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Computers in Industry
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Information Technology (IT) should effectively assist business strategies of companies, being a crucial factor for success. The difficulty of integration has brought software providers to develop integrated solutions to provide a common user interface and data management system. These Systems are referred as Manufacturing Execution System (MES). Automation Technology (AT) includes all hardware and software of an automated industrial plant, which includes Programmable Logic Controllers, Industrial Networks, Supervisory Systems, and all software licenses necessary to run the system. The integration of IT with AT provides data from the ground-floor to the management level of enterprises. Owing to the advance of technology, hardware and software architecture, automation systems enable the acquisition of a huge quantity of information that can assist in decision-making of companies. Integration models are presented, along with the main facilitators and barriers of the integration between IT and AT and suggestions for future work in this area.