Best Manufacturing Execution Systems for Freelancers
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What are Manufacturing Execution Systems for Freelancers?
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 for Freelancers currently available using the table below. This list is updated regularly.
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Epicor Connected Process Control
Epicor Software
Epicor Connected Process Control (CPC), formerly eFlex Systems, provides manufacturers a flexible, no-code/low-code MES solution. No programming or special skills required. Digital work instructions, with multi-media capabilities, along with the ability to integrate virtually any device with communication capabilities, provides 100% historical record of the product and the process. Providing data insight, from production reports, to part history, quality summary and more — address issues quickly, minimize waste and disruptions. Whether you start small in subassembly areas, an entire line, or apply enterprise wide - we work with manufacturers of all sizes and needs. Hosted on prem or in the cloud, you decide what's best for your operations. -
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Odoo
Odoo
Odoo is a fully integrated, customizable, open-source software packed with hundreds of expertly designed business applications. Odoo’s intuitive database is able to meet a majority of business needs, such as: CRM, Sales, Project, Manufacturing, Inventory, and Accounting, just to name a few. Odoo is an all-in-one software solution designed to meet the needs of companies, regardless of their size (or budget). The unbeatable, seamless nature of Odoo helps businesses become more efficient by reducing redundant manual processes, which helps companies save countless hours of labor. Every module is interconnected to provide a fully-integrated experience from app to app, and users can automate many processes that would’ve otherwise required manual inputs into multiple applications. Odoo keeps all business functions in one place, allowing teams to collaborate with other departments from one unified platform in the most efficient way possible.Starting Price: $25.00/month/user -
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Evocon
Evocon
Trusted by manufacturers worldwide, Evocon is a simple and easy-to-use OEE software that helps manufacturing companies improve their production efficiency and reduce waste. The system enables automated data collection, real-time data visualization, downtime tracking, bottleneck identification, and performance monitoring. With Evocon, you get all the tools you need to improve OEE and understand what is actually going on in your production processes.Starting Price: €159/month, per machine -
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Epicor Kinetic
Epicor Software
Epicor Kinetic is a global, cloud-focused cognitive ERP solution built for manufacturers, driving profitability through real-time insights, people-centric AI, and seamless collaboration. Positioned at the core of your business applications, Kinetic leverages artificial intelligence to extract maximum value from your enterprise data, processes, and decision-making information. Purposely designed with deep industry expertise, it offers end-to-end capabilities for discrete, make-to-order, and mixed-mode manufacturers in the small and mid-market space. Kinetic supports the needs of leading manufacturers across multiple industries, including Industrial Machinery, Fabricated Metals, Electronics and High Tech, Plastics and Rubber, Automotive, Aerospace and Defense, Medical Device, Consumer Products, Furniture and Fixtures, Measuring and Controlling Devices, and more. Embrace future-ready business, digital transformation, and flexible deployment with this singular, AI-powered ERP solution. -
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Infor M3
Infor
Efficiently executing the complex processes of enterprise manufacturers and distributors. Infor M3 is a cloud-based, manufacturing and distribution ERP system that leverages the latest technologies to provide an exceptional user experience and powerful analytics in a multicompany, multicountry, and multisite platform. Infor M3 and related CloudSuite™ industry solutions include industry-leading functionality for the chemical, distribution, equipment, fashion, food and beverage, and industrial manufacturing industries. Staying ahead of the competition means staying agile. Our new capabilities bring improved data-driven insights and streamlined workflows to help you make informed decisions and take quick action. -
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Fishbowl
Fishbowl
Fishbowl is the #1 selling manufacturing and warehouse management software for QuickBooks. Designed for small and medium-sized businesses, including manufacturers, distributors, and service providers, Fishbowl gives businesses the flexibility to stay within the QuickBooks platform for accounting while seamlessly integrating advanced inventory features with it. It also offers multi-location tracking, work orders, bills of materials, barcoding, shipping, auto reorder points, and integrations with EDI, shopping carts, merchant services, and other business solutions. If you are looking for an affordable inventory management solution that can help your business take advantage of the latest technology to streamline operations and save time and money, Fishbowl is a great option.Starting Price: $349/mo -
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PINpoint V5 MES
PINpoint Information Systems
When you work with PINpoint, you’re getting the power behind 25 years of focus on manufacturing excellence. As a recognized leader in the Manufacturing Execution System (MES) category, we give customers the ability to optimize efficiency and quality, and deliver a positive return on their investments. MES is all we do. PINpoint V5 MES is a completely ‘out of the box’ configurable solution that can be deployed quickly, allowing you to realize results early. PINpoint gives you complete visibility and allows you to control all aspects of your plant floor. Our revolutionary and proprietary 5 Bucket model tracks every second of time for every station, product, process and operator on the line! It allows you to see the Hidden Factory so you can drive improvements to Quality and Efficiency.Starting Price: 3500 -
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OpenPro ERP
OpenPro, Inc.
