This past year, a number of acquisitions changed the manufacturing execution system landscape:
PeopleSoft Inc. and J.D. EdwardsThis deal allows PeopleSoft to tap into J.D. Edwards' established manufacturing model within its ERP suite.
GE Fanuc and Mountain SystemsGE Fanuc gained access to Mountain Systems' customizable set of tools, thus expanding the breadth of industries to which the company can offer MES solutions.
NetVendor and Teradyne's Manufacturing Software GroupIn an attempt to corner the MES market for discrete manufacturers, these two groups merged and formed a new company called Visiprise Inc.
Rockwell Automation and Interwave Technology Inc.Rockwell acquired a lot of MES expertise with the addition of this consulting group. It was the latest in a growing portfolio of MES-related acquisitions.
Tecnomatix Technologies and USDATA Corp.Tecnomatix will marry the USDATA MES platform and SCADA tools with its pre-production engineering execution applications to provide customers with a collaborative engineering and manufacturing environment.