
in The Forrester Wave™: Digital Operations Platforms For Manufacturing Businesses, Q3 2020.
The Smart Manufacturing Platform offers you options:
If you have an existing enterprise resource planning (ERP) solution you're happy with, but you're looking for an alternative for running production, Plex offers a manufacturing execution system (MES) that connects to your ERP solution.
If you're looking for a solution that includes ERP and MES in one, the Smart Manufacturing Platform offers fully-integrated MES, ERP, and supply chain management (SCM).
Plex offers the flexibility to connect, automate, track, and analyze all aspects of your enterprise. Enhanced analytics provides additional levels of analysis. Industrial IoT (IIoT) enables shop floor production and asset management tracking. Plex can also centralize machine data collection from programmable logic controllers (PLC) for additional operational insights.
Built around the pillars of Smart Manufacturing, Plex Connects, Automates, Tracks, and Analyzes your operations.
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Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP)Learn More |
Connect your people, suppliers, and customers to a single source of truth |
Automate workflows and create a digital paper trail for reference and continuous improvement |
Track all physical and digital transactions for greater accuracy and traceability |
Analyze real-time trends over time and uncover rich, contextual insights |
Manufacturing Execution System (MES/MOM)Learn More |
Connect to operations with a platform designed to support the speed, volume, and complexity of manufacturing transactions |
Automate production transactions and manual tasks to ensure greater accuracy and free up workers’ time for higher-value activities |
Track materials effectively throughout the entire journey, from receipt to shipment – including WIP – to deliver a real-time, granular view of the business |
Analyze data collected at each manufacturing moment in the context of your enterprise-wide goals and metrics |
Analytics and Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT)Learn More |
Connect shop floor performance data to maximize production and operational visibility |
Automate alerts sent to personnel who can effectively react to behavioral data that’s outside of the norm |
Track equipment performance trends over time to predict downtime for proactive planning |
Analyze trends and compare operational data against other KPIs to discover new opportunities for improvement |
Supply Chain ManagementLearn More |
Connect your entire supply chain to ensure better supplier and customer participation, lower costs, and more accurate delivery |
Automate business processes with integral EDI to ensure more accurate supplier records and delivery |
Track materials and financial transactions to align material movement with costs |
Analyze procurement and spend data with full visibility to ensure tight cost, spend, and supplier alignment for continuous improvement |
Plex Mobile puts the power of the Plex Smart Manufacturing Platform directly in the hands of your shop floor employees.
Plex Cloud Infrastructure powers the Smart Manufacturing Platform through security, high availability, and scalability.