Grow your business with OpenPro ERP solutions that can be deployed in the cloud or on your server. Our software supports most industries with a complete Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) software solution. As a provider of Business Management ERP Software, OpenPro excels with its Real-Time Solutions. From Accounting and Financial Reports to its MES software, MRP manufacturing and wholesale distribution inventory control software. The Business Management Software are all GAAP and international compliant. OpenPro is multi language (9 different) and multi currency. Another of the many business software solutions is a complete retail Point of Sales (POS) system, while distributors benefit from the supply chain management software. Built in time card management, Payroll and HRMS systems are integrated with the accounting manufacturing software. Customer Relationship management (CRM) is integrated to target prospects and convert them into customers quickly.Starting Price: $44 per user -
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Tasor Planner
Virtuona
Tasor Planner is a powerful software solution for advanced planning and scheduling. It automatically generates optimal production plans and schedules, enabling businesses to gain a competitive edge by lowering costs and shortening delivery times. Tasor Planner optimizes production planning even in environments with the most challenging constraints and dependencies, creating accurate and optimal production schedules. Tasor Planner is a perfect fit for companies of all sizes—small, medium, and large enterprises. Adjust the parameters in the Profit Calculator application according to your production needs and calculate the profit increase using Tasor Planner. Tasor Planner allows businesses to consistently meet customer order due dates, even in the most complex cases. With Tasor Planner, it is always possible to know what quantity will be available and when, enabling accurate delivery date estimations.Starting Price: Start for Free -
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Mingo
Mingo Smart Factory
Trusted by leading manufacturers, Mingo Smart Factory is an easy-to-use, fast to deploy OEE software that can be set up in less than 1 day. Collect data automatically and get insight into important manufacturing KPIs like OEE, cycle time, downtime, utilization, throughput, and many others with visuals like scoreboards, dashboards, and mobile app. Start small and as you grow, expand to a full manufacturing productivity platform. With Mingo, improve OEE and get insight into what's happening in the plant. Mingo Smart Factory is manufacturing productivity and analytics software that provides real-time visibility on the factory floor that helps reduce downtime, improve on-time delivery, and increase profitability of manufacturing companies. Mingo empowers manufacturers to start simple, think big, move fast, and easily grow from a single machine at one plant to thousands of machines across the globe with manufacturing productivity and analytics software. -
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NetSuite
Oracle
Oracle NetSuite is the world’s leading AI-powered cloud ERP, trusted by more than 42,000 customers worldwide. The platform unifies ERP, financials, CRM, ecommerce, and analytics into one suite, creating a single source of truth for organizations. Its built-in AI doesn’t just predict—it learns from your business data to deliver accurate insights, recommendations, and automation. With NetSuite, companies can streamline accounting, manage global operations, improve customer relationships, and optimize HR processes all from a centralized cloud platform. Its omnichannel commerce tools also help businesses scale by connecting online, offline, and B2B sales seamlessly. By combining scalability, real-time visibility, and AI-driven intelligence, NetSuite empowers organizations to operate smarter and grow faster. -
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AMFG
AMFG
AMFG is the leading automation software for low-volume, high-mix manufacturers. With customers in 25 countries and offices in the US, UK and Europe, AMFG is a global leader in digital manufacturing. We partner with a range of companies from five-man job shops to blue chip OEMs including Volvo, HP and ArcelorMittal. We have over a decade of experience empowering our customers to speed up quoting times, streamline production and transform operations. -
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Statii
Statii
Statii MRP and ERP software is unlike other manufacturing systems. Statii has been created by manufacturers, using real-world experience and an understanding of what it takes to run a manufacturing business and the challenges you face daily. Created specifically for small to medium manufacturing businesses, Statii is simple, intuitive and powerful. It provides businesses with the organisation required in a fast-paced manufacturing environment but is flexible enough to change to the demands of bespoke design to build manufacturing. These tools allow manufacturers to store customer and supplier information, track enquiry/quotation statuses, track sales, works orders, purchase orders, log time to jobs, view live profit figures and many other useful features.Starting Price: £57.50/month/user -
