Routing of enterprise resource planning messages

A method, comprising:

• receiving, by a system comprising one or more processors, a message from a remote device connected to a plant network, the message specifying a business objective, a constraint on performance of the business objective, and a time range during which the constraint is valid;
• selecting, by the system, a manufacturing and execution system (MES) application, from a set of MES applications, based on the business objective, the constraint, and the time range;
• matching, by the system, the business objective to an activity set of a set of activity sets, supported by the MES application, the activity set defining a workflow for one or more control-level devices or business-level devices;
• and
• executing, by the system, the workflow.

A non-transitory computer-readable medium having stored thereon executable instructions that, in response to execution, cause a system comprising a processor to perform operations, the operations comprising:

• receiving, from a remote device connected to a plant network, a message defining a business goal, at least one constraint on achievement of the business goal, and a time range during which the at least one constraint is active;
• selecting a manufacturing and execution system (MES) application, from a set of MES applications, based on the business goal, the at least one constraint, and the time range;
• matching the business goal to an activity set, of a set of activity sets, supported by the MES application, the activity set defining a workflow for one or more control-level devices or business-level devices;
• and
• executing the workflow.