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The People Behind the Platform: Megan Fisher, Sales Development Team Lead
You might love the Plex Smart Manufacturing Platform, but do you know the people who make it possible? Talented Plexians have been working hard behind the scenes for decades. They’re what make this company great, but few get the chance to step into the spotlight they deserve – until now. This month, say hello to Sales Development Team Lead Megan Fisher. Tell us about your role at Plex....
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What Plex’s ISO/IEC 27001:2013 Security Certification Means for Manufacturers
A lot of organizations talk about Information security, but what are they doing about it? And where’s the proof that they employ best practices and safeguards? As manufacturers adopt technologies to get ahead, they’re increasingly targeted by cyberattacks. However, fear of an attack shouldn’t hold back an organization. Plex customers trust us and our platform to keep them safe because we don’t…
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The People Behind the Platform: Diana Robbins, Customer Communications and Programs Manager
You might love the Plex Smart Manufacturing Platform, but do you know the people who make it possible? Talented Plexians have been working hard behind the scenes for decades. They’re what make this company great, but few get the chance to step into the spotlight they deserve – until now. This month, say hello to Customer Communications & Programs Manager Diana Robbins. Tell us about your…
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The People Behind the Platform: Drew Flint, Distinguished Engineer
You might love the Plex Smart Manufacturing Platform, but do you know the people who make it possible? Talented Plexians have been working hard behind the scenes for decades. They’re what make this company great, but few get the chance to step into the spotlight they deserve – until now. This month, say hello to Distinguished Engineer Drew Flint. Tell us about your role at Plex....
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Smarter, Together: Connecting Customer Influence to Positive Business Outcomes (Part 4 of 4)
In earlier posts of this series, we talked about Plex’s core principles of customer influence, how we approach influence, and how we capture it:...
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Smarter, Together: Measuring Customer Influence at Plex (Part 3 of 4)
In the first post of this series, we explored the concept of customer influence that permeates the culture here at Plex - how we and our customers influence one another through open dialog and feedback using four essential actions: focus, listen, share, and engage. The second post discussed the platforms in which Plex captures this valuable customer input – the purpose of which is to deliver…
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The People Behind the Platform: Lokesh Gupta, Director of Product, Plex APM, and Platform
You might love the Plex Smart Manufacturing Platform, but do you know the people who make it possible? Talented Plexians have been working hard behind the scenes for decades. They’re what make this company great, but few get the chance to step into the spotlight they deserve – until now. This month, say hello to Director of Product, Plex APM, and Platform, as well as Director and Board Member of…
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Smarter, Together: How Plex Customers Influence Product Direction (Part 2 of 4)
In the first post of this series, I discussed the definition of influence - adapting behavior, products, and processes based on communication, information, and shared understanding - and the four ways that Plex approaches customer influence. Here in part two, I’m going to dive into how we capture and eventually measure it. Importantly, there is no ‘one metric to rule them all’....
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The People Behind the Platform: Angie Sheperd, Director of Professional Services
You might love the Plex Smart Manufacturing Platform, but do you know the people who make it possible? Talented Plexians have been working hard behind the scenes for decades. They’re what make this company great, but few get the chance to step into the spotlight they deserve – until now. This month, say hello to Director of Professional Services Angie Sheperd. Tell us about your role at Plex…
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Smarter, Together: What Does Influence Mean to Plex? (Part 1 of 4)
Influence, at its core, is adapting behavior, products, and processes based on communication, information, and shared understanding. In order to influence and be influenced, you have to have a deep understanding - an empathy - for the audience. That comes from having walked a mile (or 20) in another person’s shoes. ...
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The People Behind the Platform: Marcus Jones, Mid-Market Account Executive
You might love the Plex Smart Manufacturing Platform, but do you know the people who make it possible? Talented Plexians have been working hard behind the scenes for decades. They’re what make this company great, but few get the chance to step into the spotlight they deserve – until now. This month, say hello to Mid-Market Account Executive Marcus Jones. Tell us about your role at Plex....
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A Season of Gratitude: Recognizing Manufacturers that Keep the World Running
The last two years have certainly been challenging, but as we take time to reflect this Thanksgiving, there are so many things to be thankful for. More than ever, and for more reasons than we can count, we are especially thankful for manufacturers. Heroes in a crisis...
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Plex Systems’ Nandini Srinivasan Honored with The Manufacturing Institute’s 2021 STEP Ahead Award
Plex is proud to announce that Nandini Srinivasan, Vice President, Quality Assurance, has been named a 2021 STEP Ahead award winner by The Manufacturing Institute, the workforce development and education partner of the National Association of Manufacturers....
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The People Behind the Platform: Kaushala Kandasamy, Sr. Manager of Cloud Operations
You might love the Plex Smart Manufacturing Platform, but do you know the people who make it possible? Talented Plexians have been working hard behind the scenes for decades. They’re what make this company great, but few get the chance to step into the spotlight they deserve – until now. This month, say hello to Senior Manager of Cloud Operations Kaushala Kandasamy. Tell us about your role at…
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3 Spooky Manufacturing Trends Haunting Your Halloween
It’s too bad “trick or treat” is just a childhood phrase and not an actual choice for manufacturers. But instead of plastic pumpkin pails and pillowcases full of future cavities candy, you’re left with major production problems keeping you from meeting customer demand and company goals. It’s like being stuck in a haunted house, just with fewer fake skeletons and more work-related stress....
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The People Behind the Platform: Sami Naser, Account Development Representative
You might love the Plex Smart Manufacturing Platform, but do you know the people who make it possible? Talented Plexians have been working hard behind the scenes for decades. They’re what make this company great, but few get the chance to step into the spotlight they deserve – until now. This month, say hello to Account Development Representative Sami Naser. Tell us about your role at Plex....
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The People Behind the Platform: Jeff Bugayong, Director of Support Services
You might love the Plex Smart Manufacturing Platform, but do you know the people who make it possible? Talented Plexians have been working hard behind the scenes for decades. They’re what make this company great, but few get the chance to step into the spotlight they deserve – until now. This month, say hello to Director of Support Services Jeff Bugayong. Tell us about your role at Plex....
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Setting (and Raising) the Bar with the 2021 Industry Leader Impact Award Winner
Leadership isn’t about achieving success. It’s about breaking old molds and revising the blueprint to achieve win after win....
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Reinventing Accuracy, Efficiency, and Safety with the 2021 Innovator Impact Award Winner
Innovators don’t just push the envelope; they push the world forward. Without them, assembly lines wouldn’t exist. Cell phones would still be the size of a brick. And Netflix would still be mailing you DVDs. That’s why we’re celebrating the achievements of the 2021 Product or Technology Innovator Impact Award recipient. This is a company that embodies the smart manufacturing movement while…
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Producing 32 Million COVID Tests with the 2021 Business Operations Transformer Impact Award Winner
There’s changing the way you operate, and then there’s transforming your business. That can mean different things for different manufacturers, especially when facing the unimaginable circumstances of the last year. The stakes were high. The world was watching. And one company scaled rapidly to jump into the fight against COVID-19....
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