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ProShop
ProShop ERP
ProShop is a paperless and web based shop management, ERP, MES and QMS system for manufacturing companies in regulated industries. ProShop was built on the shop floor of a machine shop for nearly 20 years, and it's not like anything you've seen. Built to manage the complex manufacturing environment better than anything else on the market - by an order of magnitude. Never before has there been a system that gives you such insight into every detail of your manufacturing company. ProShop is best described as a Digital Manufacturing Ecosystem (DME). It is 100% paperless, and combines the features found in ERP, MES, QMS, CMMS, and other software categories for machine shops, fabricators, job shops, contract manufacturers and others in regulated industries who need tight controls on their process and want exacting and timely information to make the best and most profitable decisions.Starting Price: Contact us -
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Tactic
Waterloo Manufacturing Software
Works with and does not replace your MRP / ERP! TACTIC is highly customizable, advanced planning and manufacturing production scheduling software developed by Waterloo Manufacturing Software. Suitable for discrete and batch industry manufacturers, TACTIC reduces supply and inventory costs while improving customer service. Manufacturers use TACTIC to promise delivery, plan and schedule production, plan material and capacity, and deal with changes and problems. TACTIC s sophisticated scheduling algorithms and what-if features let management teams continuously balance what’s good for business with what’s good for customers. Waterloo Manufacturing Software’s technical consultants provide a number of pre-sale and post-sale services for TACTIC. These services help you both asses the technology and get ever-increasing value from its use in your operations. -
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TrakSYS
Parsec Automation
You need insights and tools to help you run your business. You don’t need an endless software project. TrakSYS is a next-generation MES platform with out-of-the-box functionality designed to provide the monitoring, measuring, reporting and analytics you need to run your manufacturing operation more effectively. TrakSYS benchmarks performance and productivity, by collecting and aggregating data from virtually any source (PLCs, IIoT, ERP, manual, etc.), to deliver real-time, actionable intelligence on your manufacturing operation – while leveraging your existing assets, resources and infrastructure. Gain unparalleled insight into your operation, using the many standard dashboards and reports included with the TrakSYS platform. You can easily create custom reports, forms and screens, using the web-based configuration tools built into TrakSYS. -
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Cetec ERP
Cetec ERP
Cetec ERP is a production-focused, high value, cloud ERP for SMB manufacturing companies. It is built to help manufacturers solve their most difficult challenges, and run their business efficiently. As a web-native, Saas ERP solution, Cetec ERP is nimble and intuitive for users, and robust and flexible in functionality to adequately support a wide range of manufacturing processes. Cetec ERP helps to manage the manufacturing business end to end in a fully integrated, streamlined workflow - including complex BOMs in engineering, CRM, quoting and job costing, scheduling, production management tools, shop floor and order tracking, quality, inventory management, and accounting. It is designed for a dynamic, complex manufacturing environment, and excels in highly regulated industries such as aerospace/defense and medical devices. Services are offered on a monthly subscription basis that includes support via email, phone and through other online resources.Starting Price: $50.00/month/user -
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WorkClout
WorkClout
WorkClout helps quality engineering teams improve quality and get product-to-market faster. After just 2 weeks following implementation with WorkClout, Power Solutions International saw a 24% increase in efficiency. In addition, they were able to achieve 34X ROI due to improved audit capability with a digital and streamlined process. If you have any questions about how WorkClout can help you achieve your business goals, we have a world-class team. You'll have a dedicated account manager, customer success rep, and engineer, ready to support you along the way! Quality engineers use templates to implement and improve quality efficiency by over 25%. Software Advice thinks that WorkClout is a FrontRunner™ and the #1 software for quality management in usability and customer satisfaction! WorkClout is a quality management platform for automotive parts manufacturers. Our software help streamlines & automate internal audits, document control, visual inspections, training, etc. -
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EZ-GO Platform
EZ Factory
