DELMIA Apriso

Beyond Basic MES: Optimize Global Production with Manufacturing Operations Management (MOM)
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What is DELMIA Apriso?

DELMIA Apriso is a modern manufacturing operations management (MOM) system that provides real-time visibility and control over global production processes. It helps manufacturers enforce best practices, maintain quality compliance, and synchronize operations—from the shop floor to the enterprise level.

Whether you're upgrading from paper-and-spreadsheet tracking or replacing a legacy MES (manufacturing execution system), Apriso creates a unified, live picture of production so you can respond faster and drive continuous improvement.

With a modular, scalable platform, Apriso adapts to your operations—not the other way around. Gain instant insights, minimize downtime, and connect your plant to the digital thread. From traceability and inventory control to workforce productivity and equipment performance, Apriso empowers teams with the tools they need to make smarter decisions in real time.

The result? A more agile, responsive manufacturing environment that helps you deliver on time, every time.

 

 

 

Benefits of DELMIA Apriso

DELMIA Aprisio improves operational efficiency

Operational Efficiency

Streamline your manufacturing processes to increase throughput and reduce downtime. Apriso’s real-time production monitoring and automated workflows help eliminate bottlenecks and idle time.

DELMIA Aprisio embeds quality checks for compliance requirements

Quality & Compliance

Apriso embeds quality checks and genealogy tracking into production, making it easy to meet regulatory requirements and quickly trace and issue.

DELMIA Aprisio provides global visibility and control

Global Visibility & Control

Apriso provides a unified view of operations across plants and integrates with ERP for synchronized planning—empowering better decisions with data from every line.

DELMIA Aprisio produces real-time analytics

Data-Driven Decision Making

Use real-time analytics to make data-driven decisions that fuel ongoing improvement and operational excellence across global production.

Explore the Building Blocks of Apriso

Reporting & Analytics Time & Labor Planning Warehouse Manufacturing Production Equipment Maintenance & Management Quality Control Business Process Management System Integration OPTIMIZATION OPERATION FOUNDATION

 

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DELMIA Apriso EBOOK

Mastering Manufacturing with Centralized Global Process Management

In 2024, manufacturers face economic uncertainty, labor gaps, supply disruptions, and growing sustainability demands. Deloitte’s 2023 PMI signals contraction, stressing the need for efficiency and innovation.

This eBook explores how to:

  • Standardize global processes for consistency and productivity
  • Leverage Centers of Excellence to drive innovation and share best practices
  • Use DELMIA’s Global Process Manager to streamline operations and reduce costs

Why MES Isn’t Enough Anymore
Today’s manufacturers must handle complex global operations and faster product launches. Traditional MES systems fall short—an integrated, global approach like MOM is essential.

 

 

 

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DELMIA EBOOK

OPTIMIZING MANUFACTURING WITH CENTERS OF EXCELLENCE AND DELMIA'S GLOBAL PROCESS MANAGER

In 2024, manufacturers face economic uncertainty, labor gaps, supply disruptions, and growing sustainability demands. Deloitte’s 2023 PMI signals contraction, stressing the need for efficiency and innovation.

This eBook explores how to:

  • Standardize global processes for consistency and productivity
  • Leverage Centers of Excellence to drive innovation and share best practices
  • Use DELMIA’s Global Process Manager to streamline operations and reduce costs

Why MES Isn’t Enough Anymore
Today’s manufacturers must handle complex global operations and faster product launches. Traditional MES systems fall short—an integrated, global approach like MOM is essential.

 

 

 

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DELMIA APRISO EBOOK 

BRIDGING THE GAP BETWEEN ENGINEERING AND MANUFACTURING

Explore how manufacturers can overcome disconnected systems between design, engineering, and production. The eBook highlights the value of using a shared digital platform to unify teams, streamline processes, and ensure data consistency across the product lifecycle.

As a proven entry point for digital transformation, a well-executed MOM strategy—especially powered by DELMIA on the 3D EXPERIENCE platform—helps modernize the shop floor, drive efficiency, and improve performance across the board.

