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MES Data Acquisition: How to Unlock Your Factory’s Hidden Data
A Manufacturing Execution System (MES) is the central control system of a factory. To work properly, it needs a steady stream of real-time data from machines and systems on the factory floor. This data is essential for running operations smoothly. But in most factories, the hardest part is getting this data to the MES.
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Announcing Node-RED Con 2025: A Community Conference on Industrial Applications
At FlowFuse, our commitment to the Node-RED community is at the heart of everything we do. That's why we are... -
Optimizing operations: Improve Industrial Operations with FlowFuse
The announcement of our latest $7.25 million funding round isn't just a milestone for FlowFuse; it's a catalyst for our... -
FlowFuse Forms: Easy Data Collection for Your Factory Floor
It's often a pain to get important data from the factory floor. Things like doing quality checks still rely on... -
What Is MES (Manufacturing Execution System)? How It Works, Benefits, and Challenges
Running a factory means constantly pushing for better production. You want to make more products, make them faster, and ensure... -
FlowFuse 2.18: Smarter Monitoring, AI Integration, Improved DevOps, and a preview of exciting things to come
This release is focused on improvements that help you manage and optimize the performance of your Node-RED instances and takes... -
Connect Your Shop Floor to Your ERP – Odoo Edition
A major problem in manufacturing today is when your ERP system isn't getting real-time information from the factory floor. This... -
Building a Flexible Node-RED Scheduler with Cron-Plus
Automation isn’t just about reacting to events—sometimes it’s about doing things at the right time. In Node-RED, the Inject node... -
How to Embed Webpages on the FlowFuse Dashboard
When you build a dashboard, sometimes you need more than just internal data. Maybe it’s a live map, a report... -
FlowFuse 2.17: Easier remote instance onboarding, Dashboard blueprint, PDF generation, and more
This release is focused on improvements that help you get up and running with FlowFuse much more quickly. Our vision... -
Part 1: Building an Andon Task Manager with FlowFuse
In modern manufacturing and service environments, speed and transparency are critical for addressing issues as they arise. An Andon system... -
How to Generate PDF Reports Using Node-RED in FlowFuse (2026)
Generating PDF reports is a common need in many workflows—whether you're logging data, sharing results, or creating summaries. With Node-RED... -
Part 3: Building an OEE Dashboard with FlowFuse
In Part 2, we built the flow to calculate OEE for the production line using simulated production and downtime data... -
FlowFuse 2.16: Git Integration, improved log retention and more
Another release from the FlowFuse team to keep realising our mission to empower you to fuse the digital realm and... -
Part 2: Building an OEE Dashboard with FlowFuse
In Part 1, we explored the fundamentals of OEE, outlined a basic design of the dashboard, and identified the key... -
Part 1: Building an OEE Dashboard with FlowFuse
OEE (Overall Equipment Effectiveness) is a KPI used in manufacturing to measure equipment performance based on availability, efficiency, and quality. To... -
Managing MQTT Connections at Scale in FlowFuse
FlowFuse makes it easy to deploy Node-RED flows at scale using DevOps pipelines and device groups. However, different stages in... -
FlowFuse 2.15: Personal Node Collections, Smart Schema Suggestions and more control in DevOps Pipelines!
Our three focal points for the latest release of FlowFuse have been: Collaborative Development: Our new Custom Node Catalogues provides a... -
Monitoring Device Health and Performance at Scale with FlowFuse
Edge devices are everywhere, and their numbers are skyrocketing—from 2.7 billion in 2020 to a projected 7.8 billion by 2030,...
