Full-featured, multi-tenant, cloud-based manufacturing execution system
Developed by manufacturers for manufacturers, 42Q is a full-featured, flexible and cost-effective cloud-based MES. It offers advantages in efficiency and cost relative to legacy, on-premise solutions, and provides scalability with minimal overhead and infrastructure. The solution is certified for deployment on SAP S/4HANA Cloud Private Edition, release 2023 via the SAP integration scenario (Add-on deployment for RISE with SAP).
Overview
Digitize your factory and deploy in weeks, not months
As a multi-tenant cloud-based solution, with no need for on-premises IT hardware, configure the solution to your specific needs, and integrate with your ERP and other systems, in just a few weeks.
Gain real-time global visibility into your factories anytime
Access your factory yields, throughputs, line-downs and other KPIs in real-time from any laptop or mobile device anywhere in the world with our factory overview dashboard.
Reduce spending without compromising your MES functionality
With no on-premises hardware to deploy and our low-cost, subscription-based pricing, pay only for the functionality you use. This makes for a highly cost-effective solution.
Details
Solution type
Extensions and Add-ons
Industry
Industrial Manufacturing
Compatibility
Works with
SAP ERP
Features
Ensure manufacturing quality through on-demand digital work instructions
Online work instructions, along with the ability to authenticate operators by requiring them to scan their badges at each workstation, ensures you have consistent, up-to-date documentation, which is key to ensuring quality in your manufacturing.

Start small with a proof-of-concept in just a few weeks to demonstrate value
Select a small area of your factory with only the core MES functionality you wish to implement, and be live in as little as four weeks for a fixed cost, at low risk. Demonstrate the features and value to key stakeholders with your data in a live environment to gain buy-in for a wider roll out.

Meet regulatory and audit requirements for quality records and process controls
Take advantage of our proven solutions for regulated industries. Ensure accuracy, reliability, and automatic generation of the required quality records and ensure reliable production, and consistent adherence to standards for all your products produced.

Plans and pricing
Standard Fixed Price Edition - Digital Factory Xcellerator, DFX
A limited set of MES functionality for one small line: scoping-workshop, solution design and configuration, user-training, hosting and support for 90-days. Typically implemented in around four weeks.
- Minimum contract 3 months
A limited set of MES functionality for one small line: scoping-workshop, solution design and configuration, user-training, hosting and support for 90-days. Typically implemented in around four weeks.
Technical Information
| Solution type | Extensions and Add-ons |
| Category | Manufacturing |
| Industry | Industrial Manufacturing |
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Resources
Weir Minerals Reduces Manufacturing Lead Times By Up To 30% With 42Q MES On AWS
42Q Enables Production Readiness to Double the Volume at Comet’s Penang Facility
The Risks and Costs of Sustaining Software Engineers Eliminated!
Publisher
Sanmina Corporation dba as 42Q
In 2012, 42Q, a division of Sanmina Corporation, created the industry’s first, multi-tenant cloud based MES, allowing Sanmina to significantly reduce costs, increase manufacturing efficiency and increase availability while providing the ability to securely scale up or down as needed, a challenge that conventional onsite MES solutions cannot address. 42Q is deployed in over 70 factories in 15 countries and used by Fortune 50 and smaller companies as the foundation of digital factories including in highly regulated medical, automotive and aerospace manufacturing.
