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alias: introduction-target-audience
description: "Describes the intended audiences for each guide in the Critical Manufacturing MES documentation set"
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# Target Audience

This documentation is intended for all users of Critical Manufacturing MES: application Administrators, operators, technicians, engineers, and any other role that interacts with the system.

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    Critical Manufacturing MES functionalities are restricted by security permissions. This documentation describes all existing functionalities, even though they may not be available for all user roles.

## Audiences by Guide

Each guide in this documentation set is written for a specific primary audience.

### Introduction

The Introduction orients readers to the documentation set, target audience, application modules, definitions, visual conventions, supported languages, release changes, and legal information. It is primarily intended for:

- First-time Critical Manufacturing MES users
- Project stakeholders and deployment sponsors
- Customer-side evaluators or buyers
- Training coordinators and onboarding leads
- Documentation navigators looking for the correct guide

### System Requirements

System Requirements defines the technical prerequisites and supported configurations for running Critical Manufacturing MES across deployment targets, storage, application backend, automation components, client devices, and additional requirements. It is primarily intended for:

- System Administrators
- Infrastructure architects
- Cloud and platform engineers
- IT procurement specialists
- Pre-sales or solution engineers sizing deployments

### Installation Guide

The Installation Guide provides planning, preparation, deployment, post-installation, upgrade, and uninstall guidance for a Critical Manufacturing MES environment. It is primarily intended for:

- System Administrators performing installation
- DevOps and platform engineers
- Implementation consultants
- Partner deployment engineers
- Database and infrastructure specialists supporting the deployment

### User Guide

The User Guide is the broad application reference for Critical Manufacturing MES UI functionality. It covers general concepts, administration, low code, business data, manufacturing, maintenance, quality, planning and logistics, business intelligence, automation, and data platform functionality. It is primarily intended for:

- End users
- Application Administrators
- MES configurators
- Super users and key users
- Domain specialists in manufacturing, maintenance, quality, planning, logistics, automation, and analytics

### Operation Guide

The Operation Guide supports maintaining, optimizing, securing, troubleshooting, deploying, and migrating Critical Manufacturing MES after installation. It is primarily intended for:

- System Administrators
- Application Administrators
- SRE and operations engineers
- Database Administrators
- Security Administrators
- Disaster recovery and support engineers

### Tutorials

Tutorials provide task-based learning for general usage, modules, security, and practical scenarios. They bridge conceptual module knowledge with hands-on system operability. They are primarily intended for:

- Functional analysts and application configurators
- Key users learning module behavior
- Process engineers and manufacturing engineers
- Training coordinators
- Application configurators
- Domain specialists learning guided scenarios