Key benefits include:

  • Faster transition from design to manufacturing
  • Fewer errors and reduced development time
  • Improved collaboration across departments
  • Always up-to-date product and manufacturing data

This digital integration supports greater agility, efficiency, and responsiveness in today’s fast-paced manufacturing environment.

 

 

 

 Frequently Asked Questions

An MES is a software system used in manufacturing to monitor and control production processes on the factory floor in real time. MES systems typically focus on production Execution and Quality management. It bridges the gap between high-level planning systems (like ERP) and actual shop-floor operations, ensuring products are made efficiently and with proper quality control.
Manufacturing Operations Management refers to a holistic approach (and suite of software tools) for overseeing end-to-end manufacturing processes with the goal of optimizing efficiency. It encompasses not just execution of production (MES) but also related functions such as production planning, quality management, performance analysis, Warehouse and Material Management, Maintenance Management, Labor Management and other activities required to run manufacturing operations effectively.
MES is a subset of MOM – it focuses specifically on executing and tracking what happens on the production floor, whereas MOM covers a broader scope of all manufacturing operations. In other words, an MES manages shop-floor production (e.g. scheduling, dispatching, data collection) while MOM includes MES plus additional functions like quality control, maintenance, inventory management, and other support activities that ensure overall production effectiveness.
An MES fills the gap between Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) and the shop floor by handling real-time production execution details that ERP systems typically don’t/can’t cover. While an ERP plans and manages business resources at a high level (orders, materials, finances), a MOM like DELMIA Apriso focuses on monitoring work-in-progress, machine status, and operational data in real time to ensure the production plan is executed efficiently and correctly. MOM solutions are also designed to run even when ERP may be down for maintenance or issues – allowing the plant to continue production. MOM solutions complement and add value to ERP investments by providing the real-time control of manufacturing - while providing Standarization and governance to manufacturing processes to increase thruput, increase flexibility and increase product quality. MOM coordinates all manufacturing related operations (globally) and provides visibility across operations to provide visibility to operations at a near real-time level.
Manufacturers adopt MES/MOM systems to gain better control and visibility over their production operations, which leads to higher efficiency and lower downtime. By providing real-time data and enforcing best practices, these systems help identify bottlenecks, improve product quality, ensure on-time delivery, and enable informed decision-making, all of which drive greater productivity and profitability in the factory.
DELMIA Apriso is a Manufacturing Execution System (MES) and Manufacturing Operations Management (MOM) software solution from Dassault Systèmes designed to manage and optimize global manufacturing operations. It provides a unified platform of applications that helps companies achieve manufacturing excellence by digitally connecting and synchronizing everything from the shop-floor machines to enterprise systems, improving visibility and control across production processes.
DELMIA Apriso offers a broad suite of manufacturing operations capabilities in one platform. Key functions include real-time production tracking and scheduling, quality management, equipment maintenance management, labor and inventory synchronization, manufacturing intelligence/analytics, and seamless integration with business systems like ERP.
Apriso is designed to work hand-in-hand with enterprise systems such as ERP and PLM. It can seamlessly integrate with ERP software to exchange data (e.g., sending production results and consuming orders) and align manufacturing with business processes, ensuring that shop-floor information flows in real time to systems managing finance, supply chain, or product design. For 3DEXPERIENCE PLM users, DELMIA Apriso works in closed loop synchronization with the 3DEXPERIENCE PLM to provide out-of-the-box digital continuity between engineering design and manufacturing operations.
Yes. DELMIA Apriso includes a machine integration layer that allows it to interface with shop-floor equipment and IoT sensors, enabling real-time data collection from production lines. By capturing signals and data directly from machines (e.g., PLCs or sensors), Apriso provides up-to-the-minute visibility into operational status and automatically records production events without manual data entry.
DELMIA Apriso is built on a modern, unified architecture that centralizes manufacturing processes and data for enterprise-wide use. The platform is designed to be flexible, scalable, and secure – it supports multi-site deployments with a single source of truth, so global manufacturers can standardize processes across plants while still accommodating local needs on a common system.
It offers flexible deployment options. DELMIA Apriso primarily an on-premise solution. It is not a SaaS product, but it can be hosted in a cloud IaaS environment.
Apriso is a cross-industry solution suitable for both discrete and process manufacturing environments. It is used in industries such as automotive, aerospace & defense, consumer packaged goods, food and beverage, life sciences/medical devices, industrial equipment, and others – essentially anywhere a company needs to monitor and control complex production operations across one or multiple plants.
DELMIA Apriso is generally aimed at medium to large manufacturing organizations, especially those managing complex, multi-site operations. Its robust, scalable design can handle enterprise requirements, whereas Dassault Systèmes provides a separate solution called DELMIAWorks (an integrated ERP/MES platform) that is tailored for the needs and budgets of small to midsize manufacturers.
Both are part of Dassault Systèmes’ DELMIA portfolio, but they target different company sizes and needs. DELMIA Apriso is focused on medium to large enterprises and provides comprehensive MES/MOM capabilities for managing global manufacturing operations, whereas DELMIAWorks (formerly IQMS) combines ERP and MES functionality in a single solution designed for small and mid-sized businesses looking for an all-in-one manufacturing and business system.
Apriso stands out for its unified, end-to-end approach: it delivers traditional MES functions plus extended MOM capabilities (like quality, maintenance, warehouse management, and more) on one platform. Unlike many systems that require heavy customization, Apriso offers a Business Process Management-based configurable architecture (including a visual process builder and pre-built components) that lets manufacturers adapt the software to their operations without extensive custom coding – this flexibility, along with its ability to standardize processes across global sites—while still facilitating continuous improvement—is a key differentiator.
DELMIA Apriso creates a foundation for digital transformation by digitizing and integrating all facets of production operations. It helps companies move from paper-based or siloed processes to a unified digital system – providing real-time data, automation, and even “virtual twin” capabilities that connect the virtual and real worlds of manufacturing – so organizations can simulate, monitor, and optimize their production in a continuous loop of improvement.
DELMIA Apriso includes manufacturing intelligence and analytics tools that deliver real-time visibility into operations. Users can monitor key performance indicators like production throughput, equipment OEE, inventory levels, and quality metrics on dashboards and reports, allowing them to spot issues or trends and make data-driven decisions for continuous improvement.
Manufacturers implementing Apriso often see significant improvements in operational performance. Typical benefits reported include increased productivity and throughput, better product quality (with fewer errors or defects), real-time transparency into production status, reduced manufacturing costs from inefficiencies or downtime, and faster time-to-market thanks to more agile and synchronized production processes.
For plant managers, Apriso provides real-time oversight of everything happening in production – they can monitor work in progress, identify bottlenecks or equipment issues as they arise, and adjust plans quickly to minimize downtime. For operators, the system delivers clear digital work instructions and automates data collection (e.g., recording production counts or quality checks), which reduces paperwork and errors and helps them perform their tasks more efficiently.

