Plastics and Rubber Manufacturing
Support the demands of high-volume, high-quality production with unmatched visibility and operational control.
Connect and Drive Your Business
Plastic and rubber product manufacturers demand the same stringent quality requirements as other industries with the added challenge of managing the production and management of precision tooling and molds. We know your industry and we’ve got your back.
The Plex Smart Manufacturing Platform was born on the shop floor and purpose-built to deliver the total visibility and integrated quality that you need to make world-class products and grow your business.
Plex Smart Manufacturing Platform Features & Benefits
Inventory Management
- Offset volatile material costs and increased inventory turns with door-to-door inventory management.
- Effectively manage your plastic resin inventory throughout your supply chain with category-level forecasting.
- Easily trace material or quality issues and respond quickly to audit or recall issues with door-to-door traceability.
- Get the right material at the right time to account for production scheduling with the built-in material resource planning (MRP) engine.
Manufacturing Execution and Quality Control
- Error-proof quality results in lower costs that go right to your bottom line.
- Manage production with an innovative control panel that connects operators to everything they need to do their work and that digitally collects data about everything they produce.
- Overall equipment effectiveness (OEE) makes it easy to track uptime, production, and quality to measure and drive continuous improvement.
- Track scrap, flash and regrind with high accuracy that includes standard and actual cost accounting.
Responsive Supply Chain
- Create a more collaborative supply chain that is proactive instead of reactive.
- Minimize the effects of demand volatility on your businesses with just-in-time inventory and resources, proactive sales and operations planning.
- Gain end-to-end visibility from quote to order fulfillment with a flexible quoting system that provides accurate cost calculations.
- Instantly communicate with your customers and suppliers with built-in Electronic Data Interchange (EDI). EDI also allows you to automatically initiate business processes such as automatic shipment notifications (ASNs).
Meet compliance standards with Plex
- ISO 9001:2015
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