Manufacturing Execution System Experts in Austria
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Meet FRATCH Experts in Austria, who have recently used Manufacturing Execution System
Stavros Vougioukas
Last position:
Transformation & Change Lead (Freelance) at Sanofi
- Led the global transformation of Talent Operations by inhousing recruitment technologies, processes, and teams, reducing over 20 external partners to 2, defining the strategy to hire hundreds of internal talent specialists, and redesigning organisational structures and processes worldwide.
- Drove gap analyses and impact assessments and led the global rollout of Beamery, HireVue, and Paradox, covering solution design, pilot markets, global deployment, and hypercare, ensuring smooth market transitions and standardised operations.
- Developed and maintained detailed project plans, timelines, milestones, RAID logs, and governance routines, leveraging SharePoint as the central platform for programme documentation, rollout artefacts, approvals, and decision tracking.
- Coordinated cross-functional stakeholders including HR, IT, regional teams, and external vendors, using SharePoint-based documentation and governance frameworks to align requirements, manage dependencies, and resolve delivery issues.
- Conducted gap analyses and impact assessments across Paradox, Beamery, and Workday to ensure pilot readiness and global launch success, with outputs captured and governed through SharePoint.
- Built and executed comprehensive change management plans using ADKAR methodology, covering stakeholder mapping, communications, training, and adoption activities, supported by SharePoint-hosted enablement materials and rollout documentation.
- Broke down silos across regions and functions to drive adoption of new systems, processes, and ways of working.
- Tracked adoption metrics and user feedback post-deployment, driving continuous improvement in user experience and operational performance.
Franz Plakolm
Last position:
Business & IT Consulting at fpcon Franz Plakolm Consulting
- Business consulting finance & supply chain for Infor ERP LN Cloudsuite projects
- Lead consultant ERP LN Cloudsuite finance & cost accounting
- Implementation projects in Germany for a manufacturer of precision castings and a producer of stainless steel kegs
- Optimization project at a steel service center
Peter Stritzinger
Last position:
Lead Software Architect at Pritz IT GmbH
- Lead software architect in a greenfield MES project (Manufacturing Execution System / factory control system), responsible for architecture decisions, technology selection, and technical direction throughout the entire development lifecycle
- Designed and built the core framework from scratch, including several reusable Spring Boot starters (e.g., OPC-UA integration, messaging, security) that enable flexible composition of the individual system modules
- Introduced Keycloak as the central authentication and authorization system with SSO across all MES components
- Created and owns the full CI/CD pipeline covering Java, NPM and Docker – automating build, test, containerisation and deployment across all project components
- Set up the architecture documentation space in Confluence as the single source of truth for all architecture decisions, component designs, and integration patterns
- Defined and enforced naming conventions and coding standards to ensure consistency in the growing codebase
- Conducted regular code reviews for quality assurance, knowledge sharing, and adherence to architecture guidelines
- Created and maintained technology roadmaps to guide future development priorities and infrastructure investments
Albert Schiller
Last position:
Managing Director & Owner at Metatron Industrial Solutions GmbH
- Responsible for strategy, technological development, and execution in industrial plant engineering — with a focus on extrusion technology and AI-driven process optimization
- Freelance project execution for international clients (e.g. Bühler, Enercon, Bayer, Elanco)
- Development of proprietary AI-powered software solutions for production control and environmental technologies
- International project leadership for clients in the food, pharmaceutical, and chemical industries; active involvement in building deep-tech start-ups and selective investments in Industry 4.0, cleantech, and AI manufacturing
- Details see attachment “Albert_Schiller_References_Industrial_Projects”
Georg Oberdammer
Last position:
CIO / CDO at TroGroup
- Design and execution of the transformation journey of IT & digitization and enablement of the further development of the group
- Development of the global IT & digitization strategy (motto: “ahead of the wave”) based on group standards and USP-driven digital solutions
- Definition of the digital strategy as part of the company’s 2030 strategy with a focus on the value disciplines “operational excellence,” “customer intimacy,” “product leadership”
- Design and implementation of a business-focused, global IT organization, including existing shadow IT parts
- Digital product development with a focus on IoT, data science, AI, software development (DevOps), cloud architecture, and Azure cloud services
- Initiation and ramp-up of the CoE for artificial intelligence and data analytics, including several agentic AI projects
- Definition and global rollout of the enterprise, infrastructure, and application architecture
- Cloud transformation including setup and execution of the global S/4HANA rollout, introducing new capabilities and modules
- Global business process standardization, automation, and end-to-end digitization within and across divisions
- IT/OT integration (shop floor, CAx integration)
- P&L responsibility and further development of digital marketing & sales channels, SEO/SEA, online product configuration, PIM/DAM, eBusiness/eCommerce systems
- Implementation of a global intranet portal and several digital solutions like Workday, Concur, Softconcis, Tacto, xFlow
- Further development of Salesforce beyond CRM into a sales backbone
- Support of M&A and divestiture
- Cyber security excellence, data protection, and NIS2 preparation
- Ramp-up of nearshore and offshore locations (Poland, India)
- Evaluation and implementation of business-value–driven IT innovation like RPA, business process AI, and low-code
- IT budgeting and controlling, KPI reporting, and negotiation of large IT contracts
- Global recruiting, people retention, and development
- Stakeholder management with executive management and heads of divisions
Gerald Hiebler
Last position:
External SAP Consultant at ACO Severin Ahlmann GmbH & Co. KG
- Supporting the internal IT department in SAP support for S/4Hana.
