--- title: Blog PlantSuite | MES and industrial IoT on the shop floor description: Articles from PlantSuite on MES, IoT, AI, OEE and maintenance on the shop floor. For plant managers in food, beverage, pharma, cosmetics, chemical and biotech. --- [Skip to content](https://www.plantsuite.com/en/blog#conteudo) [![PlantSuite](https://www.plantsuite.com/hubfs/raw_assets/public/plantsuite-iot/images/brand/logotipo-plantsuite.svg)](https://www.plantsuite.com/home?hsLang=en) - [Who we are](https://www.plantsuite.com/home#quem-somos) - Solutions - [PlantSuite IoT](https://www.plantsuite.com/home#solucoes) - [PlantSuite MES](https://www.plantsuite.com/home#solucoes) - [Partners](https://www.plantsuite.com/home#parceiros) - [Work with us](https://www.plantsuite.com/trabalhe-conosco?hsLang=en) - [Contact](https://www.plantsuite.com/contato?hsLang=en) - [Blog](https://www.plantsuite.com/en/blog) - [Support](https://www.plantsuite.com/suporte?hsLang=en) - [Schedule a diagnostic](https://www.plantsuite.com/contato?hsLang=en) [Schedule a diagnostic](https://www.plantsuite.com/contato?hsLang=en) Blog # MES and IoT on the shop floor From twenty years of MES and industrial IoT on the shop floor. ![Industrial warehouse interior with shelves of motors and machinery in the background, a small black gasket resting on a worn workbench in the foreground, and overlaid text reading “The R$2 million warehouse that lacked the R$40 gasket: the fallacy of the spare part based on averages.”](https://www.plantsuite.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Plant-Blog-09-10-02.png?width=640&height=360&name=Plant-Blog-09-10-02.png) 15 October 2026 ## [The R$2 million warehouse that lacked the R$40 gasket: the fallacy of the spare part based on averages.](https://www.plantsuite.com/en/blog/mro-critical-spare-parts-line-downtime) On the balance sheet of any continuous or discrete manufacturing industry, the Maintenance, Repair and Operations (MRO) warehouse appears as one of the heaviest and most untouchable accounts. It holds large spare … [Read more](https://www.plantsuite.com/en/blog/mro-critical-spare-parts-line-downtime) ![The tolerated fraud of OEE at 90%: how the factory manipulates the metric to meet targets while margins bleed.](https://www.plantsuite.com/hs-fs/hubfs/AI-Generated%20Media/Images/Industrial%20Bottling%20Factory%20With%20English%20Headlines.png?width=640&height=360&name=Industrial%20Bottling%20Factory%20With%20English%20Headlines.png) 7 October 2026 ## [The tolerated fraud of OEE at 90%: how the factory manipulates the metric to meet targets while margins bleed.](https://www.plantsuite.com/en/blog/a-fraude-tolerada-do-oee-a-90-como-a-fábrica-manipula-a-métrica-para-bater-meta-enquanto-a-margem-sangra) In industrial results meetings, few metrics produce as much apparent relief as presenting an Overall Equipment Effectiveness (OEE) indicator above 85% or 90%. Well-drawn charts, green colors dominating executive … [Read more](https://www.plantsuite.com/en/blog/a-fraude-tolerada-do-oee-a-90-como-a-fábrica-manipula-a-métrica-para-bater-meta-enquanto-a-margem-sangra) [![PlantSuite](https://www.plantsuite.com/hubfs/raw_assets/public/plantsuite-iot/images/brand/logotipo-plantsuite.svg)](https://www.plantsuite.com/home?hsLang=en) - - - ## Get in touch +55 (11) 4680-4730 PlantSuite Software Ltda. Av. das Nações Unidas, 12901 – Torre Norte – Sala 23130 Brooklin Paulista – São Paulo/SP – CEP 04578-910 [Privacy Policy](https://www.plantsuite.com/politica-de-privacidade/?hsLang=en) · All rights reserved © PlantSuite