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Build, buy — or adapt?

Building your own MES?You would be starting from zero.

A screen can be built in days — even more so with AI. A manufacturing system cannot: it needs deep production know-how, a permanent software team, industrial integrations, security and maintenance for as long as the factory runs on it. Metalya gives you all of that ready, and lets your team adapt it — with no code and with AI.

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Build / Buy / Adapt?

Three ways to run a MES.
Three ways to handle change.

A factory never stands still. The real difference isn’t just who builds the software — it’s where you start from, and what happens when production needs to change.

  1. 01 / BuildCustom software

    Build

    You develop your own MES — from scratch.

    You build it.

    You start from zero: data model, routings, traceability, integrations, security and upgrades. Every decision and every line of code is yours to write — and to maintain for as long as the factory runs on it.

    1. Design
    2. Code
    3. Maintain
    MES foundation
    None — built from zero
    Change approach
    New development work
    Dependency
    Internal IT & resources
  2. 02 / BuyProject-led MES

    Traditional MES

    You purchase and implement a MES.

    You request it.

    The core exists, but significant adaptations are typically scoped, planned and delivered as supplier projects.

    1. Request
    2. Scope
    3. Deliver
    MES foundation
    Provided by the vendor
    Change approach
    Change request / project
    Dependency
    Supplier delivery cycles
  3. 03 / AdaptAdaptive MES platform

    Metalya

    A ready-to-use MES core, made to evolve.

    You adapt it.

    The platform provides the foundation — model, traceability, planning, integrations, security. Your team evolves supported screens and processes with no-code tools and AI assistance.

    1. Configure
    2. Validate
    3. Evolve
    MES foundation
    Provided by Metalya
    Change approach
    No-code + AI assistance*
    Dependency
    More autonomy for your team

The moment that matters

Tomorrow, your production workflow changes. What happens?

Same need. Three very different paths.

  1. Build

    Your team writes new software.

    Development → Testing → Deployment

  2. Traditional MES

    You start a change project.

    Specification → Quotation → Delivery

  3. Metalya

    You configure and keep moving.

    No-code tools → AI assistance → Iteration*

* AI assistance works on supported screens and flows; every change is validated and approved by your team before it is published.

What it really takes

Building a MES from zero means owning all of this.
With Metalya, it is already done.

Every line below is a skill to hire, a cost to carry and a risk to manage — not once, but for the whole life of the system.

What you needBuild from zeroWith Metalya
Manufacturing know-howBuild from zero: Experts who can model orders, routings, bills of materials, lots, quality rules, OEE and finite capacity — correctly, from day one.With Metalya: Built into the platform: a production model refined on real plants.
A software teamBuild from zero: Architects, developers, testers and DevOps — hired, trained and kept, permanently.With Metalya: Not needed: the platform is ready; you configure it.
Machine and ERP integrationBuild from zero: Industrial protocols, PLCs, MQTT and ERP interfaces to design — and rework at every change.With Metalya: Ready to connect: ERP exchange, machine protocols and APIs are part of the product.
Traceability and auditsBuild from zero: Genealogy, records and evidence designed so they hold up when a customer or auditor asks.With Metalya: Included: lots, genealogy and history are recorded by the core.
Security and updatesBuild from zero: Patches for frameworks and dependencies, runtime and database upgrades, backups — forever.With Metalya: Included: the platform evolves and is updated for you.
Changing how people workBuild from zero: Every new screen or workflow is a development cycle: specify, code, test, release.With Metalya: Your team adapts screens and flows with no code and AI assistance — no programming skills.
ContinuityBuild from zero: When the developers who wrote it leave, the knowledge leaves with them.With Metalya: A product with documentation, releases, partners and support.

Ownership over time

The first version is the easy part.

Move the slider to see what a self-built manufacturing system asks of you as the years pass.

If you build

  1. Y1Model orders, routings, materials and quality from scratch
  2. Y1Build operator screens, declarations and reasons
  3. Y1Integrate the ERP and the first machines
  4. Y2Patch security issues in frameworks and dependencies
  5. Y2Add traceability when the first customer audit arrives
  6. Y3Rework integrations when the ERP is upgraded
  7. Y3Add planning, because spreadsheets no longer scale
  8. Y4Re-learn the code after the original developer leaves
  9. Y5Migrate runtime, database and hosting versions
  10. Y5Extend to a second plant with other calendars and rules
  11. Y6Re-test everything for each change on a live factory
  12. Y7Decide whether to rewrite it

With Metalya

  1. Y1Configure the model for your plant; connect the ERP and machines
  2. Y1+Adapt screens and workflows as the work changes
  3. Y1+Take platform releases; your adapted flows move with you

Lifecycle, security updates, model evolution and integrations of the core are carried by the platform.

Why Metalya

Everything that is hard about a MES, already solved.

  • Faster

    Start from a ready manufacturing model instead of a blank page.

  • Easier

    Adapt screens, forms and workflows with no code and AI assistance — no technical skills needed.

  • Adaptive

    The platform follows your processes as they change, without development projects.

  • Safer

    Security, updates and the evolution of the core are carried by the platform.

The fragmented stack

Licences are only the beginning.

When every need is solved with another tool — APS, MES, quality, maintenance, warehouse, IoT, energy, BI — the hidden cost is in the connections between them.

  • 01

    Integrations

    Interfaces between ERP, planning, execution, quality, maintenance and analytics to design, run and maintain.

  • 02

    Duplication

    The same orders, items and resources copied into several systems — and reconciled by hand.

  • 03

    Rigidity

    A process change becomes a project that involves several systems and suppliers.

  • 04

    One platform instead

    Metalya brings these functions onto one model and keeps the ERP and existing systems connected.

Buy the foundation. Adapt the experience.

Bring your current landscape. We will map what Metalya would carry and what you would adapt.

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