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This is the first blog post on the SAP ME Reset Window blog series

I want to talk about something that comes up in almost every conversation I have with manufacturing leaders running SAP ME. Not the end-of-life timeline. Not the SAP DM roadmap. Something more uncomfortable.

Most SAP ME customers may not be able to accurately describe th...

There is a question I have been asking manufacturing leaders in every conversation for the past year. Not about their current MES. Not about their migration timeline. A more interesting question.

If you had to build your manufacturing execution platform from scratch today, unconstrained by what you inherited, what would you build?

Most people pause when they hear...

I want to talk about something that comes up in almost every conversation I have with manufacturing leaders running SAP ME. Not the end-of-life timeline. Not the SAP DM roadmap. Something more uncomfortable.

Most SAP ME customers cannot accurately describe their own implementation.

I don’t mean they don’t know they run SAP ME. They know that. I...

I have spent the better part of the last ten years building, extending, and maintaining MES systems across semiconductor fabs, medical device manufacturers, and electronics assembly plants. I know the landscape and each player’s strengths. I also know their limitations. What SAP did was surprising, and it really highlighted the cost of ownership for some systems, and how the way...