MES/APS Software for Digital Production

Cost pressure, volatile orders, missing real-time data?

S4P helps manufacturing companies connect planning, shopfloor, machines, warehouse, quality and ERP into one seamless digital flow. The result: real-time transparency, better delivery reliability and greater controllability in a volatile production environment.

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S4P provides modular MES and factory software for Industry 4.0, digitalization, automation and AI. The portfolio bundles core functions for digital production: production planning with 4APS, digital work preparation with 4AVO, shopfloor data collection with 4BDE, machine data collection with 4MDE, warehouse management and material flow control with 4PRO, process control with 4SPC and performance management with 4MGT. With these we deliver solutions for automation, traceability, the resilient factory, energy efficiency, digital transformation, artificial intelligence (AI), real-time process control and cyber-physical production systems.

Award-winning factory software proven in practice

Whether a mid-sized industrial company, a plant or a subsidiary of a large corporation: with S4P you digitalize core production processes step by step and at scale. The modules can be introduced individually or combined into a complete MES solution. Our solutions have repeatedly been recognized for innovation, practical relevance and technological significance:

Solutions for Industry 4.0 and MES

Our MES modules cover core tasks of industrial manufacturing. They create transparency, improve planning and feedback, connect ERP/PPS with the shopfloor and deliver data for quality, productivity and continuous improvement.

Our entire solution portfolio is designed as modular standard software. It is fully customizable and integrates seamlessly into your existing IT landscape. A service-oriented IT architecture based on Java/Jakarta EE ensures the future viability and continuous further development of our software for production planning and automation.

Solutions for digitalization, automation and AI

Industrial companies face high demands on price-performance, costs, quality, flexibility and delivery performance in global competition. Industry 4.0 enables a significant increase in productivity through the automation of machines, production and business processes as well as cyber-physical production systems (CPPS). In addition to the intelligent networking of machines and equipment, we focus on energy efficiency, process control and traceability. We implement intelligent logistics solutions that, combined with artificial intelligence (AI), achieve sustainable improvements in productivity and quality. Our customers benefit from our extensive network of research and implementation partners.

Add-ons for ERP, PPS and MES systems

S4P integrates into existing IT landscapes and extends ERP, PPS and MES systems with production-related functions. Supported systems include SAP ERP / SAP Business One, Sage 100 / Sage Farmac, ams.ERP, Alphaplan / CVS, Infor:LN / Infor:com, PSIPenta / Proalpha / AP P2, Microsoft Dynamics AX / NAV, MyFactory / UniPPS or individual ERP. The goal is a seamless connection between ERP/PPS, production planning, shopfloor, machines, warehouse, quality assurance and management. We also develop a wide range of MES solutions for software vendors, including FELIOS APS by Inform GmbH from Aachen or the Software Factory from Garching.

Industry and special solutions for your specific requirements

S4P is suitable for a wide range of industrial application areas, in particular:

Our solutions are scalable, customizable and suitable for different production structures.

Want to find out which S4P modules fit your production processes?

Find the right MES modules for planning, shopfloor, machines, warehouse, quality and metrics: