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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…
Production Monitoring Software: Turning Insight into Action
You can't fix what you can't see. Without access to and analysis of the data resulting from production, manufacturers risk higher costs, poor quality, and mysteriously low equipment utilization. And…
The Importance of Quality KPIs in Manufacturing
In today’s high-stakes world of manufacturing, technology can make or break a company’s success. To stay ahead of the competition, more and more factories are turning to manufacturing automation…
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…
7 Food and Beverage Manufacturing Stats You’ve Never Seen (But Your Boss Will Care About)
It’s been a wild ride for the food and beverage industry lately – supply roadblocks, workforce shortages, not to mention all the inefficiencies that existed before the pandemic. But what if you could…
7 Manufacturing Stats You’ve Never Seen (But Your Boss Will Care About)
If you’ve ever wished for a magic pill that could boost the bottom line while making you look like a superstar employee, then smart manufacturing is the prescription of your dreams.
Smart vs. Unsmart: Improving your Manufacturing Execution System Journey
When you were a kid, the difference between good and bad was crystal clear. Putting gum in your hair? Bad. Looking both ways before crossing the street? Good.
But now that you’re an adult – a…
Smart vs. Unsmart Manufacturing Execution System Decisions: Which Are You Making?
Remember the day you got your first smartphone? With a single purchase, you went from flipping open a plastic device with an 8-bit screen to having untethered access to the collective knowledge of…
Periodic vs. Perpetual Inventory: What’s the Difference?
Get this - U.S. businesses carried $2,069.5 billion of inventory through July of 2021. That’s a 16.3% compared to 2020 when inventories were depleted during the early days of COVID. Further, business…
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…
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…
The Importance of Quality Control in Manufacturing
Few things worry manufacturing managers more than quality. When quality control is on track, it improves efficiency and cost, and let’s face it; it means far fewer headaches. But when things go awry…
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…
How the Efficiency of Inventory Management Affects Your Company
The efficiency of inventory management is crucial to any business. For retailers, accurate inventory means finished goods ready to sell. But for manufacturing companies, warehouse capacity for raw…
Starting Down Your Quality Journey: The Importance of Digitized Quality Processes (Part 1 of 3)
Quality management is certainly not a new topic for manufacturers; however, the importance of it has never been stronger. This is the first blog of a three-part series focused on quality management…
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…
The Role of Quality Assurance in Manufacturing
What’s your quality management system like?
It’s a simple question, but the answer can be complicated. Most manufacturers say they have a system in place, but what does that really entail? After all…
Progressing Down Your Quality Journey: Extending Quality Management into the Supply Chain (Part 2 of 3)
Last week I discussed the importance of starting out your quality journey by eliminating manual processes and embracing digitization. For the second blog in this three-part series, let's look at a…
The Last Mile in Your Quality Journey: Building a Quality Culture for Continuous Improvement (Part 3 of 3)
This is the third and final blog in a series focused on quality management. The first two blogs covered the importance of digitized quality processes and extending quality beyond a manufacturer's…
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…