Measure OEE from the first month
Get continuous visibility on plant efficiency, with automatic alerts the moment downtime, bottlenecks, or quality issues appear.
Manufacturing Operations Management (MOM)
Run scheduling, execution, and asset monitoring from a single operational layer - with real-time visibility on every work order, native ERP integration, and quality control built in.
Manufacturing Operations Management: How to Optimize Scheduling and Production Processes
To keep production running at its best, you need clear policies and rules that coordinate people, processes, and machinery. Manufacturing operations management (MOM) is the discipline that makes this possible - covering machinery, materials, process execution, and operational staff, all aligned to strategic goals like cost reduction, quality control, performance improvement, and end-customer satisfaction.
Four results you can see on the factory floor
Scheduling, execution, monitoring, and traceability work together within a single operational layer. Each MOM module delivers a measurable result in the field—not just another data point in the system.
Paperless work orders
Operators and machines receive operating instructions, parameters, and parts lists digitally - no paper, no manual handoffs.
Scheduling that keeps pace
Your schedule stays current in real time - adjusted automatically as capacity, materials, and customer priorities change. No backup Excel file.
Full traceability, batch by batch
Every component, every process, every non-conformity: tracked from raw material to finished product. Ready for audits and recalls.
How sedApta MOM Works
- Advanced Factory Scheduling: your production schedule is generated and updated in minutes, factoring in capacity, setup times, available materials, and customer deadlines - in sync with the Supply Chain Planning module.
- Manufacturing Execution System (MES): manages the execution of work orders on the shop floor: assigns resources, transmits digital instructions to operators, and collects real-time progress data.
- Smart Asset Management: know the status of every piece of equipment at all times - with OEE by line and shift, and preventive alerts before a failure causes an unplanned stoppage.
- IIoT with sedApta Edge: connect machine data (PLC, SCADA) directly into the MOM layer - no additional middleware. Plant data becomes actionable insights immediately.
- Integrated quality control: set acceptance criteria for every process stage - non-conforming batches are blocked automatically, and every deviation is recorded for full traceability.
- Multi-plant visibility: if you manage multiple sites, one centralized dashboard gives you performance comparisons, standardized best practices, and consistent KPIs across every facility.
MOM in five steps: from the drawing board to the factory floor, without any gaps
Move through the entire operational cycle without losing data or stopping to reconcile: from planning to execution, from plant monitoring to quality control, to performance analysis. Each step feeds directly into the next.
Plan
Run
Monitor
Check
Improve
Plan
Get a production plan optimized for capacity, materials, and priorities - updated in real time as demand or plant conditions shift.
Run
Operators receive work orders with everything they need - digital instructions, machine parameters, and a parts list - directly on their device. No printed sheets, no lost data. No printed sheets, no lost data.
Monitor
Get real-time machine data, automatic OEE calculation, and early-warning alerts - so you spot bottlenecks and act before downtime occurs.
Check
Every stage of the process is monitored automatically: non-conforming batches are blocked before they move forward, and full traceability is recorded from raw material batch to finished product.
Improve
Compare performance across shifts, lines, and plants from one dashboard. Turn operational data into the engine of your continuous improvement cycle.
Our Manufacturing Operations Management (MOM) Solutions
What is the difference between MOM and MES?
Manufacturing Execution Systems (MES) focus primarily on what happens on the production floor. The term also often refers to software that helps track the production process. Manufacturing Operations Management (MOM) encompasses production execution systems and efforts to analyze manufacturing processes. MOM also encompasses related areas, such as warehouse management, total production capacity, and inventory analysis. The software may use the term “MOM” because manufacturers use the software to help them manage their production operations. However, the phrase itself refers to the overall business process.
The more your operations grow, the more you need applications that digitize information and processes to enable efficiency and transparency. Access to shared data - whether via cloud or direct integrations - becomes critical, especially when managing multiple sites: it's what keeps reporting consistent and business processes standardized across locations.
For manufacturers of any size, operational processes are where strategy meets reality. Excellence in operations is not just a cost lever - it's what determines whether your business can deliver on its commitments and grow sustainably.
We believe that manufacturers who get operations right don't just build better businesses — they set the standard for their entire industry.
Defining a corporate strategy is undoubtedly essential for organic and continuous development. However, sedApta’s extensive experience in on-site consulting has taught us that defining a strategy without the proper support of an efficient and dynamic operational organization risks being ineffective: the mind needs the body.
Through its Manufacturing Operations Management (MOM) solution, sedApta positions itself as the ideal partner to tackle this challenge. Operations—comprising the three key activities of Planning, Production, and Production Process Control—combined with the fundamental components of Processes, People, and Technology, are optimized through the sedApta solution for Manufacturing Operations Management.
Neglecting even one of these three operational activities jeopardizes the desired success. A technologically advanced factory with inefficient operational planning compromises overall effectiveness, leading to delays, excess production, and urgent situations.
However, simply neglecting this aspect also poses similar risks: a perfect tool that is not properly understood by people and not integrated into a well-defined process with clear responsibilities risks losing its meaning.
We built sedApta's MOM to close the gap between what your operations deliver and what your customers expect. Process efficiency and service speed aren't ends in themselves — they're what makes every customer commitment real.
Every commitment your sales team makes starts its real test on the shop floor. Operations management is what turns that promise into a reliable delivery.
We believe that manufacturers who invest in operational excellence grow faster, deliver better, and build more resilient businesses. sedApta is here to be the partner that makes that possible.
Effective operations management brings benefits at both the operational and managerial levels.
Operational benefits
- Becoming lean — manage work orders through electronic instructions, transmit parameters directly to machinery, and optimize inventory and logistics - so production runs without interruptions and cost control stays tight.
- Optimizing asset utilization – monitor OEE and track downtime across lines and machines - spot bottlenecks faster, establish best practices, and keep every asset earning its place.
- Ensure quality – maintain consistent product quality through the definition and implementation of defined production processes and work procedures to achieve quality that meets specifications.
- Improve quality – reduce scrap and variations, thereby improve yield and minimize quality losses through the use of statistical process control methods.
Management benefits
- Driving business performance – keep every stakeholder aligned on procedures and best practices, understand exactly how quality variations hit your margins, and get real-time visibility across business and plant operations.
- Ensuring product compliance – with full traceability and quality data at your fingertips, you reduce the risk of recalls and can demonstrate that every product was manufactured exactly to specification.
- Visualize the process – see across your entire supply chain and act on the right information - so planning decisions are grounded in reality and customers get what they were promised.
- Capitalize on opportunities – connect planning and business functions directly to production - so when market demand shifts, you can move faster and make the most of your available capacity.
Other solutions
MOM and the link that bridges the gap between planning and production
Decisions made in Demand Management and Supply Chain Planning are translated into work orders on the shop floor. The data collected from production is fed back into the plan and used to adjust the forecast. In the O.S.A. suite, this exchange is continuous, bidirectional, and automatic.
Would you like to see how MOM works in your system? Let’s schedule a 30-minute session—no generic presentations: start with one of your processes, and we’ll show you where sedApta fits in.
Would you like to see how MOM works in your system? Let’s schedule a 30-minute session—no generic presentations: start with one of your processes, and we’ll show you where sedApta fits in.