Manufacturing Execution System Experts in Munich
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Meet FRATCH Experts in Munich, who have recently used Manufacturing Execution System
Wolfgang Decker
Last position:
Independent Transformation Executive at Digital Transformation & Operational Excellence
Ongoing independent executive practice for ERP/MES, digital manufacturing, IT/OT and program delivery in industrial and regulated environments.
Lead transformation and recovery programs across Europe, the US and Asia across programs with total value exceeding EUR 180M. Focus areas include governance reset, multi-site execution, vendor control, ERP/MES target architecture, executive steering and transition to stable operations.
Selected current and recent work:**
PE-backed Industrial Carve-out, Europe | Transformation & Separation Advisor | February 2026 – Present Supporting carve-out preparation and execution with focus on separation logic, operating model, governance, TSA implications, IT/ERP dependencies and Day-1 readiness. Translating transaction perimeter into executable workstreams across business, IT, operations and finance, with clear decision cadence and risk transparency.
Industrial Software & Automation, Europe | Industry Strategy & Value Proposition Advisory | Jul 2025 – Apr 2026 Shaped industry strategy, value proposition and executive positioning for focused industrial software and automation providers in adjacent but distinct markets, including warehouse automation, enterprise architecture, process intelligence and manufacturing transformation. Work included ICP clarity, use-case framing, GTM logic, customer value realization and the translation of ERP/MES, IT/OT and shopfloor reality into scalable, provider-specific market narratives.
AI LegalTech Platform, Switzerland | Interim CTO | Sep 2024 – Jun 2025 Defined product, data and technology roadmap for an AI-enabled LegalTech platform under DACH regulatory constraints. Implemented RAG architecture and delivered MVP, pilot clients and partner setup for first revenues and investor readiness.
Industrial Components, Switzerland | Manufacturing Transformation Program Lead | Jan 2023 – Dec 2024 Re-established governance and roadmap for an eight-year stalled MES replacement across multiple plants. Aligned ERP and Quality interfaces, restored delivery cadence and improved OEE by more than 15% in a CHF 550M business unit.
Pharma & Chemicals, Ireland | GxP Manufacturing Systems Program Lead | May 2020 – Dec 2022 Took over a failing MES/DNC rollout in Covid-19 vaccine manufacturing under strict GxP constraints. Reset governance, validation and site support, restoring operational stability and Day-1 compliance.
Premium Automotive, Italy | Paint Shop Digitalization Program Manager | Sep 2020 – Dec 2021 Stabilized a failed MES rollout that had reduced throughput to 8–9 cars per day versus 23 contracted. Increased output to 26–28 cars per day, securing continuity of a premium product line worth more than EUR 1B.
Automotive Tier-1, Germany | Manufacturing Transformation Program Manager | Oct 2019 – Jun 2020 Modernized an unstable legacy MES blocking ERP integration and traceability. Defined target architecture, aligned vendors and plants, and enabled more than 20% OT operating cost reduction.
Marc Zenker
Last position:
Founder & Managing Director / Interim CIO & Transformation Executive at Collective Minds GmbH
- Built Collective Minds as an AI-first company, embedding AI into operating model, delivery and client solutions.
- Built and lead an international offshore delivery organization of 25 professionals, complemented by senior specialists in Germany.
- Act as Interim CDO for ALWITRA, supporting the company-wide digitalization agenda across ERP, CRM, enterprise knowledge, AI, data and operating model.
- Advise managing directors, CIOs and IT leaders on transformation strategy, target operating models, governance, prioritization and execution.
- Own program structures, budgets, staffing, vendor coordination, risks and executive stakeholder communication.
- Develop scalable technology and delivery models across AI, CRM, IAM, integration and manufacturing-related initiatives.
Thomas Stork
Last position:
Automation Technology Lecturer at HWK Munich and Upper Bavaria
- Training professionals in PLC technology, pneumatics, control engineering, and KUKA robots
- Creating scripts for Siemens systems: STEP 5, STEP 7, TIA Portal, WinCC
- Creating scripts for pneumatics, control engineering, and KUKA robot programming
- Serving on the examination committee for quality assurance in vocational training
- Training and certifying over 500 professionals
Gabriele Caracausi
Last position:
Startup Mentor and Technical Advisor (Volunteer) at Faros Accelerator
- Mentoring startups about technology trends and solutions, business models, market and competition research.
Joerg Reger
Last position:
Chief Information Officer at CQLT SaarGummi Group
Chief Information Officer with more than two decades of international leadership experience in publicly traded and regulated industrial environments.
Responsible for the structural realignment of complex, long-standing IT organizations to bring transparency, control, and financial stability.
Leading global IT organizations with budgets up to €120 million and up to 320 employees.
