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.

Mobile Monday Detroit, which brings together individuals and organizations focused on a mobile/wireless connected community, welcomes Jerry Foster to its April 10, 2017 event to share insights on how Plex makes IIoT “real” for manufacturers.

Plex provides perspective on how automation can benefit businesses by allowing team members to focus on value-building activities (note: free registration required to download).

The IIoT allows manufacturers to collect better data collection on the shop floor. Now, with the IntelliPlex Production Analytic Application, that information can be tapped “to provide manufacturing leaders with enterprise-wide insight into the performance of production operations, including processes and equipment on the shop floor.”

Industry Analyst Dennis Howlett shares his insights on Plex tools designed to deliver insights from the shop floor to the top floor: “Plex is extending its Intelliplex analytics platform to provide jump off points into the business and not be restricted to the plant floor. This is an important development.”

A need to handle rapidly changing situations on the shop floor leads many mid- to large-size manufacturers to cloud-based ERP software solutions that offer fast, easy updates, and minimal to no IT overhead costs compared to on-premises ERP installations. Plex lends its insights on the top trends to watch, and how to most effectively leverage cloud-based technologies.

The IntelliPlex Production Analytic Application, which leverages the IIoT for business insights, is called “practical and useful.” Plex’s latest IntelliPlex application delivers dashboards with specific requirements, provides a deeper understanding of analytics and data science and contributes to creating real-world solutions within organizations.

Automotive supplier Accuride Corp. shares its top recommendations for managing IT in an uncertain world, focusing on how it uses the Plex Manufacturing Cloud to align technology initiatives with business changes.

In 2012, manufacturer and Plex customer Accuride Corp. moved its ERP system to Plex Systems' cloud-based software – creating a “hybrid” ERP system of cloud and on-premise applications. Implementing Plex helped Accuride achieve its goal of obtaining real-time data, and in the future it plans to use the power of cloud computing to process engineering data and engineering simulations...

Although pickles are one food item generally not subject to contamination nor safety issues, Hausbeck Pickle Co. in Saginaw, Mich., proactively implemented the Plex Manufacturing Cloud to improve quality and traceability from plants to stores. When lives are at stake in the case of an outbreak of a pathogen like E.