Sumary of the 2008 Benelux MES Survey

1. Benelux MES Survey Posted by Eric J.M. van Nispen

2. Benelux MES Survey During the months of August -October 2009 we have conducted an MES survey towards all the production facilities in the Benelux countries.  Next to the production facilities we have extended this survey towards all (known) System Integrators in the Benelux.

3. Benelux MES Survey 290 respondents  50,3% of the respondents came out of the Netherlands, 49,7% out of Belgium and Luxembourg  61% End Users, 39% Systems Integrators

4. Do you have an MES system implemented? YES NO

5. What MES are you using?

6. MES implemented: YES are you planning to extend the system? YES NO

7. MES implemented: YES What are the benefits to your company? Better quality of the data More and better insight in our production Integration with ERP

8. MES implemented: NO Are you planning to implement MES? YES NO

9. MES implemented: YES + NO Planning to implement or extend MES? + + YES NO

10. What do you expect to address with MES ?

11. What do you expect to address with MES ?

12. What KPI’s are you planning to use in MES for running your plant? Material Consumption Planned vs Realized OEE

13. How will you collect the data? Automated Manual Combination of both

14. When do you expect to implement MES? 1-6 Months 6-12 Months 1-2 Years 3+ Years

15. Used Tools http://www.surveymonkey.com/ http://www.verticalresponse.com/