Smart manufacturing, the cornerstone of Industry 4.0, empowers factories to think, adapt, and act autonomously. Yet, most enterprises remain stuck in a loop of fragmented insights, rigid automation, and siloed systems. Systems of Execution (SoE) offer the missing operational layer that transforms smart manufacturing from a digital aspiration into an autonomous reality.
Unlike traditional Systems of Record, such as Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) and Manufacturing Execution Systems (MES), or Systems of Engagement, such as mobile dashboards and human-machine interfaces, SoE activate real-time intelligence. They autonomously orchestrate decisions and adapt workflows across the factory ecosystem, resulting in predictive, agile, and resilient manufacturing operations.
This Viewpoint explores SoE’s strategic necessity in smart manufacturing and offers a blueprint for manufacturing leaders to build adaptive, intelligent, and hyper-efficient production environments.
Scope
Industry: manufacturing
Geography: global
Content
In this report, we:
Define SoE in the manufacturing context
Identify traditional manufacturing system limitations
Examine the business case for SoE in smart manufacturing
