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MES matters: Unlocking manufacturing value
Friday, 12 September 2025 11:00 ET

Virtual - Dbriefs

CPE credits | Event language: English

12 Sep. 2025

Friday, 11:00 ET | 1 Hr.

MES matters: Unlocking manufacturing value

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Energy, Resources, & Industrials

Participants will identify ways to distinguish critical considerations for MES adoption and formulate strategies for timing modernization initiatives.

Host: Brian Barish, principal, Deloitte Consulting LLP
Presenters: Bryce Garver, manager, Deloitte Consulting LLP
                      Kenneth Norton, managing director, Deloitte Consulting LLP

Key takeaways

1 Overview CPE credit | Specialized Knowledge

Manufacturing Execution Systems (MES) can be increasingly essential as some manufacturers strive to enable a digital thread and optimize production systems. By delivering real-time visibility and control, MES solutions can help improve product quality, reduce inventory, streamline scheduling, and enhance flexibility—empowering rapid response to market changes. We’ll discuss:

  • What a Manufacturing Execution System (MES) is and its core functions
  • The value MES solutions deliver to manufacturing operations
  • Important factors and stakeholders to consider when adopting or modernizing MES

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Brian Barish

Brian Barish

Deloitte - United States
Brian is a principal in Deloitte Consulting’s Industrial Products practice, where he has served for over a decade. He also currently serves as Deloitte’s US Energy, Resources, & Industrials Smart Operations Leader. In his role as the US ER&I Smart Operations leader, he is responsible for a portfolio of sector-targeted offerings that improve process efficiency, productivity, and quality through the application of technology and digital intelligence. He specializes in helping executives at highly engineered product manufacturing companies overcome the complex issues that constrain growth and performance. Brian has a proven track record of delivering measurable step-function improvements in cost, quality, and delivery achievement through scaled transformation efforts and initiatives. He has deep experience in operations strategy, end-to-end supply chain, production system architecture, lean operations, and integrated operations and technology solutions. Brian holds an MBA from Vanderbilt University and a Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering from Kettering University.