Industries


Automotive & OEMS

For automotive parts suppliers and OEMs, reducing costs, streamlining production, and increasing efficiency are the demands of the day. Plex Online manufacturing ERP software supports the specific requirements of automotive manufacturers.

Plex Online's features for automotive manufacturers include:

  • Integrated Data: seamless flow of data from EDI/Release Accounting through Procurement, Production, Inventory, Shipping, Accounting, APQP, and PPAP.
  • EDI & Labeling: easily meet specific OEM and supply chain labeling and EDI requirements.
  • Engineering Change Requests: track everything about ECRs so managers can see the status of each one and re-quote the part if necessary.
  • Lean Manufacturing: Plex Online was designed to support lean manufacturing practices, including electronic kanban scheduling, electronic pull, automatic replenishment, and hiejunka load leveling. Additionally, Plex Online provides extensive poka-yoke (mistake proofing) in the production process.
  • Warranty Management: manage warranty claims and minimize costs; pinpoint root cause of failures or problems and quarantine only the affected parts.
  • Supplier Quality Management: manage supplier quality, including Supplier Status, Certification Level, Problem History, Quality Performance, Scorecards, and more.
  • PPAP & APQP: support for Production Part Approval Process (PPAP), Advanced Product Quality Planning (APQP), and other industry requirements for quality, supplier communications and interaction.
  • TS-16949: Plex Online's Quality and Compliance modules are used by our customers as the primary tool for attaining and maintaining the TS-16949 Certification for automotive quality.

Plex Online for Honda of America Suppliers

Plex Systems works closely with Honda to meet specific mandates. The Plex Online system now meets Honda's EDI and Bar Coding requirements. Continued compliance to customer requirements is ensured and driven by the Plex Systems community.