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Datacor Mobile MES and WMS: 2025 Advancements

Written by Traci Curran | Feb 5, 2026 2:30:00 PM

In 2025, Datacor continued investing heavily in our manufacturing execution (MES) and warehouse management (WMS) solutions—delivering meaningful improvements designed to help chemical companies run more efficiently, stay compliant, and scale with confidence.

Here’s a recap of what Datacor delivered and what it means for manufacturers and distributors heading into 2026.

Product Highlights: Faster Execution, Better Visibility, Stronger Compliance

Throughout 2025, the Datacor Mobile team delivered a high volume of enhancements with a clear focus: make everyday execution on the shop floor and in the warehouse faster, more reliable, and easier for operators while improving traceability and control for quality and management teams.

Manufacturing Execution (MES): Clearer Batch Workflows & More Control

Chemical production success depends on consistent execution, especially when dealing with complex formulas, work centers, and lot-level traceability.

In 2025, Datacor Mobile MES added key enhancements that improved both production visibility and operator guidance, including:

  • Expanded production dashboards with clearer next-step indicators and improved batch execution visibility
  • Better support for resuming work centers and batch steps (reducing downtime and rework)
  • Yield-handling improvements to prevent invalid or negative outcomes
  • Support for partials and rework scenarios, including richer lot-level detail throughout execution

Why this matters for chemical manufacturers: these improvements reduce ambiguity, help prevent execution errors, and strengthen the chain of documentation that supports compliance and audit readiness.

Quality & Compliance: Inspections, Quarantine Safeguards, and Better Preventive Controls

Quality teams are under constant pressure to do more with less while maintaining a strong compliance posture. In 2025, Datacor Mobile strengthened compliance and control by adding:

  • Inspections capabilities and workflows
  • Quarantine safeguards, including prevention of consuming quarantined material during production workflows
  • Improvements that prevent invalid or negative batch outcomes

Why this matters: fewer “workarounds,” fewer exceptions, and better enforcement of quality safeguards in real time.

Warehouse Management (WMS): More Flexible Receiving, Better Picking, and Stronger Shipping Execution

Chemical distribution requires accuracy and speed—but also flexibility, because the reality is that receipts can be partial, put-away locations shift, and shipments evolve. In 2025, Datacor WMS expanded core capabilities with:

  • Support for partial receipts and expanded receipt visibility
  • Suggested put-away locations to improve efficiency and consistency
  • Enhanced picking and shipping navigation, sorting, and multi-shipment support
  • Shipment staging improvements and tighter ERP API integration

What this delivers: more reliable warehouse execution, fewer bottlenecks, and smoother shipping processes—especially in operations where speed-to-ship is a major competitive differentiator.

Labeling, Scanning, and Printing: Better Accuracy, Better Traceability, Less Friction

If you’ve ever dealt with label errors, mismatched template versions, or scanning issues caused by case sensitivity, you know how quickly small frustrations become costly delays. Datacor improved labeling and scanning reliability across MES and WMS workflows with:

  • Richer label data support (lot details, ABC codes, manufacturer data, production dates)
  • Multi-copy and X-of-Y printing improvements
  • Stronger permission controls over label/template changes
  • More resilient scanning behavior and improved parsing logic
  • Support for Android 14 and scanning integrations like DataWedge

Why this matters: labeling and scanning are the backbone of traceability—especially in regulated chemical environments. These upgrades help improve accuracy and reduce operator frustration.

Looking Ahead to 2026: What Chemical Operations Can Expect

2025 wasn’t just about feature delivery. It was also about making the platform and delivery more resilient. Enhancements to MES and WMS provide for even great stability and a product that’s easier to scale across plants, warehouses, and teams.

The outcomes of 2025 reflect a balanced approach: strong commercial performance, meaningful improvements in shop floor and warehouse execution, and foundational work that supports long-term scalability.

As we head into 2026, Datacor Mobile MES/WMS is positioned to help customers continue modernizing their operations with:

  • More guided workflows and automation-ready processes
  • Improved quality controls and inspection enablement
  • Faster, leaner warehouse execution
  • Stronger rollout safety, platform maturity, and reliability

Ready to See What’s New?

If you’re a chemical manufacturer or distributor looking to increase production visibility, tighten quality controls, and reduce warehouse friction, Datacor Mobile MES + WMS can help.

Let’s talk about your workflows—and how to modernize them for 2026.