"With the real-time data we see in Plex, we can identify manufacturing variances and make corrections on them throughout the day. Also, because Plex is so easy to use, people across our organization can access financial data that they’ve never seen before. That has increased the overall financial acumen of our whole business, helping us understand how our day-to-day operations really do affect our bottom line.”
“Plex enables us to maintain our rapid growth by facilitating collaboration and communication between engineering, development, production, operations, sales, and executive management. With all metrics stored in a single place, we use IntelliPlex analytics to get the information we need—when and where we need it. The dashboards and reporting can be customized to serve virtually any role in the organization. As a result, we are making better informed business decisions that will help us meet and exceed our revenue targets.”
“Now we are addressing issues that go right to our bottom line because we have valuable details that we never had before. We can click a button and it's right in front of us. Once we focused on real information, we started managing the stuff that matters."
“We preformed multiple tests of EDI connections and labels to ensure the data from our existing systems transferred correctly into Plex, We provided training sessions on all three shifts to ensure there would be adequate support and operators could be productive on the new system from day one.”
"With Plex, plant workers have data at their fingertips, so they can see that what we’re doing makes sense, and they can provide their input on how to do it better. Teams are actually pulling up Plex during meetings to make sure everyone understands our best practices and is focused on continuous improvement."
“The cloud was paramount in our decision, but we had a long list of functionality requirements too, We came across a video that featured a Control+M consultant talking about a Plex implementation and we decided to get in touch with them.”
"A sales tax process that required almost a fully dedicated person now takes maybe 15 minutes per month to manage--and yet we trust our data more than ever.”
"We can now check the current status of any job out on the floor, see exactly what we’ve got in inventory, monitor who’s on which machine, and access records from any workstation in the company. Rather than wasting our time digging through paperwork, we can find answers and make changes to the production schedule on screen in seconds. Even after a year on the system, we’re still finding better and better ways to increase our efficiency with Plex."
"Our partners at Control+M went module by module in the Plex platform, walking us through the possibilities and backing everything up with real-life examples, Our dedicated Control+M consultant really got to know our business processes as if he were an employee. He pushed us to rethink the way we do things so that we could not only get the most out of Plex but also dramatically increase our efficiency.”
“Areas such as accounts receivable and customer billing are so much more efficient with Plex, I’d estimate there’s a 40 to 50 percent time savings in accounting—which frees up staff to help out with activities such as quoting, which will help us land new business. If we hadn’t switched to Plex, we almost certainly would have had to add another member to our office staff by now.”
"To me, the biggest benefit with Plex is the ability to grow with existing resources. Once processes are configured and implemented properly, we can easily take on additional work knowing that tasks such as document generation, invoicing, and document control will be automated."
“The master production plan was a printout with a schedule handwritten on it, When we would get together for meetings twice a week, one person would have that ‘master’ schedule in his back pocket and nobody else in the room would know that there had been changes to it. It’s no wonder that we had no way of tracking our ability to meet commitments.”
"This product has become such an integral part of the business and everybody in our production office is using it every single day. It’s really just been a huge jump for Thai Summit in going from no visibility to full visibility on the floor, and even automating some processes such as labeling."
"DemandCaster has got to be one of the easiest systems I’ve ever worked in as far as planning, so innovative and person-friendly.”
“Plex has so much capability, you don’t want to bite off more than you can chew. Stay focused on what is needed to operate the business and launch and then build on from there.”