As the need to cut costs and boost efficiency continues to grow in the manufacturing processes, companies are looking for solutions that enable better shop floor management. With the changing business ecosystem, today’s factory has evolved beyond the stereotypical image of manufacturing setups with repetitious assembly lines, requiring personnel to create parts after identical part. The contemporary shop floor is loaded with technologies, sensors, wearable devices, camera, controls, and automated equipment to drive in efficiency, quality and flexibility. Plex Systems of Troy, MI, is an online ERP company that offers robust real-time shop-floor integration from a simple web browser without costly and time-consuming implementations. “Plex Systems is the first company to build a cloud-based manufacturing ERP solution and has a significant lead over its competitors in this space,” says Jason Blessing, CEO, Plex Systems. He continues, “The company has built the most complete cloud offering for manufacturing at precisely the time when manufacturers have become comfortable moving this critical component of their business to the cloud.”

To aid manufacturers develop high-quality products quickly and cost-effectively, Plex’s cloud ERP software automates plant floor and informs needed information to the top floor. The company’s manufacturing cloud ERP software is designed from the ground to connect suppliers, machines, people, systems, and customers. Focusing on the unique requirements of discrete and process manufacturing, the Plex Manufacturing Cloud delivers production control, inventory management, supply chain management, and much more to help companies become more competitive, efficient, and responsive to their customers’ needs. The Plex Manufacturing Cloud also includes optional features for plant floor control such as disassembly and management of on-site heat treating equipment. Additionally, the solution carries additional functionalities like optional integration with electronic weigh scales for production and inventory counting.

Plex Systems is the first company to build a cloud-based manufacturing ERP solution and has a significant lead over its competitors in this space

To sum it up, the Plex Manufacturing Cloud serves as a single unified platform that helps organizations manage manufacturing operations with agility and superior performance. Its built-in broad and deep set of functionalities delivers a competitive edge to business and helps manufacturers better understand and measure process data by integrating plant floor and production with financials, shipping, quality and all business areas for leaner operations, and increased customer satisfaction.

For instance, Shape Corp, an engineering solution provider added new IT systems to help run its operations and finances. During the early 2000s, the firm was running an unwieldy, expensive, and labor-intensive ERP-based management platform that had been tactically linked together as evolving business needs dictated. The company was searching for a solution to curb down its ERP challenges. After evaluating 15 potential ERP vendors the company settled for Plex.

Unlike its counterparts, Plex differentiates itself with its lower installation cost, maintenance, upgrades, and support of ERP system. The company also launched a new suite of supply chain planning products aimed at helping manufacturers to efficiently and effectively manage their business, all the way from sales and operations planning to production and distribution planning. This new suite of supply chain planning capabilities, tied directly into Plex’s proven manufacturing and ERP provides a comprehensive platform for running a high performance, global manufacturing operation from proactive planning to efficient execution.

For the days to come, the company plans to expand its product offering and continues to grow. “Each and every member of the Plex team contributes to a unique culture that makes our company a great place to work,” concludes Blessing. “Their commitment fuels Plex’s growth through a real passion for both innovation and customer success.”