Rockwell Automation's Plex focuses on delivering smart manufacturing solutions via the cloud. The main business problem Plex solves is incorporating connectivity, automation, tracking, and analysis into the business processes of manufacturers. Its platform, the Plex Smart Manufacturing Platform, offers facilities such as manufacturing execution, enterprise resource planning, quality control, supply chain planning and management, asset performance monitoring, production surveillance, process automation, and analytics. These functionalities enable seamless integration of people, systems, machines, and supply chains for precise, efficient, and agile management.
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It is easy to use and a very good tool to utilize when having to meet 3rd party audit requirements.
UX is modern looking, that's about all the positive I can say about it. It's cloud based so you don't have to host the software yourself.
The connection of Process Routings, to Control Plans, to FMEAs, to Check Sheets is a particularly powerful tool for digitized control of manufacturing.
1. We were tasked with having to handle generating our own security role system and training our employees to transition from using Classic Plex to UX Plex. This has still not been completed! 2. Keeping the same representation of support personnel from Plex assigned to our site. 3. The support services are slow to complete a request often times leaving us to rely on a voting system of fellow customers to vote up or down what potential fixes will be done first.
Rockwell Automation incorrectly reports its downtime. They do not consider things like not being able to login or process any production as downtime. If even one small portion of the system works, it is not considered downtime. Even if your entire site can't be reached because of a server issue on Plex's end, it won't be reported as downtime as long as a single customer across the country is still able to login.
Because its a Generalist product it can be hard to add or tune things without significant effort or cost.