Best Manufacturing Execution Systems

Compare the Top Manufacturing Execution Systems as of May 2025

What are Manufacturing Execution Systems?

Manufacturing execution systems (MES) are software solutions designed to monitor, track, and control manufacturing processes on the shop floor. These systems provide real-time visibility into production activities, enabling manufacturers to optimize processes, improve efficiency, and ensure product quality. MES platforms typically include features like production scheduling, inventory management, quality control, equipment monitoring, and data collection. By using MES, manufacturers can streamline operations, reduce downtime, improve resource utilization, and maintain better control over production workflows. Compare and read user reviews of the best Manufacturing Execution systems currently available using the table below. This list is updated regularly.

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    NetSuite

    NetSuite

    NetSuite

    One unified business management suite, encompassing ERP/Financials, CRM and ecommerce for more than 20,000 customers. Adaptability has never been more important. We give you the visibility and control to make the right decisions, now. Scale up, spin off, adopt new business models, NetSuite’s flexibility lets you do it all, quickly and easily. With every NetSuite upgrade, your configurations and customization migrate seamlessly. Your core business system now becomes your customer-facing commerce system with a customizable, customer-specific, pixel perfect experience. Real-time analytics is the NetSuite user interface. Users know what they should be doing and how they’re helping the business, with vital business data displayed from right within the system.
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    MRPeasy

    MRPeasy

    MRPeasy

    MRPeasy helps small manufacturers grow with easy-to-use tools that cover all the essentials they need to manage their production. Having built the first cloud-based MRP platform in 2014, we offer user-friendly software-as-a-service that covers everything from production planning to CRM, skipping all the features that are too complex or irrelevant for small manufacturers. This means smaller manufacturers get access to powerful production planning tools, levelling the playing field with larger competitors. With MRPeasy, you know exactly how much your products cost and when they’re ready, helping you to steer your business effectively. MRPeasy integrates with leading accounting software like QuickBooks and Xero and e-commerce platforms like Shopify and WooCommerce, providing a comprehensive, fully integrated business management solution.
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    Starting Price: $49.00/month/user
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    Steelhead

    Steelhead

    Steelhead Technologies

    Steelhead's cloud-based technology gives you the opportunity to digitize and streamline every step of your manufacturing process - designed specifically for your job shop, not the other way around. Our software allows Operators to send quotes, add work orders, include product recipes, track the movement of parts, send packing slips and invoices, train operators, automatically generate reports, and reprioritize jobs all with the tap of a finger! Access effortless inventory management with low-quantity alerts and accounting integrations to automate invoice tracking. How is Steelhead different? Any Operator off the street can be trained in as little as 10 minutes! Deploying at your job shop can be as quick as two weeks (not months like other MRP solutions) - we aren't your traditional MES or ERP. Reach out today for a demo of the technology or an on-site optimization consultation.
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    Starting Price: $500/month
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    ShopXpert

    ShopXpert

    ShopXpert

    ShopXpert is a high-performance, fully integrated manufacturing software designed to support your entire manufacturing operation, minimizing data entry and increasing productivity. It offers automation to decrease manual procedures and inefficiencies that can slow down job shop performance. The software includes a range of modules such as standard modules, supplier portal, outsource management, jobs, employee portal, vending, costing tool, forms, tasks, workstation, training notes, academy, time clock, in-app messaging, storage, and QR codes. These modules provide functionalities like dashboard access, customer and supplier management, document storage, customizable forms, task scheduling, employee time tracking, and real-time communication with suppliers. Allows employees to efficiently manage jobs from their tablets or mobile devices, reducing the need to be tied to a desktop workstation.
    Starting Price: $200 per month
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    REALTRAC

    REALTRAC

    Mindbridge Systems

    Based in Livonia, Michigan, Realtrac Performance ERP is a leading software provider that specializes in manufacturing software for job shops and modular machine shops. Realtrac’s ERP software solution provides in-depth analysis of a company’s current and past status, thereby allowing the organization to make smart, educated decisions to maximize the return on investment. Easy to learn and use, Realtrac’s ERP software enables businesses to monitor shop operations, schedule workflows, track inventories, manage purchases and report business operations in real-time.
    Starting Price: $169.00/month
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    Deltek Costpoint

    Deltek Costpoint

    Deltek Costpoint

    Increase profitability and improve project success for government contractors with Costpoint Manufacturing by bringing efficiency and digitalization to the operations process—from bid to shipment. Tie all data to financials in one secure system; paper processes are digitalized as data is captured, stored and analyzed in real-time, down to the project level. Consistently collect and allocate costs and simplify adherence to contract requirements by including traceability and contract flow downs. Withstand interruptions with modernized, flexible and integrated automation for visibility into changes and process control. Connect and automate processes between finance and production for improved accuracy, true costs and audit readiness. Leverage contract flow downs and organizational, project and part security. And automate traceability on every transaction.
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    Seradex ERP
    Our ERP for manufacturers allows you to optimize your production performance, eliminate mistakes, and more. OrderStream’s ERP for manufacturing was built for one purpose- to help manufacturers. Whether you’re a cabinet making company, a small tool and die shop, a printing house, or any other business that’s growing, we have a solution for you. Our ERP system will allow you to reduce mistakes, create more accurate quotes, reduce inventory shortages, and streamline your workflows, all in one platform. When you get approached with a job request from a customer, you can see what inventory you have to fulfill the order. Next, you can turn an order into a quote with one click and send it directly to your shop floor. Then on the shop floor, your team can fulfill the order and get it shipped out on time and without issues. Our ERP for manufacturing reflects the best practices for individual industries. Plus, our system integrates directly with industry-standard software.
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    Fulcrum

    Fulcrum

    Fulcrum

    We make software. For manufacturers. Really awesome software. That works well, and is pretty. Why? Faster rockets. Better cars. Cheaper production. What would happen if everything could be made 30% faster, better, stronger? Let's create that future together. Fulcrum, a product by Atlas Solutions, is a SaaS enterprise platform allowing small and mid-sized manufacturers to improve efficiency through workflow optimization and automated data collection. Fulcrum delivers value through a fully digital, paperless workflow leveraging machine learning, automation, predictive analytics, and advanced heuristics to drive throughput and profitability. We're helping manufacturers transition to cutting edge software that lowers the stress of everyday operations, gets more out of good employees, automates the tasks you hate so you can focus on what really matters - customer relationships.
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    Insight

    Insight

    Cyncly

    Transform your manufacturing operations with Insight, the specialized ERP solution from Cyncly, formerly known as 2020. Seamlessly integrating your existing processes, Insight ensures a smooth flow of information from bid to installation. Tailored for cabinet, furniture, and millwork manufacturers, Insight optimizes efficiency and cost savings. Enjoy end-to-end functionality from streamlining bid and order entry processes up to the shipment and installation process. With Insight, experience the power of integrated systems, enhancing productivity for businesses of all sizes.
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