Traceability is one of Plexus Online's primary strength areas and a major differentiator from our competitors.
Nothing puts a company out of business faster than quality problems, warranty issues, safety incidents, customer quarantines and large scale vehicle recalls. When these problems occur, most OEMs shut down all production, recall all parts over a long span of time, and hold the manufacturer financially responsible. It's bad news for everybody.
The key to surviving in today's tough environment is to implement an accurate traceability system that tracks individual containers and/or pieces as they flow through the manufacturing process, and can isolate problems with pin point precision. It must provide detailed historical information related to production, inspection, genealogy, and usage.
Designed for companies that require true traceability, such as Automotive, Aerospace/Defense, and Medical Devices, the Plexus Online system provides the most effective traceability system on the market today. Because full and detailed traceability is built into the Plexus Online inventory system, and all other aspects of Plexus Online, it's simple to use and highly effective.
Serialized container and individual part tracking.
Built-in barcode printing and scanning, RFID, and Direct Part Marking.
Detailed container-to-container traceability both upstream and downstream from any point in the process and/or shipped parts.
Upstream Trace: Easily find every component or material that went into a container or assembled part.
Downstream Trace: Easily find the location and status of every container or part made from a certain source container or part.
Traceability Tree: A graphical representation of traceability, showing the flow of material from one container to the next.
Cross-Company Trace: The Plexus Online traceability system extends into the upstream and downstream traceability of your customers and suppliers that are using Plexus Online.
Detailed history of every receipt, production, movement, inspection, rejection/sorting, and shipment. Know the who, what, when & where.
Detailed tool trace. Easily find every part a tool produced or every tool used to produce a specific part.
Traceability by Job, Material, Heat/Lot, Container, or Part.
Modules
Advanced Parts Traceability & Product Genealogy The normal inventory system provides a high level of container level detail, information and change history. However, where full process traceability is critical, we recommend the Advanced Inventory Traceability Module. This module automatically tracks the complete genealogy of all inventory containers, providing both an upstream and downstream trace, even in complex assembly and manufacturing environments. This is ideal for tracking down and isolating all parts created from a defective lot OR tracking down exactly who/what/when/where a defective part was produced. This module is used extensively in the Automotive and Aerospace industries where traceability is critical.
Heat Traceability Building on the inventory tracking system, Heat Traceability provides the ability to track, identify and instantly trace the Heat No of all inventory.
