Mayker launches Mantsu: a composable MES that gets factories to efficiency gains in weeks

Ghent, 18 June 2026 – Technology company Mayker is launching Mantsu, a composable MES (Manufacturing Execution System) that brings factories to measurable efficiency gains in weeks instead of months. Mantsu makes the efficiency losses visible that drain away in many factories every day without anyone being able to measure them, and tackles them without the heavy, months-long projects of a classic MES.

In many factories, production runs on paper-based processes and  knowledge that lives only in the heads of experienced operators. A central, up-to-date picture of what is happening on the floor is missing. The classic answer to this is a heavy digitalization program and a cumbersome MES system. That comes too slowly and doesn't match the pace of a production floor.

Mantsu turns that logic around. It brings those scattered processes and that knowledge together into one system, so a factory can steer on what is really happening and produce more efficiently step by step. The first working capability is on the floor in weeks, while a classic project is still in its scoping phase at that point.

"I've been in MES for more than fifteen years. Long enough to see how much efficiency is lost every day without anyone noticing," says Dider Kerckhof, founder of Mantsu. "A factory starts a big digital program, and a year and a half later production revolves around the software instead of the other way around. With Mantsu, we prove it can be done differently. You start where the pain is greatest, you build out at your own pace, and the system grows along with your factory."

Mantsu is not a drawing-board idea. For years, Mayker built MES applications on the floor at manufacturers such as PSS, Joris Ide, Etex, Verduyn and Oleon. Those insights from real projects are now brought together in a single product: manufacturers don't start from a blank page but from a proven foundation, faster and more predictable than building from scratch, and at the same time adaptable enough to shape itself to how their factory works.

The system is made up of separate modules such as Order Cockpit, Downtime Tracking, Recipe Management, Digital SOP and Quality Management, around one shared data core. It integrates with existing ERP and SCADA systems and connects directly to the machines on the floor, following the principles of a modern IT/OT architecture.

Anyone who wants to see Mantsu in action can visit the experience center in Ghent or Kontich, where the solution runs in a demo environment. This autumn, Mantsu will also show the system on the real production floor: during an event at manufacturer Premium Sound Solutions (PSS), PSS and BESS will share their story about working with Mantsu on the shop floor.

About Mantsu

Mantsu is a composable MES (Manufacturing Execution System) that sits between the ERP and the factory floor. Mantsu is as fast as a product, and still adapted to your own process. It makes hidden efficiency losses visible and steerable, and integrates with existing ERP, MES and SCADA systems instead of replacing them. Mantsu is an initiative of Mayker, part of the De Cronos Groep ecosystem.