ASK Power, a manufacturer of electrical power connectors for the transportation, military, telecommunications, and OEM markets improves business processes using sales & operations planning and capacity planning.

As part of an ongoing series profiling manufacturing ERP vendors, industry analyst Brian Sommer shares an update on Plex, noting that “Plex is the grand master of the cloud ERP space.”

The 2017 Plex Impact Award recognizes leading manufacturers, including Accuride Corp., a growing global supplier of components to the North American and European commercial vehicle industries.

At PowerPlex 2017, industry analyst Jon Reed sat down with Plex CEO Jason Blessing to hear more about Plex’s growth as a company and discuss the cloud manufacturing tipping point.

Industry analyst Jon Reed shares highlights from the Trojan Battery facility tour that was part of the analyst experience at PowerPlex 2017.

Plex is further connecting people, processes, systems and products in manufacturing enterprises with two new advancements in its analytics and supply chain suites, enabling greater enterprise-wide visibility, control and management with a forward-looking approach to data, forecasting, and machine-learning.

Sanders Candy realizes significant ROI with Plex in part due to fast-track deployment, and being able to rely on experts for hardware infrastructure buildouts and software maintenance. The company has seen significant overall growth in the last three years, with equipment and production lines contributing to the company tripling its output.

Plex has introduced two new analytic applications designed to provide manufacturers insight into supply chain performance and their workforce. Part of the IntelliPlex Analytic Application Suite, these new apps not only to streamline and automates operations, but also enable greater access to company wide data.

High tech manufacturer Firstronic demonstrates how it successfully utilizes robotics across the enterprise, using Plex to support its integration requirements, as well as to handle data flowing between the robots and other company systems.

Manufacturing leaders, including Accuride Corp., North American Lighting, BRC Rubber & Plastics, Küster North America, Inc. and Wonton Food Inc., are choosing Plex to run their operations around the world, leading to another record year for Plex Systems.