Developing and rolling out centrally managed operating models, setting up transparent financial and governance structures, and consistently delivering business-critical platform initiatives (e.g., SAP S/4HANA).
Focused on restoring decision-making, prioritization, and execution power during transformation phases under increased organizational pressure.
Leveraging technology as a strategic tool to increase efficiency, stabilize operations, and support sustainable business development.
Global IT Transformation & Operating Models
SAP S/4HANA & Platform Harmonization
Digital Manufacturing & Industry 4.0
Governance, Compliance & Cyber Resilience
International Organizational Leadership
Sourcing & Location Strategies
Overall responsibility for strategy, governance, budget, and operations of the global IT function with an annual budget of approximately €45 million and an international team of about 95 employees across all locations.
Direct reporting line to the executive management and close strategic coordination with the CFO and COO.
Realigned a historically decentralized IT landscape of 28 legally independent entities and separate budget and control logics into a centrally managed, internationally standardized operating model.
Introduced transparent governance, reporting, and financial structures with clear separation and active management of CapEx and OpEx budgets at the corporate level.
Established group-wide IT financial and performance management with clear investment prioritization, transparent CapEx/OpEx structure, and active portfolio governance to sustainably enhance decision-making at the executive level.
By consistently centralizing, standardizing, and harmonizing platforms (including global rollout of SAP S/4HANA), structural complexity was significantly reduced.
IT cost base was sustainably cut by about 15% while significantly improving performance and service levels and increasing transparency and control for executive management and leadership.
At the same time, strategically expanded the production IT architecture in the context of Industry 4.0 by integrating MES and IoT systems in OEM-related, safety-critical production environments and building audit-ready governance and security structures while meeting regulatory requirements (e.g., automotive standards, TISAX-like frameworks, global compliance rules).
Maintained strict focus on strategically relevant initiatives by clearing parallel projects, reducing redundant structures, and establishing clear responsibilities to noticeably increase speed, commitment, and execution power in the organization.
High international presence with operational responsibility at production sites and an active role as a strategic sparring partner to the executive management.
Benjamin Grimmek
Last position:
Agile Project Management Office (APMO) at BWI GmbH
- Conducting current-state analysis & implementing program management methods following SAFe
- Developing process structures for the Cloud Controlling & Monitoring Team (CCM)
- Planning & coordination workshops to develop implementation packages and milestones for private cloud development
- Developing roadmaps at portfolio & solution levels
- Setting up a unified backlog and task management tool
- Advising and enabling project teams in agile and traditional project management methods
- Building a unified documentation platform in Confluence and Jira
Shi Jingjing
Last position:
Product Manager at China Shipbuilding NDRI Engineering Co.,Ltd
- Led UI/UX and engineering team using Agile to develop 'Crane Intelligence Safety Platform', communicated with customers from the factories to incorporate feedback into applications.
- Launched 'Crane Intelligence Safety Platform' across more than 10 user scenarios in various Chinese shipbuilding factories.
- Prioritized product roadmap with developers, aligning the product vision with the user needs and business strategy. Iterated the product to combine user needs and achieved 25 more implementations than forecast.
- Collaborated with the algorithm team to design a model deployment process compliant with security standards.
- Established a fault detection predictive model capable of analysing collected device data and automating maintenance strategy decisions.
- Developed the automated software inspection and operation mechanism to increase the project maintenance efficiency by 70%.
- Generated the software testing group in our department and realized the automatic software test for every product to be launched, significantly reduced 60% of post-launch revisions and improved user experience.
- Evangelized products in road shows, exhibitions, and events with industry cooperators.
Parim Suka
Last position:
Backend Engineer (WS) at Avelios Medical GmbH
- Contributing to backend system development for a digital health platform
- Developing and maintaining gRPC-based microservices using Spring Boot
- Writing and optimizing automation scripts in Python, Unix, and Windows environments
- Collaborating in a cross-functional agile team to integrate new features
- Tech stack: Java, Spring Boot, gRPC, SQL, Windows/Unix scripting, Python
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Statistics of experts using Manufacturing Execution System
Aggregated from the professional profiles of matched freelancers.
Experience
19 years (Germany: 22 years)
Position duration
6.9 years (Germany: 3 years)
Positions per freelancer
6 (Germany: 14)
Top business areas
Information Technology, Project Management, Operations
Top industries
Manufacturing, Information Technology, Pharmaceutical
Certification focus areas
Logistics, Product Development, Strategy
Bachelor's degree or higher
100% (Germany: 90%)
Master's degree or higher
75% (Germany: 61%)
Certifications per freelancer
3
Most common languages
German, English, Spanish
Speak two or more languages
100% (Germany: 98%)
Based on our profile pool as of 30 Aug 2026.
