metrics. Vendor source | Plex publishes an annual subscription fee but no price. |
| Opcenter Execution | OEE calculation: Opcenter Execution Foundation OEE calculates OEE from equipment availability, performance, and part failure or rejection rate. | Opcenter Execution Foundation OEE calculates OEE from equipment availability, performance, and part failure or rejection rate. Vendor source | Siemens publishes no price for Opcenter Execution on its official site. |
| Infor MES | OEE calculation: Infor MES calculates OEE from availability, performance and quality, with line settings controlling how production loss affects quality or performance. | Infor MES calculates OEE from availability, performance and quality, with line settings controlling how production loss affects quality or performance. Vendor source | Not published. |
| SAP Digital Manufacturing | OEE calculation: SAP Digital Manufacturing for insights provides prebuilt OEE calculations, analysis of availability, performance, and quality losses, and API-based calculation tailoring. | SAP Digital Manufacturing for insights provides prebuilt OEE calculations, analysis of availability, performance, and quality losses, and API-based calculation tailoring. Vendor source | Public pricing: not documented. |
| Proficy Smart Factory MES | OEE calculation: The Efficiency Management module tracks and monitors OEE and other production metrics. | The Efficiency Management module tracks and monitors OEE and other production metrics. Vendor source | Not published. |
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- Production Monitoring | Rockwell Automation | Plex | USRetrieved 2026-10-18T19:53:49Z
Production monitoring software gives manufacturers real-time visibility into what’s happening on the plant floor by automatically capturing machine data, downtime and production performance.
- MES Automation and Orchestration | Rockwell Automation | PlexRetrieved 2026-10-18T22:57:30Z
Plex MES Automation & Orchestration is a low-code solution that integrates manufacturing operations with the Plex MES to automate workflows and control information flow at the plant edge.
- Manufacturing Execution System Software | Rockwell Automation | PlexRetrieved 2026-10-18T22:54:17Z
Our flexible, configurable cloud MES system is also easy to deploy, standardize across your enterprise, and connect to your corporate ERP.
- Purpose-Built MES | PlexRetrieved 2026-10-18T22:54:17Z
For discrete manufacturing, an elastic MES supports serialized production, complex assemblies and detailed tracking of parts and subassemblies. For process and hybrid manufacturing software, it manages batch-driven workflows, material transformations and variable production paths.
- Manufacturing Execution System Software | Rockwell Automation | Plex | USRetrieved 2026-10-18T22:57:30Z
Plex MES (Manufacturing Execution System) is a cloud-based production management platform that gives manufacturers full visibility across the plant floor and real-time control over production lifecycle.
- Discover Plex Smart Manufacturing Platform | FactoryTalk | USRetrieved 2026-10-18T19:53:49Z
Discover how the cloud-native, Software as a Service (SaaS)-based Plex Manufacturing Execution System (MES) can help you take control of your shop floor.
- Opcenter Execution Foundation OEE | SiemensRetrieved 2026-10-18T19:53:49Z
Our OEE management software monitors machine availability, performance and part failure/rejection rate. It calculates OEE and makes this information visible to all stakeholders.
- OT to MES Integration with Industrial Edge and Opcenter | SiemensRetrieved 2026-10-18T22:54:17Z
The Automation Gateway binds live PLC values directly to work order operations.
- Opcenter Execution Discrete | SiemensRetrieved 2026-10-18T22:54:17Z
Explore the capabilities of our MES software with a free trial.
- What’s new in Opcenter Execution Process 2307 | OpcenterRetrieved 2026-10-18T22:54:17Z
To meet such challenging goals, you can use Opcenter Execution Process for a new and innovative approach, leveraging the power of low code development powered by the Mendix™ app platform combined with the rich out-of-the-box (OOTB) set of MES data model and functional transactions for the CPG and process industries.
- Revolutionizing Automotive Cooling Systems with ESTRA and Opcenter MES - OpcenterRetrieved 2026-10-18T22:57:30Z
With seamless integration between Opcenter Execution and SAP ERP, ESTRA has achieved a consistent flow of information between business and production systems, resulting in improved operational efficiency and streamlined data management.
- Exploring Architectural Design Options for Siemens Opcenter Execution Discrete and Process Deployment on AWS | OpcenterRetrieved 2026-10-18T22:54:17Z
For manufacturers who prefer to keep their MES infrastructure on-premises while harnessing the benefits of AWS Cloud services, the AWS Outposts option is the perfect fit.
- Special Considerations | Infor MES DocumentationRetrieved 2026-10-18T20:16:37Z
Depending on the line configuration, production loss can contribute to the Quality percentage (Qu%) or the Performance percentage (PE%) component of OEE.
- OPC | Infor MES DocumentationRetrieved 2026-10-18T20:16:37Z
Infor MES has a built-in OPC Client that can be configured directly within the application. This client communicates with OPC Servers to read data from and write data to connected equipment.
- Production | Infor MES DocumentationRetrieved 2026-10-18T20:16:37Z
You can configure MES to handle continuous, batch/semi-continuous, or discrete production methods.
- Production | Infor MES DocumentationRetrieved 2026-10-19T19:09:53Z
Typically however, production orders are downloaded automatically from ERP, by using MES scheduling module.
- Configuration Concepts | Infor MES DocumentationRetrieved 2026-10-18T20:13:42Z
In Enterprise deployment, all factories share a single, centralized Infor MES deployment, which is hosted on the cloud or a centralized data center.
- Feature Scope Description | PUBLICRetrieved 2026-10-18T22:54:17Z
This capability provides KPIs and analytics features that are based on complex logic such as Overall Equipment Effectiveness.
- SAP Digital Manufacturing 2608 Feature Scope Description | SAP Help PortalRetrieved 2026-10-18T22:57:30Z
The Production Connectivity Model connected to Production Connector enables information exchange with the shop floor system by reading and writing tags of machines.
- SAP Digital Manufacturing | Manufacturing Execution and OperationsRetrieved 2026-10-18T19:53:49Z
SAP Digital Manufacturing is a manufacturing operations management (MOM) platform that supports agile operations and empowers a sustainable workforce.
- Manufacturing Plant Software for Operations | GE VernovaRetrieved 2026-10-18T21:22:02Z
The Efficiency Management module tracks and monitors overall equipment effectiveness (OEE) and other critical key performance indicators, downtime, waste, and production counts, MTBF, MTTR, and more.
- Manufacturing Execution Systems (MES Software) | GE VernovaRetrieved 2026-10-19T18:51:44Z
Proficy Smart Factory (MES software) is a comprehensive suite of cloud-based and on-premises solutions. Transform your manufacturing business through insights and intelligence powered by data integration, the Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT), machine learning, and predictive analytics.
- Manufacturing Execution Systems (MES Software) | GE VernovaRetrieved 2026-10-18T21:16:34Z
Proficy Smart Factory is the only MES on the market that can deliver value across all types of manufacturing operations (process, discrete, diverse/mixed).
- Manufacturing Execution Systems (MES Software) | GE VernovaRetrieved 2026-10-19T19:09:53Z
An MES connects enterprise-level systems—such as Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP)—to the physical equipment and processes used in manufacturing, enabling better coordination, quality control, and operational efficiency across the plant.
