Gartner highlights Tulip’s composable architecture, AI-powered features, low code/no code capabilities and extensibility for regulated and discrete industries
MAY 2025 – BOSTON, Mass. – Tulip, the leader in frontline operations, today announced its recognition as a Representative Vendor in the 2025 Gartner® Market Guide for Manufacturing Execution Systems (MES). Tulip’s inclusion underscores its momentum in reshaping the MES category with a composable, low-code platform designed to empower operations teams across industries.
The Gartner Market Guide identifies composability, low-code extensibility, and interoperability as key trends shaping the next generation of MES platforms. According to the report, “vendors must continue investing in modern technology such as low code, composability, and interoperability, or risk falling behind and losing new business.” Tulip’s MES solution exemplifies this shift, offering manufacturers a flexible, composable system built to adapt to evolving production environments without the burden of costly hard-coded customizations.
Gartner notes that Tulip’s MES is “built on a low-code application platform and a dynamic customizable data model, which offers flexibility and extensibility.” The platform’s multitenant architecture is deployable in the public cloud (AWS and Azure), GovCloud, or private environments, with weekly updates or bi-yearly updates that can be timed to meet the needs of highly regulated industries.
Tulip’s composable platform includes:
Composable App Suites for discrete, biopharma, and regulated discrete manufacturing—preconfigured to accelerate deployment and compliance, but fully customizable and scalable to meet specific operational needs.
A growing library of 60+ connectors to enterprise systems (e.g., SAP) and production equipment, enabling seamless integration across the stack.
Tulip AI to augment operators with purpose-built and trained Frontline Copilots to answer questions based on SOPs, manuals, and data sheets. Announced at Hannover Messe, AI Composer enables users to generate apps directly from PDFs—complete with interactive inputs and dynamic layouts.
“Tulip’s approach to MES is fundamentally different,” said Madilynn Castillo, Tulip's CMO. “Legacy MES systems were built for static processes. Today, manufacturers need systems that adapt as fast as their operations do. We believe our inclusion in the Gartner Market Guide affirms that composability, extensibility, and AI-powered usability are now must-haves—and we’re proud to be leading that transformation.”
Tulip’s customers span regulated and discrete industries including life sciences, aerospace and defense, automotive, electronics, and consumer packaged goods. With over 60 Solution Partners in 20 countries, Tulip enables global manufacturers to digitize their operations, ensure compliance, and unlock frontline productivity—without writing code.
To learn more about Tulip’s composable MES platform, visit https://tulip.co/solutions/composable-mes/.
ABOUT TULIP
Tulip, the leader in frontline operations, is helping companies around the world equip their workforce with AI-enabled, connected apps—leading to higher quality work, improved efficiency, and end-to-end traceability across operations. With Tulip’s cloud-based platform, those closest to operations can take advantage of composability and edge connectivity to digitally transform processes, guide operators, track production, and gain a real-time, holistic view of operations. A spinoff out of MIT, the company is headquartered in Boston, MA, with offices in Germany, Singapore, and Hungary. For more information about Tulip Interfaces, visit tulip.co.
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