ECI Software Solutions Enhances Manufacturing Workflows with MES and APS!

At Eastec 2025, ECI Software Solutions showcased its powerful ERP offerings—Manufacturing Execution System (MES) and Advanced Planning & Scheduling (APS)—that help manufacturers streamline their production workflows and increase efficiency. By integrating these systems, manufacturers gain real-time visibility into their operations, optimize scheduling, and enhance decision-making processes.

The ECI MES is designed to digitize the shop floor by supporting over 140 PLC/IO devices, giving manufacturers the ability to monitor machine performance in real time. With built-in analytics, the system helps identify inefficiencies, enabling manufacturers to make immediate improvements. This visibility is critical for pinpointing production bottlenecks and making data-driven adjustments to enhance operational efficiency.

Manufacturers benefit from smarter scheduling tools, which consider machine availability, tooling, and personnel constraints, ensuring optimized resource allocation. By leveraging automated alerts, messaging, and document management within the system, manufacturers can reduce downtime, improve on-time delivery, and streamline workflow processes. This integrated approach makes it easier to address potential issues before they disrupt the production line.

The ECI MES system helps automate data collection, eliminating the need for manual tracking and reducing human error. With tools such as “what-if” scenario analysis and proactive alerts, manufacturers can anticipate potential disruptions and resolve inefficiencies quickly. This allows for more accurate forecasting, better material usage, and minimized production delays, ensuring that manufacturing processes remain on track and efficient.

Real-time tracking of materials and components within ECI MES further enhances production visibility, making it easier for teams to stay on top of material availability and usage. By improving material management, the system helps optimize production, avoid shortages, and prevent unnecessary downtime.

ECI’s Advanced Planning & Scheduling (APS) extends the capabilities of MES by offering flexible scheduling for both short-term and long-term production needs. It allows manufacturers to plan production weeks in advance while still being able to adapt to real-time changes on the shop floor. APS accounts for multiple resource constraints, including machinery, personnel, and materials, ensuring that schedules remain realistic and achievable.

By integrating live updates from equipment, ECI APS dynamically adjusts to changes in the production environment. This ability to quickly react to shop floor shifts helps improve production accuracy, reduce delays, and optimize resource utilization.

The integration of AI within ECI’s software suite brings further automation to the manufacturing process. The AI BOM Builder in JobBOSS² automatically creates bill of materials (BOMs) by extracting data from various sources such as PDFs, CAD files, images, and spreadsheets. This feature reduces manual entry, minimizes errors, and ensures that BOMs are accurate and up to date.

Additionally, the integration of ECI APS ensures that material availability is accounted for in scheduling. This prevents bottlenecks caused by material shortages and keeps production running smoothly. The combination of ECI MES and APS creates a powerful solution for manufacturers, allowing them to plan, track, and execute operations with greater efficiency and fewer disruptions.

ECI Software Solutions’ MES and APS platforms offer manufacturers the tools they need to stay ahead of production challenges. By integrating real-time monitoring, automated data collection, and intelligent scheduling, these systems enhance operational efficiency, reduce costs, and improve production timelines. With the ability to adapt to changing conditions and ensure material availability, ECI’s solutions provide manufacturers with the flexibility they need to thrive in a fast-paced, dynamic environment.