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</style><table class="infobox ib-company vcard"><caption class="infobox-title fn org" style="font-size: 125%;">Plex Systems, Inc.</caption><tbody><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image ib-company-logo logo"></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Industry</th><td class="infobox-data category"><a href="Software_industry" title="Software industry">Software</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Founded</th><td class="infobox-data">1995<span style="display:none">&nbsp;(<span class="bday dtstart published updated">1995</span>)</span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Headquarters</th><td class="infobox-data adr"><div class="ib-company-locality locality"><a href="Troy%2C_Michigan" title="Troy, Michigan">Troy, Michigan</a></div>, <div class="ib-company-country country-name"><a href="United_States" title="United States">United States</a></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0;">Area served</div></th><td class="infobox-data">Americas, EMEA, Asia-Pacific</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Products</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="Enterprise_software" title="Enterprise software">Enterprise software</a>, including: <a href="Enterprise_resource_planning" title="Enterprise resource planning">ERP</a>, <a href="Manufacturing_execution_system" title="Manufacturing execution system">MES</a>, <a href="Quality_management_system" title="Quality management system">QMS</a>, <a href="Supply_chain_management_software" class="mw-redirect" title="Supply chain management software">SCMS</a>, <a href="Customer_relationship_management" title="Customer relationship management">CRM</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Website</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="url"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.plex.com/">www<wbr>.plex<wbr>.com</a></span></td></tr></tbody></table>
<p><b>Plex Systems, Inc.</b> is an American <a href="Software_company" title="Software company">software company</a> based in Troy, Michigan.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The company develops and markets the Plex Manufacturing Cloud, a <a href="Software_as_a_service" title="Software as a service">software as a service</a> (SaaS) or <a href="Cloud_computing" title="Cloud computing">cloud computing</a> <a href="Enterprise_resource_planning" title="Enterprise resource planning">ERP</a> for manufacturing.<sup id="cite_ref-Plex_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Plex-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>
</p><p>Plex System was acquired by <a href="Rockwell_Automation" title="Rockwell Automation">Rockwell Automation</a> in 2021 for $2.2 billion dollars.
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<div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2></div>
<p>Plex Systems began as an internal IT project at an automotive parts manufacturer, MSP Industries Corporation, in 1989. The company was formed as Plexus Systems LLC in 1995 by Robert Beatty,<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> providing client/server manufacturing software. The company began offering its software via the <a href="Software_as_a_service" title="Software as a service">software as a service</a> (SaaS) or <a href="Cloud_computing" title="Cloud computing">cloud computing</a> model when Plexus Online was launched in 2001.<sup id="cite_ref-About_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-About-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>
</p><p>In 2006 <a href="Apax_Partners" title="Apax Partners">Apax Partners</a> acquired a majority interest in the company.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>
</p><p>In 2009, the company changed its name to Plex Systems and renamed its flagship product Plex Online.<sup id="cite_ref-Name_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Name-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In June 2012, the company announced the acquisition from a group of share holders, including Apax Partners by <a href="Francisco_Partners" title="Francisco Partners">Francisco Partners</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Pres_Release_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Pres_Release-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-New_Owner_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-New_Owner-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In June 2012, <a href="Accel_Partners" class="mw-redirect" title="Accel Partners">Accel Partners</a> invested $30 million in Plex:<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In June 2014, Plex secured $50 million in additional funding led by T. Rowe Price, which joined existing investors <a href="Francisco_Partners" title="Francisco Partners">Francisco Partners</a> and <a href="Accel_(venture_capital_firm)" class="mw-redirect" title="Accel (venture capital firm)">Accel Partners</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The investment will be used to support expanded product development, as well as investments in marketing and sales.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In June 2021, Plex was acquired by <a href="Rockwell_Automation" title="Rockwell Automation">Rockwell Automation</a> $2.22 billion in cash.<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>