EZ Factory is a SAAS Company with a software solution called “the EZ-GO platform”. This is a mobile solution, with a focus on continuous improvement within production environments. The simple and visual software platform is used in factories to digitize checklists, work instructions, first-line maintenance tasks, and audits to improve safety, quality, training and efficiency on the shop floor. Front-line factory workers finally know what to do, why, where, when, and how to do it. Improve safety, quality and efficiency by digitizing paper forms, lists and other documents on the shop floor. The EZ-GO platform is a mobile solution, with a focus on continuous improvement within production environments. The simple and visual app is used in factories to digitize checklists, first line maintenance tasks and audits. Furthermore, the solution offers the possibility to setup work instructions and motivates operators to propose improvements. -
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Plex Smart Manufacturing Platform
Rockwell Automation
Drive plant floor efficiency with high-resolution visibility, error-proofed control, and a real-time production ecosystem that is connected to your ERP—by design. ERP systems weren’t designed for manufacturing execution. Plant floor information available post-production—or “back-flushed”—doesn’t help you control output at the manufacturing moment. Plex’s Manufacturing Execution Suite (Plex MES) gives you real-time production management so you have up-to-the-second manufacturing data—for end-to-end visibility and closed-loop control. Flexible, configurable, cloud-native solution for ease of deployment, standardization and integration to complement your corporate ERP system. Suite of unified shop floor applications on a common database to eliminate the risk of disruptions or errors due to inter-application integrations. Paperless, easy to use, operator control to increase productivity, and eliminate manual process errors.Starting Price: $3000.00 per month -
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FactoryTalk
Rockwell Automation
Industrial software designed to help you reach your manufacturing operations goals. FactoryTalk® software is built for supporting an ecosystem of advanced industrial applications, including IoT. It all starts at the edge where manufacturing happens and scales from on-premise to cloud. Imagine supercharging your industrial environment with software that offers cutting edge design, maximizes operational efficiencies, and delivers predictive and augmented maintenance advantages. From process to batch to discrete applications, your most complex challenges are solved with the combination of award-winning Rockwell Automation software, hardware, and services.Starting Price: $1000.00/one-time/user -
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Tebis
Tebis
Tebis is a leading global provider of CAD / CAM and MES software and process solutions for the manufacturing industry. Tebis provides technology solutions for the manufacturing industry that improve efficiency, drive quality and produce better products. There is no problem that Tebis can’t solve. Our solutions deliver an immediate impact on product performance and long-term improvements in efficiency and reliability. We help company’s address today’s challenges while enabling tomorrow’s technologies. For your design and manufacturing, manufacturing planning and manufacturing documents. Tebis 4.1 is a complete parametric-associative CAD/CAM system with which all tasks in manufacturing preparation, design and CAM programming can be performed seamlessly in highly automated processing in a single system. Customers use the Tebis Browser – our free 3D data viewer for Tebis CAD model files– for communication within their companies and with suppliers. -
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Praxie
Praxie
Praxie is an AI-powered business automation platform designed to help organizations quickly build, deploy, and scale digital apps, workflows, and dashboards across every department. It offers full access to hundreds of customizable, ready-to-use applications that support functions such as Finance, HR, IT, Sales, Marketing, Operations, Supply Chain, Production, Quality, Safety, and executive leadership. Praxie enables users to select an app from its library or simply describe what they need to instantly generate tailored business solutions. The platform uses AI-driven insights to improve visibility, decision-making, and operational performance. Teams can manage audits, KPIs, project execution, compliance, onboarding, scheduling, and reporting within a single unified environment. Praxie supports proven frameworks including Lean, Six Sigma, DMAIC, Kaizen, OKRs, and continuous improvement methodologies.Starting Price: $25/month/user -
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LYNQ MES
LYNQ
LYNQ is reinventing manufacturing execution system (MES) software for transformational businesses looking to digitalize and drive factory performance. Effective scheduling of resources with online plans and interactive job lists. Real-time data collection and tracking of employees, equipment and jobs. Automatic data capture from machines and other devices. World-class factory performance analysis with loss visualization. Paperless shop floor with downtime alerts and collaborative messaging. Fixed price, rapid deployment in under 12 weeks. Connecting today’s leading ERP, machines and shop floor applications. Deployed in the cloud or on-premise. One solution for effective resource management. Connecting today’s leading ERP, machines and shop floor applications. Fixed price, rapid deployment in under 12 weeks.Starting Price: $20000.00/one-time -
