The MES Problem: When Implementation Kills Momentum
Space hardware manufacturers are scaling faster than their tools can keep up. The pressure to digitize AIT is real. So is the risk of choosing the wrong path. Enterprise MES platforms promise structure and compliance. What they deliver first is a project. Months of scoping and customisation before a single engineer touches the system in production. For a small team running live builds, that timeline is not a trade-off. It is a blocker. The question is not whether to digitize. It is whether you can afford the implementation.
The Hidden Cost of the Wrong MES Choice
Enterprise MES is built for large teams with dedicated implementation budgets. For a small team running live builds, customisation never ends. Odoo covers a lot of ground as an ERP. As a purpose-built AIT system, it was not the right fit.
The real cost of the wrong MES is not the licence. It is the months of implementation, the internal project it creates, and the tool you are stuck with when things change.
Live in Weeks. Adapts as You Grow.
EDGX needed a system that matched how they worked, not one that forced them into a rigid process and a long customization project. Three things made Connektica the right fit. First, guided onboarding that got core sequences live within two weeks without stopping production. Second, a system flexible enough that engineers learned it by using it. Third, weekly iteration meetings that surfaced friction and fixed it fast, turning onboarding into improvement rather than a separate project.
One Month. No Dedicated Project.
EDGX went from decision to fully live in under a month, during active builds, with no disruption to operations. The team was self-sufficient within weeks. The implementation did not create a project. It created a working system.
A Tool That Grows Without a New Project.
With Connektica live, EDGX can add procedures, increase build complexity, and run more units in parallel without triggering another implementation cycle. The system adapts as the product evolves. Processes update without re-coding a document. The team stays in control. When the product changes, the tool changes with it. No new project. No locked-in processes.
