In this insightful episode of Factory Forward, Matt Barber—VP and GM of MES at Infor and founder of MES Matters—dives deep into the transformative power of Manufacturing Execution Systems (MES) in shaping the smart factories of today and tomorrow. With a background that spans both technical expertise and hands-on shop floor experience, Matt shares his unique perspective on how MES fits into the broader vision of Industry 4.0 and digital transformation.
This episode uncovers how MES goes beyond buzzwords, offering real-time visibility, seamless data integration, and operator-focused design that drive operational agility and efficiency. Through success stories, practical examples, and expert analysis, Matt outlines how manufacturers can modernize without losing sight of process adaptability, user experience, and team engagement.
Whether you’re exploring MES adoption or looking to optimize your digital manufacturing strategy, this conversation provides clarity on key technologies, implementation challenges, and future-forward trends that will define factory success in the years to come.
Key Takeaways:
Tune in for a compelling discussion that demystifies MES, challenges traditional thinking, and helps you lay the groundwork for a smarter, more connected factory.
Brandin and his team help our customers with setting up the Pathfinder platform and getting up-to-speed on all the features and functionalities, in addition to assisting them with standardizing their processes where needed.
Brandin is a seasoned manufacturing leader, who has spent more than a decade designing and setting up assembly lines in both the US and China, optimizing them, and working with human operators to maximize productivity and quality.
Jesse works closely with our marquis customers to understand their needs, and figures out the best solution that immediately adds dollars to their bottom line.
Jesse has two decades of enterprise sales experience. He has held sales leadership roles at pioneering technology startups.
Andrey takes inventions and converts them into innovations. He leads our product engineering team to turn our scientific prototypes into robust customer-facing products.
Andrey co-founded and successfully exited a startup to immigrate to the US. He spent his next eight years building the core data science infrastructure for Amazon’s supply chain planning team, and the CV/ML infrastructure for Microsoft’s HoloLens organization.
Zeeshan focuses on delighting our customers by understanding their needs and defining product and strategy to meet and exceed these needs. He works closely with our sales leadership to grow our customer base.
Zeeshan was a scientific leader at Microsoft’s HoloLens division, where he invented AI technologies to assist frontline workers across industries. Earlier, he shipped IoT platforms and visual defect detection software for manufacturers at Siemens and MVTec GmbH.
Huy takes our product roadmap and figures out what’s achievable with today’s AI advances, and what we need to invent to solve our customers’ pain points.
Huy led teams of scientists and engineers at NEC and invented technologies for driver assistance systems that are part of 500,000+ Honda cars. He is an inventor on more than 20 US patents, and his research papers are cited by every lab from MIT, Stanford, and CMU to Apple, Google, and Baidu.