</p><p><a href="Aberdeen_Group%2C_Inc." class="mw-redirect" title="Aberdeen Group, Inc.">Aberdeen Group</a> suggested in its "Aberdeen AXIS: ERP in Manufacturing 2009” report that Plex Systems was among the top four performing ERP vendors.<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Plex was the only ERP software solution provider placed entirely within the “Champion” performance category,<sup id="cite_ref-Report_14-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Report-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> just ahead of <a href="SAP_AG" class="mw-redirect" title="SAP AG">SAP AG</a>. (There is evidence of Plex acting as a sponsor for Aberdeen Group<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> so this report from Aberdeen may be biased) However, other vendors evaluated in the same report are also sponsors of Aberdeen Group.<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>
</p><p>Historically, the company has not released detailed financial information, citing its status as a privately held corporation. However, in May 2012, the company reported a revenue increase of 30.6% in the first quarter ending March 31, compared to a year earlier. <a href="Recurring_revenue" class="mw-redirect" title="Recurring revenue">Recurring revenue</a> increased by 30.5 percent, representing the 19th consecutive quarter of growth."<sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>
</p><p>Plex is known as the first provider of a complete SaaS ERP solution for manufacturing companies.<sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Several IT software bloggers have written about Plex’s ability to provide a wide scope of critical features for manufacturers in a SaaS model, where larger ERP vendors had not succeeded at the time.<sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>
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<div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Product">Product</h2></div>
<p>The Plex Manufacturing Cloud is a software as a service (SaaS) or cloud application ERP that manages the manufacturing process and supports the functions of production, inventory, shipping, supply-chain management, quality, accounting, sales, and human resource departments, in addition to the traditional ERP roles of finance/accounting, procurement, human capital management, etc.<sup id="cite_ref-Form_25-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Form-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>
</p><p>Plex is targeted towards manufacturing industries with rigorous <a href="Traceability" title="Traceability">traceability</a>, <a href="Quality_(business)#Manufacturing" title="Quality (business)">quality</a> and <a href="Food_safety" title="Food safety">food safety</a> requirements, including automotive, aerospace, food &amp; beverage, and life sciences or medical manufacturing.<sup id="cite_ref-Food_26-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Food-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-27" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The system must be accessed using a web browser, making its functions available from anywhere with an Internet connection.<sup id="cite_ref-Improvements_28-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Improvements-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The software is designed to provide managers and engineers with real-time visibility to production data.<sup id="cite_ref-Form_25-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Form-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>
</p><p>While Plex Systems calls the SaaS solution "ERP", the software also includes the following integrated functions:
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<ul><li><a href="Enterprise_resource_planning" title="Enterprise resource planning">Enterprise resource planning</a> (ERP):</li>
<li><a href="Manufacturing_execution_system" title="Manufacturing execution system">Manufacturing execution system</a> (MES) or <a href="Manufacturing_operations_management" title="Manufacturing operations management">manufacturing operations management</a> (MOM)<sup id="cite_ref-Improvements_28-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Improvements-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Metal_Fab_29-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Metal_Fab-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li>
<li><a href="Quality_management_system" title="Quality management system">Quality management systems</a> (QMS).<sup id="cite_ref-Form_25-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Form-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It helps maintain compliance with quality standards including <a href="ISO_9000" class="mw-redirect" title="ISO 9000">ISO 9000</a> and <a href="ISO_14000" class="mw-redirect" title="ISO 14000">ISO 14000</a>, <a href="QS9000" title="QS9000">QS-9000</a>, <a href="ISO/TS_16949" class="mw-redirect" title="ISO/TS 16949">TS-16949</a>, <a href="AS9100" title="AS9100">AS-9100</a>, etc.</li>
<li><a href="Customer_relationship_management" title="Customer relationship management">Customer relationship management</a> (CRM)</li>
<li><a href="Supply_chain_management_software" class="mw-redirect" title="Supply chain management software">Supply chain management software</a> (SCMS):</li></ul>
<div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2></div>
<ul><li><a href="List_of_ERP_software_packages" title="List of ERP software packages">List of ERP software packages</a></li>
<li><a href="List_of_ERP_vendors" class="mw-redirect" title="List of ERP vendors">List of ERP vendors</a></li></ul>
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