Nearly every MES and ERP vendor is shipping “agentic AI” in 2026, but most of it still just talks. Here’s a practical framework for deciding which agents deserve write access to your shop floor.
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Rockwell’s push to unify its MES portfolio around Plex’s cloud architecture leaves FactoryTalk PharmaSuite and ProductionCentre customers needing a real plan, not just a wait-and-see posture.
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Most MES sold as “traceability solutions” only track lots, not individual units through assembly, rework, and substitution — and the difference stays invisible until a recall or CAPA audit forces you to answer a question your data model was never built to answer.
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CISA’s SBOM push is starting to show up in PLC, HMI, and MES RFPs — but a software bill of materials only matters if someone on your team knows what to do with it. Here’s a workflow, and contract language, that actually gets used.
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The generative AI conversation on the shop floor is shifting from “which cloud vendor” to “do I even need the cloud.” Here’s a practical framework for deciding between a small on-prem model and a GPT-class API call.
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