+25 %
Overall production productivity up 15%~25%
+25 %
Higher quality, with product defect rates down 15%~25%
-80 %
80% less decision-making time thanks to accurate, real-time data.
9 challenges in production management
01
Difficulty forecasting product demand
No advanced reporting tools to estimate how many items should be sold in the coming months or next year.
02
Managing inventory manually is very inefficient and error-prone, which can lead to inaccuracies, shortages, overstock and unexplained losses.
03
Material waste is an unavoidable loss in any production cycle, often caused by poor planning or recipe changes.
04
Shortage of skilled labor
Although automation and robotics can help close the labor gap, people will still be needed to assess and solve problems and to manage. Staff shortages are one of the most serious threats to manufacturing today .
05
Production asset maintenance management
The more a business grows, the more problems start to arise. One of the key challenges is ensuring production machinery and equipment run well and are available. That also includes determining your production costs.
06
Business expansion
One of the biggest challenges manufacturers face is deciding when to scale up the business. Scaling up too early or too late can seriously harm the company.
07
Lack of supply chain transparency
Global supply chains change every day, putting a burden on planning and inventory management. If a problem occurs at any stage at a supplier's or distributor's facility, it can disrupt the entire production process and production lifecycle, leading to delayed orders, lost profits and potential safety risks.
08
This is always an issue at every stage of a business. However, the more the company grows, the more complex it becomes to grow revenue and sales.
One of the challenges manufacturers face when scaling up is working out how to fine-tune the production process to handle ever-increasing production volumes.
09
New technologies keep emerging, including IoT, robotics and manufacturing software... Adapting to technological change is a challenge in manufacturing.
SmartBiz MES - Smart Manufacturing Execution System
Automation and great collaboration, unified on an outstanding smart business management platform
Easy + Powerful = Value
Giám sát Real-time
Connect directly to IoT devices, PLCs and SCADA. Track the progress and output of the entire production line in real time on a visual dashboard. OEE, output and downtime data are updated continuously.
Visual dashboards
IoT & automation
Production planning & capacity management
Create and optimize production plans based on orders and the capacity of machines, lines and staff. Automatically dispatch work orders to stations/lines in real time. Supports multi-workshop, multi-shift coordination.
Production planning
Visual progress Line capacity
Quality management
Control quality from incoming materials to finished goods. Integrated SPC, IQC/OQC, traceability and root cause analysis (RCA).
IQC/ OQC Traceability
Warehouse & materials management
Real-time inventory tracking, multi-level BOM management, automatic material shortage alerts and supply chain optimization.
BOM management
Real-time inventory
Factory HR management
Digitalize HR management processes. Automated - Transparent - Accurate - saves 70% of processing time.
Online attendance requests & approvals Piece-rate pay & performance
Equipment management
Complete equipment lifecycle management: preventive maintenance, real-time machine condition monitoring, and maintenance schedules optimized with predictive AI.
OEE tracking
IoT
Preventive maintenance
Energy consumption management
Monitor and optimize energy consumption across the plant. Analyze usage patterns, detect waste and automatically suggest savings
Consumption analysis ESG reporting
ERP integration, flexible expansion
Automated business processes, multi-level approval workflows, automatic alerts and notifications. ERP and accounting integration, Open API - flexible extension and customization.
ERP integration Multi-level approvals
Tailored to your industry
SmartBiz is built to be flexible and fit the specifics of each industry.
Garments - Footwear
Shift scheduling, piece-rate payroll, export order progress tracking.
Wood - Furniture
CNC operation routing, material management
Why choose SmartBiz?
Odoo ERP platform (world TOP 4) + IIoT + Automation — one single solution to manage the entire production chain.
Leading technology platform
IoT hardware & automation + ERP software in one ecosystem, running seamlessly.
Barcode / QR / RFID scanners: fast identification, 99.9% accurate
Smart production stations: on-line screens or mobile devices record data directly in the plant/workshop, in real time
IoT & automation devices: connect sensors, AI cameras, Andon
A complete answer to manufacturing challenges
Less manual work, faster processes, transparent data — every department in sync on one system.
Synchronized workflows: WMS → MES → QC → ESG
Automated and accurate: less manual data entry, real time
Flexible customization & expansion: deploy module by module, tailored to your business.
Benefits for every stakeholder
Everyone gets real value from the SmartBiz solution.
Operators: simple operation, fewer errors
Investors: optimized costs, higher profits
Managers: data-driven decisions.
Customers: high quality, on-time delivery
We find SmartBiz's production progress management solution highly effective. The system reduces manual work: QR codes are scanned to record progress and output at each operation accurately, and reports are updated instantly, replacing handwritten records and shortening processing time compared to before. We plan to expand the rollout and look forward to upgrading to a fully automated system.
We consider the SmartBiz solution a good fit for AVC Cranes. It has delivered significant results in managing the machinery and production equipment of the entire plant. We can also quantify equipment operation, which makes operation, maintenance and repair much easier.
MES features
Resource status tracking
Track and analyze the status of resources, including machines, materials and labor, based on real-time data to make allocation adjustments.
Operations / detailed scheduling
Optimize performance by scheduling the timing and sequence of operations based on priorities and resource capacity.
Production dispatching
Manage the real-time flow of production data so that quick, calculated adjustments to production dispatching are easy to make.
Data collection
Track and collect real-time data on processes, materials and operations, and use it to make better decisions and increase efficiency.
Quality management
Track deviations and quality defects to improve quality control management and records.
Process management
Manage the entire production process from order release to finished goods. Gain insight into bottlenecks and points that affect quality while creating full production traceability.
Production asset maintenance management
Use MES data to identify potential equipment problems before they occur and adjust maintenance schedules for equipment, tools and machines to reduce downtime and increase efficiency.
Track product progress to make informed decisions. Having complete product history data helps manufacturers comply with standards or industry regulations.
Performance analysis
Compare results against targets to identify strengths and weaknesses in the overall process, and use that data to make the system run more efficiently.
Document and version control
Manage and distribute documents including work instructions, drawings, standard operating procedures, batch records... so they can be accessed and edited
