"We have improved scheduling, throughput, production control, and material control. The OTD is drastically improved through the personalized reports developed in-house."

“Smart Manufacturing is the intelligent, real-time orchestration and optimization of business, physical, and digital processes within factories and across the entire value chain. Resources and processes are automated, integrated, monitored and continuously evaluated based on all available information as close to real-time as possible.”

"I'm basically freed up to manage my department as opposed to being in a corner somewhere just rifling through information. That's really what we should be doing as managers -- driving continuous improvement and understanding our operation. That's a big part of why we have Plex, why we went after …

"With Plex, we can now more precisely plan the specific quantities we need to have on hand, whether we’re trying to minimize or whether a customer is requiring us to hold more stock. Our accuracy is now about 99 percent, and we’ve eliminated inventory obsolescence."

"Whether you’re a $1 million, $10 million, or $100 million company, Plex provides the structure and discipline you need to support your business and grow in a controlled manner."

"Every time we have a customer come in and visit us, they’re envious of the Plex system we’re using as it shows them how organized we are as a company."

"Every one of our employees is involved in the business from a financial standpoint— working towards lower costs, higher quality, and better performance—and the Plex Manufacturing Cloud supports that."

"With Plex, our inventory accuracy has risen to 98 percent, and because everything is barcoded, we know exactly where it’s located. Our inventory data is so accurate that we don’t even need to do physical checks on our raw materials anymore."

"When it comes to raw materials, Plex is rigid—and we appreciate that. Unless a raw material was barcoded wrong during the receiving process, it’s now almost impossible to use the wrong raw material for a job. That saves us from a lot of potential human errors.”

“On our previous system, unless the supervisor happened to walk by and ask, we sometimes wouldn’t even realize for up to two hours that a machine was down Plex alerts us to these problems much more quickly so that we can take action to keep machines running.”

“Just as important as the cost savings is the fact that Plex frees up IT’s time to focus on higher-level opportunities Rather than doing day-to-day maintenance on servers, we can work on implementing technologies that help our company take the next step forward.”

“Plex was a key component in the company's growth and allowed us to successfully manage a 50% growth rate this year.”

“Having access to our entire company at my fingertips is really a game-changer. If something happens after-hours or when I’m away from the office, I can jump on a smartphone or a tablet and access all the information I need to make a decision quickly.”

“What that gives us is real confidence in the processes we are running, the accuracy of the data we are capturing, the visibility of our operations, and the quality of the products we are creating and shipping to customers.”

“We felt Plex was a much better fit for us because it is designed specifically for manufacturers.”