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Rockwell Automation Named a Leader in 2024-2025 IDC MarketScape for Manufacturing Execution Systems
MILWAUKEE, WIS. — FEBRUARY, 07 2025 — Plex, by Rockwell Automation, a leader in cloud-delivered smart manufacturing solutions, has been recognized in three recent IDC MarketScape reports. Rockwell Automation was named as a Leader in in the IDC MarketScape: Worldwide Manufacturing Execution Systems 2024–2025 Vendor Assessment (Doc #US51813624, November 2024).
Rockwell Automation’s MES portfolio consists of the Plex cloud SaaS offering and the FactoryTalk on-premise solution.
Plex, by Rockwell Automation, was also named a Major Player in the IDC MarketScape: Worldwide SaaS and Cloud-Enabled Manufacturing ERP Applications 2024–2025 Vendor Assessment (Doc #US51752524, December 2024) and the IDC MarketScape: Worldwide SaaS and Cloud-Enabled Operational ERP Applications 2024–2025 Vendor Assessment (Doc #US52759424, December 2024).
“We believe continued recognition by the IDC MarketScape emphasizes our commitment to developing sustainable cloud-based solutions,” said Anthony Murphy, Vice President, Product Management, Plex. “Our goal continues to be mitigating workload brought on by complex manufacturing pipelines for businesses and we’re proud to be recognized by the IDC MarketScape.”
The IDC MarketScape for MES noted, “Due to its broad portfolio and large size, with a truly global delivery model, Rockwell Automation can act as a one-stop shop for smart manufacturing by offering an interoperable edge-to-cloud portfolio that is designed to meet customers where their needs are, with logical on-ramps to broader Industry 4.0 capabilities, along with the implementation, consulting, and field services required to help manufacturers digitally transform.”
“Plex was born in the cloud and was purpose-built for complex manufacturing workloads,” stated Mickey North Rizza, Group Vice President of Enterprise Software, IDC Manufacturing Insights. “Organizations with a complex manufacturing environment and with a need to bring together all aspects of manufacturing into one complete view both operationally and financially, particularly in discrete manufacturing, should consider Plex.”
To learn more about Plex, by Rockwell Automation, and its manufacturing solutions, please visit https://www.plex.com/smart-manufacturing-platform.
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IDC MarketScape vendor assessment model is designed to provide an overview of the competitive fitness of technology and service suppliers in a given market. The research utilizes a rigorous scoring methodology based on both qualitative and quantitative criteria that results in a single graphical illustration of each supplier’s position within a given market. IDC MarketScape provides a clear framework in which the product and service offerings, capabilities and strategies, and current and future market success factors of technology suppliers can be meaningfully compared. The framework also provides technology buyers with a 360-degree assessment of the strengths and weaknesses of current and prospective suppliers.
