The Plex Smart Manufacturing Platform: Plex Sustainable Solutions

The importance of today’s sustainability initiatives cannot be overstated. Not only do these efforts reduce a company’s negative impact on the environment, but they also increase operational efficiencies that can deliver a competitive edge. In the Plex 2024 State of Smart Manufacturing report, 98% of the manufacturers surveyed said they have some form of sustainability policy. Not coincidentally, technology investment is up 30% as companies increasingly use updated technology to guide sustainability programs and mitigate risks, including the burden of rising energy costs.

As companies strive to achieve more sustainable production methods, smart manufacturing is providing a multitude of advantages:

1. Achieve Sustainability Goals

   A corporate sustainability policy encompasses how an organization uses natural resources and, in turn, how this impacts energy efficiency, climate change, carbon emissions, biodiversity, air and water quality, deforestation, and waste management. Plex connects digital data from top floor to plant floor, giving you real-time access to the enterprise-wide information that ensures your company stays on track to meet its sustainability commitments.

2. Find New Efficiencies

   When digital data plays a central role in reaching sustainability benchmarks, it also opens new possibilities for increased productivity. As you use smart manufacturing software to control production, inventory, waste, and labor, the data it yields can provide a clear picture of where improvements can be made. With better data connecting your entire enterprise, your team can make better decisions that streamline processes and minimize waste of both time and materials. Ultimately, your environmental sustainability efforts can lead to a more agile, profitable, and competitive company.

3. Support Certification

   Running Plex means having access to the digital data that not only helps you improve processes, but also enables you to easily track the information you need in order to attain — and retain — sustainability certifications. Whatever your certification requirements are for your industry, your customers, and the municipalities where you do business, Plex helps you report information from across your operations with speed and accuracy.