Daily rate distribution
The chart shows how the daily rates of freelancers in this technology in Munich are distributed, based on recent contracts on our platform. Each bar covers a rate range — its height shows how many freelancers charge within that range.
Average rates of experts in Munich 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
MES in production
A Manufacturing Execution System links planning with the shop floor. It tracks orders, materials, machines, and quality data as work moves through production. Companies use it to make execution visible and consistent across plants.
What it covers
- Production dispatching and work instructions
- Traceability for lots, batches, and serials
- Quality checks and nonconformance handling
- Equipment integration through PLC, SCADA, and historians
- OEE, downtime, and shift reporting
Common stacks
Strong professionals know the MES itself and the systems around it. In many projects that means SAP MES, SAP ME, SAP MII, Siemens Opcenter, AVEVA MES, database layers, interfaces, and shop floor data models. They also understand ISA-95 and the handoff between ERP and operations.
When companies bring in help
Freelance expertise is useful during new plant rollouts, MES replacement projects, line expansions, and data cleanup after years of local workarounds. It also helps when a site in Munich needs support that can align with German-speaking production teams and global process owners. Short engagements often focus on design, integration, or testing.
What good specialists do
Good professionals ask how production really runs before they touch configuration. They map master data, exception flows, and system boundaries, then document what operators, supervisors, and quality teams need. They also know how to keep custom logic small and supportable.
Signs you need MES expertise
- Production data is split across spreadsheets and local tools
- Traceability is incomplete or slow to retrieve
- ERP and shop floor systems do not agree
- Reporting depends on manual entry
- A plant upgrade needs careful validation and cutover planning
Frequently asked questions
Key details about Manufacturing Execution System, drawn from the questions we get asked most.
A strong Manufacturing Execution System controls and records what happens during production. It keeps track of orders, materials, equipment states, quality steps, and operator actions so companies can see execution in real time. In regulated or complex plants, it also supports traceability and audit-ready records.
MES sits between ERP and the shop floor. ERP plans and finances work, while SCADA focuses on machine control and signals. MES turns the plan into execution, collects production data, and feeds the results back to business systems.
Searchers often use Manufacturing Execution System and the abbreviation MES interchangeably. In some environments, especially SAP-heavy ones, people may also talk about SAP ME or SAP MII when they mean parts of the MES landscape. The right expert should understand the product name, the acronym, and the surrounding integration stack.
A good Manufacturing Execution System specialist understands production processes, master data, interfaces, and testing. Experience with ERP integration, PLC or SCADA connectivity, and traceability logic is important. For many projects, knowledge of ISA-95 and clean documentation matters as much as tool familiarity.
A MES project often needs more than software setup. If you are rolling out a new site or replacing a legacy system, you want someone who has handled design, integration, validation, and cutover before. Smaller tasks like report fixes or interface changes may need less depth, but the expert should still know production flow well.
Many Manufacturing Execution System tasks can be done remotely, such as process design, configuration, interface work, and documentation. On-site time is useful for workshop sessions, line observations, testing with operators, and go-live support. In Munich, a mixed setup often works well when production teams and IT need close coordination.
Look for clear examples of traceability, integration, and production reporting work, not just tool names. A strong Manufacturing Execution System specialist can explain how they handled exceptions, cleaned data, and kept the solution stable after go-live. Good answers are specific, practical, and tied to real plant constraints.
MES is common in manufacturing settings where traceability, quality, and line control matter. Around Munich, that often includes automotive supply chains, machinery, electronics, and other advanced industrial sites. The expert should be comfortable working with local production teams and broader corporate IT at the same time.
The average hourly rate of freelancers in Munich, Germany who have used Manufacturing Execution System in their recent projects is 122 €, which corresponds to a daily rate of about 974 € based on an 8-hour working day.
Of the freelancers in Munich, Germany who have used Manufacturing Execution System in their recent projects, 100% hold at least a Bachelor's degree and 75% hold at least a Master's degree.
On average, freelancers in Munich, Germany who have used Manufacturing Execution System in their recent projects have 19 years of professional experience, with a single engagement typically lasting around 6.9 years.
The most common languages among freelancers in Munich, Germany who have used Manufacturing Execution System in their recent projects are German (100%), English (100%), and Spanish (13%).
The most common industries among freelancers in Munich, Germany who have used Manufacturing Execution System in their recent projects are Manufacturing (88%), Information Technology (63%), and Pharmaceutical (50%).
The most common business areas among freelancers in Munich, Germany who have used Manufacturing Execution System in their recent projects are Information Technology (100%), Project Management (75%), and Operations (63%).
Main locations of FRATCH Experts, who have recently used Manufacturing Execution System
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