Manufacturing operations management systems in small and medium business (discrete manufacturing)

This article deals with Manufacturing Operations Management / Manufacturing Execution Systems for Small and Medium Business as specific type of companies. Many times, those companies do not have resources to follow full complexity of Manufacturing Operations managements system and need to select only products which they are forced to have due to internal or external regulations. Rest of the product are many times either substitute with simple solution like spreadsheets or not present at all. Successful implementation of each of those products means significant improvement in quality, reduced costs or higher efficiency.