This is an article from: http://www.autofieldguide.com/articles/010807.html
Look what’s gaining traction in enterprise resource planning: A new way to run it offsite. By Lawrence S. Gould, Contributing Editor
The article mentions Plexus Online in a few places. This is my favorite cut from it. Version control is easier in a SaaS setup. Plexus, for example, has only one version of its software on a single infrastructure. “We don’t have to cast about through a thousand different client-server configurations before shipping a patch with new features. Instead, we roll out new features every day."
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Wednesday, January 16, 2008
Wednesday, November 7, 2007
ERP Implementation — Plexus
Plante & Moran not only offers objective, experienced evaluation, selection and contract review and negotiation services for the acquisition of ERP systems, but we also offer implementation services. We are an implementation alliance partner of Plexus Systems’ Plexus Online ERP system, which provides extensive functionality for the automotive, medical device as well as aerospace and defense manufacturing verticals via an on-demand delivery model.
Plexus provides a fully integrated, total enterprise solution including modules that support Quoting, Engineering, EDI/Release Accounting, Customer Relationship Management, Lean Manufacturing, Production Planning and Scheduling, Manufacturing Execution (MES), Inventory Control, Bar Code Labeling, Quality, Tooling, Maintenance, Cost Accounting, Finance, Payroll, Human Resources, Time and Attendance and Document Management.
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Plexus provides a fully integrated, total enterprise solution including modules that support Quoting, Engineering, EDI/Release Accounting, Customer Relationship Management, Lean Manufacturing, Production Planning and Scheduling, Manufacturing Execution (MES), Inventory Control, Bar Code Labeling, Quality, Tooling, Maintenance, Cost Accounting, Finance, Payroll, Human Resources, Time and Attendance and Document Management.
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Wednesday, September 5, 2007
SaaS for the Manufacturing Industry
The SaaS "software delivery service" has so many potential business advantages that on-demand applications are appearing across the manufacturing business model, coming from companies like Plexus Systems, Inc., providers of Plexus Online on-demand software for the manufacturing enterprise.
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Thursday, August 2, 2007
9 Things you may not know about Plexus - On Demand Software
The “Things you may not know about Plexus” will become an occasional feature of this blog. I’m going to start today with 9 things you may not know. Give these a try:
1. You can launch a new session by hovering over the logo and choosing “Launch New Session”.
2. Plexus Systems birthday is April Fools day!
3. In 2003, the Plexus Online EDI and Bar Coding solution was approved by Honda of America Manufacturing, Inc. for use by its suppliers.
4. Click the Main Menu icon to switch between menu buttons or your favorites.
5. Regulatory compliance such as Sarbanes-Oxley and HIPAA require organizations to maintain their IT systems safe and secure. Plexus Online™ will help reduce the time your auditors are onsite for audits, provide user friendly data based on industry best practices such as ISO and QS among others, and allow you to be at ease knowing your infrastructure is locked down.
6. Float your pointer over the company logo to get to the Personalize Options.
7. Plexus Systems, Inc. holds a trademark on Plexus Online™ .
8. ASN’s are created and transmitted automatically when shipments are made.
9. Plexus Online™ implementer Jodi Hunt rides a Honda Shadow.. Beautiful red one.
1. You can launch a new session by hovering over the logo and choosing “Launch New Session”.
2. Plexus Systems birthday is April Fools day!
3. In 2003, the Plexus Online EDI and Bar Coding solution was approved by Honda of America Manufacturing, Inc. for use by its suppliers.
4. Click the Main Menu icon to switch between menu buttons or your favorites.
5. Regulatory compliance such as Sarbanes-Oxley and HIPAA require organizations to maintain their IT systems safe and secure. Plexus Online™ will help reduce the time your auditors are onsite for audits, provide user friendly data based on industry best practices such as ISO and QS among others, and allow you to be at ease knowing your infrastructure is locked down.
6. Float your pointer over the company logo to get to the Personalize Options.
7. Plexus Systems, Inc. holds a trademark on Plexus Online™ .
8. ASN’s are created and transmitted automatically when shipments are made.
9. Plexus Online™ implementer Jodi Hunt rides a Honda Shadow.. Beautiful red one.
Tuesday, July 31, 2007
Blog dedicated to Plexus Online™ Manufacturing Software.
July Recap – Blog dedicated to Plexus Online™ Manufacturing Software.
"D'oh!" Missed the April, May, June recap.
Since starting this blog in April, I’ve been trying to figure out what to do with it. I’m now on my way to knowing what it’s about: Plexus Systems, http://www.plex.com/, Plexus Online™ , the employees at Plexus and the occasional thing that I find interesting.
With the blog subject determination behind me, it’s time to work on establishing a reader base. As you can see above, I didn’t start tracking it until last month, but my blog is now taking its first baby steps out into the World Wide Web.
