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ERP for Food & Beverage Manufacturers

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Food and Beverage Benefi ts

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FULL TRACK AND TRACE FOOD SAFETY MANAGEMENT COMPLIANCEToday’s food and beverage manufacturers need rigorous food safety plans and procedures (such as HACCP and FSMA) to not only ensure that their products are safe, but to also prove their compliance for audits or in the case of a recall. With Plex you get:

� Embedded traceability to track individual bins as they fl ow through the supply chain and manufacturing processes.

� The ability to isolate quality problems and contain the scope of tainted products to minimize recall exposure.

� Detailed historical information on production, inspection, genealogy, and usage.

� Automated documentation to respond to audits (such as GFSI, SQF, and BRC) and food safety alerts (such as from the FDA).

PRODUCTIVITY AND CONTROL

In a world of margin pressure, food and beverage manufacturers need to identify every opportunity to control inventory, optimize production and labor, and minimize waste. With Plex you get:

� Increased productivity with an error-proofed MES control panel that connects operators with everything they need.

� Optimized inventory levels to minimize excess inventory and avoid delays or disruptions caused by stockouts.

� OEE tracking and reporting to measure and drive continuous improvements.

CLOUD ENABLED BUSINESS MANAGEMENTModern SaaS-based cloud takes on your IT burden to unlock the potential of your people. With Plex you get:

� The power to manage every aspect of production quality all the way through to your suppliers’ operations.

� Risk mitigation with a proactive food safety management processes.

� Real-time reporting of production and fi nancial performance to make faster, more confi dent business decisions.

� Cost management that provides high-resolution visibility to where costs are accruing in real time.

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COST AND YIELD MANAGEMENTCost Management is completely embedded to deliver a uniquely unifi ed Manufacturing Execution System (MES).

REAL-TIME INVENTORYAutomated data collection for high-resolution, error-proof inventory tracking and traceability.

INTEGRAL BARCODING AND PRINTINGCapture every transaction to enable high-resolution traceability and even print customer-defi ned labels to streamline shipping and receiving.

BUILT-IN QUALITYA common control panel that enforces completion of checksheets to ensure that workstations are cleaned, maintained, and prepped to government or customer specifi cations.

SUPPLY CHAIN PLANNINGBalance growth, cost, inventory, and production with real-time shop fl oor data to effectively forecast—and deliver on—your customer demands.

EDI (INCLUDED)Conduct transactions with over 400 trading partners without an expensive add-on.

REAL-TIME MANUFACTURING INTELLIGENCEGain enterprise-wide insight into the performance of your business and manufacturing operations.

OVERALL EQUIPMENT EFFECTIVENESS (OEE)OEE results for effi ciency, quality, and performance are automatically captured by production interfaces.

PLANT FLOOR INTEGRATIONConnections to plant fl oor PLCs and other automation.

WIRELESS CONNECTIVITYBuilt-in support for wireless shop fl oor devices.

HOURS TRACKINGAutomatically track employee hours by program or function.

SUPPLIER AND CUSTOMER PORTALSConnect the entire value chain into a single source of business knowledge by collaborating more effectively.

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Features Food and Beverage Manufacturers Need

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About Plex

Plex is the Manufacturing Cloud, delivering industry-leading ERP and manufacturing automation to more than 500

companies across process and discrete industries. Plex pioneered cloud solutions for the shop fl oor, connecting suppliers,

machines, people, systems, and customers with capabilities that are easy to confi gure, deliver continuous innovation, and

reduce IT costs. With insight that starts on the production line, Plex helps companies see and understand every aspect of

their business ecosystems, enabling them to lead in ever-changing markets. Learn more at www.plex.com

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