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How to Take Your Manufacturing Operations to the Next Level
4 Biggest Benefits Our Customers Have Achieved with Roima MOM/MES Solutions


Let’s start by looking at what manufacturing operations management is. The term Manufacturing Operations Management (MOM) originates from the ISA-95 standard, which categorizes manufacturing into four different operations or activities:
- Production operations, including production planning and scheduling
- Quality operations
- Maintenance operations
- Inventory operations
These operations are typically described either as functions associated with shop floor (production) operations or as functions that support them.


All of these operations are typically managed either in a Manufacturing Execution (MES), Manufacturing Operations Management (MOM) or Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) system, depending on the complexity of the manufactured products, process requirements, and the level of production automation. With the right solution, you can boost your performance, delivery reliability and efficiency, reduce costs incurred by waste and react to all changes in production without delay. Simultaneously, you can build trust with your customers by offering them detailed information on the origins of your products and raw materials.
To achieve all this, the MOM system should be chosen with care. But what to take into account when selecting a MOM solution and vendor for your company? Luckily, there are certain identified best practices that can help you select the platform and vendor that best satisfy the needs of your company.
Here are four key questions to ask yourself when comparing options:
- Is the platform a modular solution that can be flexibly developed and extended to also cover possible future needs?
- Is the platform a productized solution with a large customer base or is it always customized according to customer needs?
- Does the software vendor have expertise in your industry and production environment in general?
- Will the selected system affect the complexity of your system architecture with multiple interfaces and software vendors?
By finding answers to these questions, you can make sure the selected solution and vendor will be future-proof for all your current and future needs and that you will achieve the best return on your investment (ROI).
Roima MOM/MES and Its Biggest Benefits
Roima Intelligence is a leading supplier of Manufacturing Operations Management systems, and our seasoned experts have extensive experience of versatile MOM implementation projects in Finland and globally. Based on Roima’s Lean System platform, our Roima MOM solution flexibly supports different types of operations management needs – from manufacturing (MES/MOM) to full-scale business management (ERP). The modular platform covers all major tools needed to effectively manage both simple and complex manufacturing environments.
The platform consists of the following MOM modules that can be selected according to customer needs:
- S&OP for forecasting and rough planning
- APS for advanced planning & scheduling
- MES for manufacturing execution, tracking and quality monitoring
- WMS for warehouse management and intralogistics
- OEE for overall equipment efficiency and availability monitoring and standardized production equipment interfaces
- EAM for maintenance activities and production equipment management
- Work hours reporting
- Real-time info screens and factory digital twin for an overall view of production and possible issues
- Reporting and analytics tools for with ready-made reports and actionable KPIs.
With Roima’s MOM/MES solution, our customers have achieved multiple benefits. Roima’s MOM solution facilitates versatile advanced production planning and scheduling (APS) and the quick execution of orders on the shop floor (MES), and adds transparency to the different phases of the order-to-delivery process. Roima’s MOM functions have been developed with a special focus on usability to meet the needs for improving production efficiency and increasing productivity.
Four of the biggest benefits our customers have achieved with Roima MOM/MES are:
Finally, how do Roima and its MOM/MES solutions answer to the vendor and platform selection questions presented above?
- Is the platform a modular solution that can be flexibly developed and extended to also cover possible future needs?
Roima Lean system platform is a modular and future-proof solution that can easily be extended to cover all your future needs, all the way from resource and production planning to execution and production data collection/tracking to supply chain and business management. - Is the platform a productized solution with a large customer base or is it always customized according to customer needs?
Roima’s Lean System platform is both: it is a productized solution with a large customer base, and it is configured to meet the specific needs of the customer. This allows you to enjoy the best of both alternatives – providing you with a productized, evolving solution with your requirements implemented.
- Does the software vendor have expertise in your industry and production environment in general?
Roima has expertise in multiple different industries and their manufacturing environments and specific features. Our seasoned experts are well-versed in their fields and industry best practices and can help you find the right solution for the specific needs of your company. Our industry experts can also help you with business and operations development in multiple different areas through our ROIWalk and PreStudy services.
- Will the selected system affect the complexity of your system architecture with multiple interfaces and software vendors?
With Roima’s Lean System platform and the extensive expertise of our professionals, you will have a single platform and a single vendor for all your current and future MOM/MES needs. This will simplify your system architecture and reduce costs significantly.
Here are also some useful resources from our experts that you might find interesting:
Roima Academy:
Whitepaper: Business-Driven Digitalization
Webinar Recording: Roima MOM for Factory ERP – What and Why?
Webinar Recording: Production Machine Tracking and Device Integrations as Part of Lean System
Blog series: How to Succeed in Multi-Site MES Programs
Blog post: Black swans of MES/MOM business cases
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