制造执行系统（MES）因其对基于制造业的企业的成功所做的重要贡献而被许多高层管理者所认可。本文描述了塔楼汽车公司Roanoke制造厂采用的全厂MES应用。这是一个支持全自动化设施的全厂性实施。本文描述了MES如何通过使用信息技术来管理和协调全自动化设备的高容量数据需求，从而协助工厂管理。

Manufacturing Execution Systems (MES) are becoming recognized by many top managers for the important contributions they can make to the success of a manufacturing based business. This article describes the plant wide MES application employed at the Roanoke manufacturing facility of Tower Automotive. It is a plant wide implementation supporting a fully automated facility. This paper describes how MES assists plant management by using information technology to manage and coordinate the high volume data needs of a fully automated facility.