Manufacturing technology continues to evolve at speed, but making sense of buzzwords like AI requires cutting through the noise to find real business value. In this conversation from IPC APEX 2025, Jason from Aegis Software talks to EMSNOW’s Eric Miscoll and reveals how companies are transforming manufacturing execution systems into strategic assets that quantify their own ROI.
The discussion opens with AI implementation strategies, where Jason explains how Aegis bridges the gap between massive learning models and specialized manufacturing applications. Their ARIA bridge originally designed for analytics has evolved into an AI enablement tool, creating value from 25 years of manufacturing data in ways unimaginable just months ago.
Also compelling is Aegis’s revolutionary approach to inventory management with their upcoming Factory Logic Material Management 2.0. This web-based system eliminates the dreaded plant-wide shutdown for inventory counts by distributing auditing throughout the year in manageable increments. As Jason notes, “While inventory management isn’t terribly exciting, it delivers great business value” – particularly timely as manufacturers struggle with component gluts and excess material holding costs.
Fascinating revelation comes from a customer-inspired innovation: analytics that quantify what didn’t happen. These reports document prevented disasters – defective units intercepted before shipping, unauthorized operators blocked from stations, and other costly errors caught by the system. This shifts the conversation from MES as a cost center to MES as insurance and prevention, putting dollar figures on problems avoided.
For defense contractors, Aegis highlights their ITAR compliance expertise and CMMC readiness, while emphasizing zero-code configurability that lets customers adapt their MES as business needs evolve. The conversation ends with their customer-centric deployment approach that aligns implementations with strategic business goals rather than getting lost in technical details.
EMS@C-Level Live at APEX is sponsored by global inspection leaders Koh Young (https://www.kohyoung.com) and Creative Electron (https://creativeelectron.com)