- Processing tickets.
- Further development of solutions.
- Expanding configuration models.
- Training key users and end users.
- Documenting solutions.
Kurt Blumenschein
Last position:
Backend / Microservice Developer, DevOps, Test Automation at RCA, Rail Cargo Austria AG
- Backend / Microservice Developer, DevOps, Test Automation
- ~100 Devs, ~10 Teams, per team: 1 PO, 1 Scrum Master, 1 UX, 1 Developer, 1 Tester
- .net core 8, 9, C#
- Microservices, Clean-Architecture, MediatR, CQRS
- GraphQL, REST, SDL
- Azure DevOps, CI / CD-pipelines, Azure-Service Bus, Rabbit-MQ, Kafka, Azure App Configuration, Azure KeyVault, Azure Kubernetes AKS
- Splunk, dashboards, custom metrics, Elastic-Search, Kibana (ELK)
- Azure SQL-Databases, Azure Cosmos DB
- Architecture decisions, event governance, COP (Backend, DevOps, FrontEnt, Test Automations)
- AI, Copilot, creating test templates
- Scheduler, Hangfire, Quartz
- Automated unit and integration tests
- Automated E2E tests, Playwright test automation, BDD, Gherkin, Cucumber
- Tracking of shipments
- GIS, GPS data, geofence, geo search, position tracking, asset positions
- Jira, Confluence
- Focus on high-performance message-oriented architecture (~xx million messages per month per service)
- Structured logging, Serilog, OTel, Splunk, Application Monitoring
- Integration of different position data sources (GPS-based data) into Azure Data Lake
Franz Weghofer
Last position:
SAP Expert
- Preparation of S/4 HANA for utilities
Georg Juffinger
Last position:
Owner & CEO / Senior IT-Consultant at CONPITEC GmbH
- CONPITEC offers premium consulting and IT services.
- Our clients are leading global IT service providers, as well as international groups in the pharmaceutical industry in Europe.
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Statistics of experts using Manufacturing Execution System
Aggregated from the professional profiles of matched freelancers.
Experience
26 years
Position duration
2.4 years
Positions per freelancer
16
Top business areas
Information Technology, Project Management, Operations
Top industries
Information Technology, Manufacturing, Automotive
Certification focus areas
Project Management, Information Technology, Operations
Bachelor's degree or higher
75%
Master's degree or higher
63%
Doctorate
13%
Certifications per freelancer
3
Most common languages
German, English, Spanish
Speak two or more languages
100%
Based on our profile pool as of 30 Aug 2026.
Daily rate distribution
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Average rates of experts in Austria using Manufacturing Execution System
Rates are based on recent contracts and do not include FRATCH margin.
The average daily rate is the mean of all daily rates from recent contracts of comparable freelancers on our platform.
The median daily rate is the middle value of all daily rates — half of comparable freelancers charge less, half charge more. Unlike the average, it is barely affected by outliers.
Calculated based on our freelancers’ daily rates as of 30 Aug 2026. Actual rates may vary depending on seniority level, experience, skill specialization, project complexity, and engagement length.
