Posts
- MES, MOM, ERP Guide: Building Data Flow in Customer-Specific Production
Week one collection: 7 articles on why production knowledge stays trapped in paper and WhatsApp, and how ERP-MOM-MES integration, local ERP bridging, and infab.cloud close the gap.
- MES + MOM + ERP Integration: Week 2 Synthesis
Second weekly synthesis: how to build MES + MOM + ERP integration in customer-specific production, why local ERPs need a dedicated bridging layer, and how infab.cloud fills the gap.
- How Do You Capture Real Cost in Customer-Specific Production? Dynamic Recipes and the True Cost Engine
In mass production, a fixed recipe and standard cost work perfectly. In customer-specific production, every order has a different route, variable operation sequence, and actual cost rarely matches the standard. I explain dynamic recipes and the true cost engine with concrete examples.
- How Does Work Divide in Hybrid Teams, and How Do You Build Approval Chains?
How work is divided in hybrid teams with humans and agents, how to build approval chains, aligning human and agent roles toward the same goal, and managing organizational structure via Git with config-as-code.
- How Do Agents Delegate Tasks to Each Other?
Agent-to-Agent (A2A) delegation: how one agent hands off a task to another, with approval flows and output control. Parallels with human organizational delegation.
- How Do the Layers Connect? Data Flow in ERP-MOM-MES Integration and Local ERPs
ERP, MOM and MES integration architecture, how data flows between layers, why local ERPs like Netsis/Odoo/Logo/Parasut require a dedicated integration layer, and how infab.cloud's ERP integration layer fits in.
- How Do You Set Boundaries for AI Agents?
How to draw boundaries for an agent with policy.md, define behavior rules, manage Draft/Active/Passive states, and use skill types (builtin/mcp/http/function). Hiring an agent should be no different from hiring a human: definition, approval, activation.
- What Is MOM? The Orchestration Layer Above MES
MOM, or Manufacturing Operations Management, is the orchestration layer above MES that brings quality, maintenance, and inventory under one roof.
- What Is MES? Real-Time Shop Floor Data Capture
MES captures real-time production data — cycle time, downtime, and scrap — from work order start to finish on the shop floor. The concrete difference from ERP.
- Why Must Your Organization Chart Include AI Agents?
How agents become part of the department and personnel hierarchy — same org chart with both human and agent nodes, responsible_id relationships. If an agent has no department, nobody is accountable for what it does.
- Your ERP Is Not Lying, It Just Speaks Late and in Coarse Grains
ERP is designed for finance, sales, purchasing, and stock accounting — not for real-time data collection from the shop floor. Your ERP is not lying; it is just speaking late and in coarse grains.
- How Do You Tell the Difference Between an AI Tool and an Agent?
The difference between a chatbot in a browser tab and a defined agent with accountability, model, skills, and policy. Personal tasks call for tools; corporate processes call for agents.