Yes, success is a fickle creature, not only in blogging but in the manufacturing software world, where underdogs can sometimes topple titans and groundbreaking emerging technologies can change the face of an industry. For those who follow or work in the Plexus Online™ universe, there's never a dull moment.
Because of the economic shift in the manufacturing industry, the emergence of new software is vital for businesses to stay competitive, meet their customer demands, adjust to market shifts and to keep business processes efficient to gain better profit margins. I’ll dedicate this blog to showing you how Plexus Online™ is the on-demand manufacturing software system that will enable you to not only keep up with the demands and shifts in the manufacturing industry, but to excel.
Sunday, July 1, 2007
Inventory Tracking
Receiving, processing, and shipping inventory is the soul of a manufacturing company. Running an efficient operation depends upon accurate inventory information.
At Plexus, we pride ourselves on providing the most powerful inventory control system in the industry. We believe that true inventory control – something useful to the people running the shop floor – must track inventory in real-time, must track individual containers and/or units, and must utilize bar coding or some other type of auto-identification. With Plexus Online, you get all these features and more.
Integrated Modules
Part List & Process Routings
Raw Material Receiving
Inventory Control
Advanced Traceability & Part Genealogy
Subcontractor Shipping/Receiving
Customer Shipping
Cycle Inventory
Returnable Container Tracking
Inventory Valuation
Special Features
Serialized container-level or unit-level tracking of all inventory.
Built-in barcode printing and scanning.
Built-in support for AIAG Shipment Labels, Master Units, & hundreds more.
Integrated heat/lot traceability
Easy-to-use shop floor data collection, including wireless Pocket PCs.
Highly flexible configurability.
Full integration with production tracking and all other aspects of your system.
Thursday, June 28, 2007
ROI of at least 20%
Peerless Steel's Randy Remdenok deployed a hosted ERP program (from Plexus Systems, Inc.) at the steel distributor some five years ago, making the Michigan company something of an ERP pioneer. Remdenok says the rewards of the hosted approach have far outweighed any risks to the business. The proof? Peerless Steel has consistently achieved an annual ROI of at least 20 percent on its hosted ERP investment.
Most of Peerless Steel's returns have come from downsizing its IT department. That's hardly surprising: hosted software is basically a form of business-process outsourcing. "When you eliminate eight salaries," notes Remdenok, "the cost to operate [the software] is less than what we're paying for our existing staff."
On-demand apps are not only maintenance savers, they're also a heck of a lot easier to deploy than conventional software. An on-site or proprietary system must be carefully tested for server compatibility, performance, and other hardware-related issues. By contrast, deploying software as a service typically requires just a few weeks of prep work (mostly spent configuring the software, scrubbing data, and training users).
Most of Peerless Steel's returns have come from downsizing its IT department. That's hardly surprising: hosted software is basically a form of business-process outsourcing. "When you eliminate eight salaries," notes Remdenok, "the cost to operate [the software] is less than what we're paying for our existing staff."
On-demand apps are not only maintenance savers, they're also a heck of a lot easier to deploy than conventional software. An on-site or proprietary system must be carefully tested for server compatibility, performance, and other hardware-related issues. By contrast, deploying software as a service typically requires just a few weeks of prep work (mostly spent configuring the software, scrubbing data, and training users).
Patrick Fetterman - Marketing: No Muda!
After working in software marketing for many years, Patrick Fetterman took a new job in 2007 with Plexus Systems, Plexus Systems, Inc. offers solutions for manufacturers. At Plexus, he was thunderstruck by the convergence of three concepts: lean manufacturing, rapid application development, and the "on-demand" or software-as-a-service delivery model.
Partick now has joined the world of blogging, you can read his first blog at this LINK
Partick now has joined the world of blogging, you can read his first blog at this LINK
Sunday, June 24, 2007
Who Will Lead The Manufacturing Evolution?
On Demand Software Delivery is here and it will grow substantially in the coming years. Recent announcements by nearly all of the biggest software vendors about On Demand Software Delivery shows that the success of companies like SalesForce.com has caught everyone’s attention — customers and software vendors alike. You know who started the revolution, which software companies will evolve to be the leaders?
For over a decade, Plexus Systems, Inc. (Auburn Hills, Mich.) has maintained a singular vision -- to drive significant cost, quality, traceability and productivity improvements in the manufacturing sector from the shop floor to the top floor. Plexus Online is the first true on demand manufacturing performance system. It delivers a powerful, real-time interface to the total manufacturing process. With the ability to manage a single facility or an entire enterprise, Plexus Online allows manufacturers to closely track critical aspects of their operation, anywhere, anytime.