About the technology
What MES does
A Manufacturing Execution System connects planning and production on the shop floor. It captures orders, records machine and operator data, and keeps work moving through each step of manufacturing.
Typical work
- Production dispatching and order tracking
- Traceability for lots, batches, and serial numbers
- Quality checks and exception handling
- Integration with ERP, PLCs, SCADA, and historians
- Dashboards for downtime, scrap, and throughput
Core ecosystem
MES projects often sit next to ERP, automation, and quality systems. Common work includes API integration, data mapping, event handling, and aligning master data with the plant process. Strong experts know how MES fits with SAP ME, Siemens Opcenter, and other shop floor control tools without forcing a rigid template onto production.
When to bring in help
Companies bring in freelance MES specialists when a plant starts a new line, replaces legacy shop floor software, or needs better traceability across sites. They are also useful when systems do not agree on item codes, machine states, or quality events.
What strong experts do
Good professionals ask about the real process first, then map the system to it. They balance production needs, compliance, and usability, and they know where standard settings are enough and where custom logic is needed.
Austria context
In Austria, MES work often touches discrete manufacturing, food, pharma, and industrial equipment. Projects may need on-site time for commissioning, but much of the analysis, configuration, and testing can be done remotely with plant staff and local language support when needed.
Frequently asked questions
Quick answers to the questions that come up most around Manufacturing Execution System.
A Manufacturing Execution System is used to run and monitor production on the shop floor. It tracks orders, materials, machine states, and quality results so teams can see what is happening in real time. It also creates the traceability record many plants need for audits and recalls.
No. MES sits between ERP and shop floor automation, while ERP manages business planning and SCADA focuses on machine control and supervision. A strong MES setup connects those layers so production data moves cleanly from the line to the business system.
A strong Manufacturing Execution System specialist usually knows process analysis, integration work, data modelling, and plant operations. Useful adjacent skills include ERP interfaces, PLC or SCADA connections, SQL, API design, and understanding of quality or traceability flows. Industry knowledge matters just as much as tooling.
For a small rollout or configuration task, a Manufacturing Execution System expert can often start with focused process knowledge and hands-on system work. For a plant-wide transformation, you want someone who has handled integrations, testing, cutover, and support in live production. The harder the environment, the more important proven delivery becomes.
Choose MES when you need controlled execution, detailed traceability, and dependable links to planning, quality, and automation systems. A lighter tool may be enough for basic reporting, but it often breaks down when the process has many steps, exceptions, or compliance demands. MES is the better fit when production data must be trusted across departments.
Most Manufacturing Execution System work can be done remotely for analysis, configuration, integration, and testing. On-site time helps during line walks, commissioning, and user acceptance at the plant. In Austria, many projects use a mix of remote collaboration and targeted visits.
Look for someone who can explain the process, not just the software. A strong MES professional shows clear decisions around master data, state models, exception handling, and interfaces to ERP and automation. Good references from live plant work are more useful than broad claims.
Searchers often use Manufacturing Execution System, MES, or the older term shop floor control. In some environments people also refer to vendor-specific suites such as SAP ME or Siemens Opcenter, especially when the project is tied to one stack. A good freelancer should understand the term used in your plant and translate it into the right implementation approach.
The average hourly rate of freelancers in Austria who have used Manufacturing Execution System in their recent projects is 121 €, which corresponds to a daily rate of about 968 € based on an 8-hour working day.
Of the freelancers in Austria who have used Manufacturing Execution System in their recent projects, 75% hold at least a Bachelor's degree, 63% hold at least a Master's degree, and 13% hold a doctorate.
On average, freelancers in Austria who have used Manufacturing Execution System in their recent projects have 26 years of professional experience, with a single engagement typically lasting around 2.4 years.
The most common languages among freelancers in Austria who have used Manufacturing Execution System in their recent projects are German (100%), English (100%), and Spanish (22%).
The most common industries among freelancers in Austria who have used Manufacturing Execution System in their recent projects are Information Technology (100%), Manufacturing (78%), and Automotive (44%).
The most common business areas among freelancers in Austria who have used Manufacturing Execution System in their recent projects are Information Technology (89%), Project Management (89%), and Operations (78%).
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