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Qview
Qview Software
Our solution is designed for ease of use for production teams and this allows you to have the visibility and traceability on every product you make. Job sheets look similar to a paper order on a tablet and there are only a few buttons to press to read, and move jobs around your production environment. QView is a simple to use solution that allows your company to create perfect orders that flow from sales into production and to order completion. Our solution is designed with flexibility in mind as no two manufacturers operate the same. Qview isn’t an ERP, Inventory or accounting system, but is more of a mini MES / MRP system that streamlines your shop. QView allows companies to Create Orders and add Custom Products / Services / Jobs. Each Job can then Flow from Sales into Stations in your Factory. Once the Job has moved through Production your Order Completion team will be notified the Order can be finalized.Starting Price: $44 for 2 users per month -
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SFactrix.ai
Factana Computing
MES Software provides functions and processes to prepare, plan and execute factory floor operations uniformly, track progress at real-time and increase agility to align as the day demands. SFactrix MES / MOM Software provides all features required to run lean manufacturing operations. The inbuilt AI-based Manufacturing Intelligence module provides Performance KPIs, Downtime Alerts, Loss based Metrics, Scrap Trends, MTTR and MTBF etc. Deploy AI driven SFactrix solution to have control on your production performance and quality control.Starting Price: $99/month for 10 assets -
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Tundra
Yeti Forge Technologies Ltd.
Tundra is a specialised system designed for the manufacturing sector, addressing the unique needs of Precision Engineering, Surface Treatments, and Additive Manufacturing. With evolving operations, companies enhance in-house capabilities by integrating value-added services across multiple disciplines, eliminating the need for separate software for each area. Transform your production process and get the customised support you need to thrive in today’s competitive landscape. Tundra is uniquely equipped to meet the needs of Engineering and Surface Treatments while fully supporting the demands of each discipline. With over 40 years of experience serving clients from SMEs to OEMs like Airbus and Bentley Motors, we know what it takes to help companies of all sizes succeed.Starting Price: £35/user/month -
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EZ-MES
EazyWorks
EZ-MES, a real-time web-based manufacturing execution system, has features such as tracking, managing, controlling, documenting and improving work-in-process on a factory floor. EZ-MES is ideal for small and mid-sized manufacturing companies who need tracking and tracing features, able to comply to quality standard and regulations, and able to collect and analyze production and real-time product data. All EZ-MES features are also accessible via the Cloud.Starting Price: $20000.00/one-time -
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ShopVue
CAI Software
ShopVue is a proven manufacturing execution software (MES) solution. For over 30 years, forward-thinking manufacturers have relied on us to optimize their operations. Leverage Industry 4.0 on your shop floor. With the suite of tools provided by ShopVue, you’ll have a bird’s-eye view of your manufacturing operations — with real-time reporting and paperless technology. Take control of your plant floor labor data and make production process improvement decisions based on facts, not estimates. Eliminate paper throughout your whole factory, saving time and improving accuracy across all manufacturing operations. From production job start to finish, ShopVue helps you track every step in the line, revealing mission-critical manufacturing data that keeps your plant floor humming. Connect directly to your machine controls and get 100% accurate status and performance information with minimal effort.Starting Price: $40000.00/one-time -
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WinSequence
FFD
WinSequence Enterprise software is the core software package in the Sequence family and is used by engineers to assemble rich, visual work instructions quickly and easily. Designed for rapid knowledge capture on the shop floor, WinSequence puts all of the tools to capture details and real-time images in one streamlined interface. The WinSequence Enterprise authoring interface allows users to quickly and efficiently assemble a set of enterprise work instructions. Information is easily reused by dragging and dropping previously written work instruction content for modification or by using standard routings for families of products. When creating instructions, you can take advantage of Sequence-specific features such as Integrated text, picture and spreadsheet editors, “Direct to Sequence” picture addition with a supported digital camera, and “Global” Parts, Assemblies and Tools that can be reused and managed across all processes.Starting Price: $85 per user per month
