The manufacturing industry has always been resilient, but there’s no denying that this moment feels especially challenging.
MESA offers members the chance to learn from their peers about smart manufacturing solutions.
Around the globe, organisations are navigating tighter margins, evolving supply chains, and difficult workforce realities. Teams are being asked to do more with less, while still maintaining quality, efficiency, and innovation. In many cases, roles are shifting as companies rethink how work gets done and where to focus limited resources.
What’s becoming clear is that these challenges signal a long-term shift, not a temporary disruption.
Manufacturers that continue to invest in knowledge, skills, and smarter ways of working are better positioned to adapt and compete. Those that isolate or delay progress risk falling behind.
MESA International (the Manufacturing Enterprise Solutions Association) exists to help manufacturers navigate this kind of change by connecting professionals to proven best practices, peer insights, and practical guidance for smart manufacturing adoption.
For manufacturers feeling the pressure to adapt but not keen to navigate these challenges alone, MESA invites you to explore the MESA community. At the start of this new year, it is offering new members who choose to join the organisation 25% off membership, using the code NEWMEMBER.
Webinar: Building smart manufacturing capability
Fresh into 2026, MESA will host a webinar on January 28 at 11:00 Eastern Time, focusing on the MESA Global Education Programme (GEP).
As manufacturers accelerate digital transformation, Manufacturing Operations Management (MOM) and MES capabilities have become foundational to operational excellence. Yet many initiatives struggle, not due to technology but because teams lack a shared, standards-based understanding of how MOM systems should be designed, implemented, and sustained.
In this webinar, MESA International and the MOM Institute (MOMi) will introduce the MESA Global Education Program (GEP), the industry’s premier, vendor-neutral education framework for MES/MOM and Smart Manufacturing professionals. You’ll learn why GEP was created, how it aligns with MESA models and ISA-95 best practices, and how it helps manufacturers, solution providers, and consultants establish a common language and competency baseline for successful MOM programmes. MOMi, the authorised global delivery partner, will also share how the programme is delivered worldwide and how participants apply GEP learning directly to real manufacturing challenges. Whether you are planning a new MES initiative, scaling Smart Manufacturing, or building internal capability across IT and Operations, this session will show how MESA GEP can reduce risk, improve outcomes, and accelerate value realisation.
For more information visit: www.mesa.com