The award winning Plexus Online manufacturing intelligence system enables the collection, presentation and analysis of critical, real-time data to decision makers throughout the enterprise and the supply chain. By having a common shared platform, tomorrow's knowledge workers can reach beyond the confines of their offices with anyone they need to do business with - customers, partners, suppliers - all without any barriers. Plexus Online allows a company’s entire chain of command to get the information they need on demand, anytime, anywhere. Companies can pull together their separate functions into a lean, highly profitable whole to successfully compete in today’s global manufacturing marketplace.
It comes down to the customer experience, making a product easier to use for a customer and evolving it as quickly as possible to meet the customer's needs. Plexus Online software delivered as a service enables that and packaged software does not.
Benefits of using Plexus Online include, better decision making through more timely and accurate information, complete integration, improves coordination among employees, customers, and suppliers, easier administration, automatic software updates, all users have the same version of software, increase revenue through differentiation, strong control mechanisms, high quality, innovative links with customers, global accessibility, etc.
Plexus Online is the on demand business solution specifically designed for automotive suppliers and other manufacturing companies. As an Internet-based system Plexus Online requires no infrastructure to implement. It links together multiple plants as well as customers, suppliers and employees into a centralized database of real-time information that is accessible no matter where they are in the world. It also is ideal for fast and flexible deployment in a time of mergers, acquisitions, joint ventures and other rapid changes.
For over a decade, Plexus Systems, Inc. (Auburn Hills, Mich.) has maintained a singular vision -- to drive significant cost, quality, traceability and productivity improvements in the manufacturing sector from the shop floor to the top floor. Plexus Online is the first true on demand manufacturing performance system. It delivers a powerful, real-time interface to the total manufacturing process. With the ability to manage a single facility or an entire enterprise, Plexus Online allows manufacturers to closely track critical aspects of their operation, anywhere, anytime.
The award winning Plexus Online manufacturing intelligence system enables the collection, presentation and analysis of critical, real-time data to decision makers throughout the enterprise and the supply chain. By having a common shared platform, tomorrow's knowledge workers can reach beyond the confines of their offices with anyone they need to do business with - customers, partners, suppliers - all without any barriers. Plexus Online allows a company’s entire chain of command to get the information they need on demand, anytime, anywhere. Companies can pull together their separate functions into a lean, highly profitable whole to successfully compete in today’s global manufacturing marketplace.
It comes down to the customer experience, making a product easier to use for a customer and evolving it as quickly as possible to meet the customer's needs. Plexus Online software delivered as a service enables that and packaged software does not.
Benefits of using Plexus Online include, better decision making through more timely and accurate information, complete integration, improves coordination among employees, customers, and suppliers, easier administration, automatic software updates, all users have the same version of software, increase revenue through differentiation, strong control mechanisms, high quality, innovative links with customers, global accessibility, etc.
Plexus Online is the on demand business solution specifically designed for automotive suppliers and other manufacturing companies. As an Internet-based system Plexus Online requires no infrastructure to implement. It links together multiple plants as well as customers, suppliers and employees into a centralized database of real-time information that is accessible no matter where they are in the world. It also is ideal for fast and flexible deployment in a time of mergers, acquisitions, joint ventures and other rapid changes.
Saturday, June 23, 2007
Plexus Systems, Inc. : On-Demand ERP & MES RUNNING WITH THE BIG DOGS
Fast forward a decade and a half, and that original, highly focused system has matured and expanded into the Plexus Online on-demand software system, a set of 350 modules used by a wide range of manufacturing companies to do everything from production scheduling to manufacturing execution, shop-floor control, quality management, traceability...
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Tuesday, June 19, 2007
Plexus Systems Announces New Data Center for Backup/Disaster Recovery
Plexus Systems contracted with leading data center provider Netriplex for its unsurpassed response times and zero downtime guarantees — attributes critical to Plexus Online's business edge of providing on-demand accessibility using the software-as-a-service (SaaS) model.
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Monday, June 18, 2007
Jutras references "best-of-breed" vendors such as Plexus Online,
Jutras references "best-of-breed" vendors such as Plexus Online, Glovia Services and NetSuite as offering pure on-demand solutions. She also notes that SAP, Oracle and Infor all are now offering some sort of ERP hosting, as does IBM through its partnership with Lawson. Late last year, Microsoft -- which already owns much of the SMB ERP space.
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Hospital uses advanced online technology
Plexus Systems, provider of Plexus Online, the first true on-demand lean performance system, is launching a second technology initiative to streamline patient information and medical processing for Fairview Health Services.
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Managing Automation Announces 2007 Progressive Manufacturing High Achievers
Operational Excellence: TOMASCO mulciber, a metal stamping company, was recognized for its deployment of a Plexus on-demand manufacturing system that allowed TOMASCO to manage the entire manufacturing process, reduce inventories by more than 20%, and reduce work-in-process by over 40%.
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