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From Trial to Transformation: Build Your Own Kanoa MES Demo in Minutes

Written by Sam Russem | Aug 4, 2025 3:35:29 PM

 

Curious about how Kanoa MES could work in your plant? You don't have to wonder — you can try it yourself.

With our free 2-hour trial mode, Kanoa Ops is just a download away. And now, with our growing Kanoa Ops Basic Training video series, it's easier than ever to get started building a real, working demo system in minutes.

 

Whether you're a systems integrator evaluating new tools, a manufacturing engineer exploring smarter shop floor systems, or part of a digital transformation team responsible for selecting and building factory tech, Kanoa gives you a direct way to explore and prototype real MES workflows in your own environment.

A Self-Service Demo, with Support Along the Way

When we launched 2-hour trial mode, our goal was simple: make it easy for anyone to test drive Kanoa MES, no strings attached. And the response has been incredible — we’ve seen manufacturers, consultants, and engineers around the world spinning up their own demo environments and exploring what’s possible.

To support that momentum, we’ve continued investing in tools that help you go further — starting with our new video training series.

Kanoa Ops Basic Training: A Step-by-Step Video Guide

Our YouTube playlist now walks you through every step of configuring a working Kanoa Ops environment — starting from installation and asset configuration, all the way through scheduling, running production orders, and OEE analytics. Recent additions include:

  • Scheduling Shifts
    Define your plant’s working hours to align system activity with actual production windows.

  • Order Management
    Learn how to create, manage, and track work orders from the shop floor to completion.

  • Scheduling Operations
    Map out your process sequences and get visibility into scheduling and execution in real time.

  • Data Analytics
    Turn raw machine and operator data into actionable insights with Kanoa’s built-in reporting tools.

Whether you're new to MES or an experienced integrator, these tutorials help you set up a realistic, end-to-end demo — from install to dashboards.

👉 Watch the full series on YouTube

What You Can Do in a 2-Hour Trial

Once you've installed Kanoa Ops in trial mode, you'll be able to:

  • Walk through the full configuration experience

  • Set up your asset hierarchy, shift schedule, and production orders

  • Simulate real production with demo data

  • Explore the UI and reporting dashboards

  • Connect with our support docs at docs.kanoa.ai

Want to go deeper? Reach out to us to talk about how to implement Kanoa Ops for your particular manufacturing and business processes.

Just the Beginning: Extend and Customize with Ignition

The tutorials and trial experience are designed to get you up and running quickly — but they only scratch the surface of what’s possible. Kanoa MES is built on top of Ignition by Inductive Automation, a powerful industrial platform that enables full customization, scripting, and integration capabilities.

That means everything you configure in the Kanoa Ops UI — from order management to OEE — can be extended to fit your exact operational needs. Want to connect to your ERP? Customize how shift data is aggregated and visualized? Add logic for managing unique production flows? With Kanoa, you can.

We provide the MES fundamentals out of the box. But we also give you the keys to go further.

Once you've explored the basics, we’d love to talk with you about how to:

  • Extend your system using Ignition scripting and modules

  • Connect Kanoa to your broader digital ecosystem

  • Customize reports and dashboards for your team

  • Build advanced workflows that reflect your unique processes

This is where the real power of Kanoa MES comes into play — and we’re here to help you unlock it.

Your Feedback Drives What We Build

We’re committed to making Kanoa MES easy to learn, easy to try, and powerful in production. If there’s a topic you’d like to see covered in a future tutorial video, or if you have questions about how to apply Kanoa to your own use case, we want to hear from you.

📩 Contact us anytime at sales@kanoa.ai