 DELMIA APRISO CUSTOMER SUCCESS STORIES

Apriso Case Study

AUTOLIV DRIVES LEAN MANUFACTURING WITH DELMIA APRISO

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Autoliv aimed to enhance quality, material flow, and process consistency across its global plants. By deploying DELMIA Apriso integrated with ERP in a unified platform called “ACE,” the company connected shop floor and enterprise operations for real-time visibility and smarter decision-making.

 The result, streamlined workflows, standardized processes, and a more agile, efficient manufacturing ecosystem.

Apriso Case Study

L'OREAL AND DELMIA APRISO

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To enhance global operational visibility and control, L’Oréal implemented Dassault Systèmes’ DELMIA Apriso across 30+ plants alongside its global SAP ERP rollout.

This unified platform enabled consistent execution of production, quality, and inventory processes, achieving full traceability and boosting the “first time right” metric to 94.4%.

Apriso Case Study

LABORATOIRES M&L, L’OCCITANE GROUP

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To meet rising global demand for natural cosmetics and fragrances, Laboratoires M&L, part of the L’Occitane Group, turned to DELMIA Apriso to enhance production planning and manage raw material variability.

By optimizing operations from raw material reception to packaging and storage, the company gained real-time visibility, improved decision-making, and reduced waste and production interruptions by 50%. These improvements also boosted employee productivity and opened new career opportunities.

 

 

“Clearly our DELMIA Apriso solution has brought added value to us and our customers...”

L’Oréal Plant Manager

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