Software as a Service Helps Manufacturers Improve Business Performance, Manage Costs
AUBURN HILLS, Mich., (September 9, 2008) -- Plexus Systems, provider of Plexus Online software for the manufacturing enterprise, today announced the enhancement of the product’s integrated financial reporting, analysis and management capabilities. The new features enable manufacturers to effectively manage business operations across a plant, a division, or a global manufacturing enterprise with multi-lingual and multi-currency support, and localizations that adapt operations and financial reporting to specific regional or national requirements.
Plexus Online tracks the entire manufacturing process from the loading dock and shop floor as events happen (receiving, production, inventory, scrap, ordering, shipping, etc.), making mission-critical metrics available to the top floor for budgeting, forecasting, precise costing, profitability analysis, quoting and more. The end result is improved business decisions and increased profitability, a critical competitive advantage in today’s turbulent manufacturing sector.
For over a decade, global manufacturers have chosen Plexus Online for its robust financial reporting and operations management functions, including a real-time look at the financial health of the enterprise via a series of configurable management dashboards. Plexus Online was developed as a web-based application, delivered via the software as a service (SaaS) model, which enables companies to monitor operations and financial performance from any internet browser, from anywhere in the world. Plexus Online also includes integrated customer and supplier portals to optimize the entire supply chain.
Plexus Online, with more than 350 functional modules, provides manufacturers instant access to vital information and management functions. The on-demand solution features product life cycle management (PLM) functions such as program and change management, enterprise resource planning (ERP) functions such as accounting and finance modules, customer relationship management (CRM) features such as order entry and tracking, manufacturing execution systems (MES) functions such as production scheduling and machine integration, and supply chain management (SCM) functions such as supplier quality and traceability.
About Plexus Systems, Inc.
Since 1995, Plexus Systems, Inc. (Auburn Hills, Mich.) has maintained a singular vision -- to drive significant cost, quality and productivity improvements for manufacturers, from the shop floor to the top floor. Today, Plexus Online also enables manufacturers to manage accounting, financials, regulatory compliance, human resources and other critical priorities, based on real-time, highly accurate data from their manufacturing operations. Plexus Systems serves a global cross section of manufacturing industries (OEM and suppliers), particularly automotive, medical device and aerospace and defense companies. In 2006, Apax Partners (www.apax.com) made a strategic investment in Plexus Systems, joining the founding investment group as stakeholders in Plexus. For more information, visit www.plex.com.
