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Plex (Rockwell) Smart Manufacturing + Ignite Lean

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Rockwell's Plex is a manufacturing-first cloud ERP common in mid-market discrete shops. Add a leaner execution skin without ripping it out.

REST API Webhooks

How the Connection Works

Plex (Rockwell) Smart Manufacturing
REST APIWebhooks
Ignite Lean
Into Ignite Lean
  • Production work orders
  • Item + revision master
  • Routings
  • Customer release schedules
Back to Plex (Rockwell) Smart Manufacturing
  • Build completion
  • Labor + container reporting
  • Nonconformance data

How It Works

  1. 1Plex publishes work orders via its REST + IoT Hub APIs.
  2. 2Ignite Lean runs the build; operators report labor, scrap, and containers on the kiosk.
  3. 3Completion and NC data flow back to Plex for traceability and quote-to-cash close-out.

Recommended Workflows

How Plex (Rockwell) Smart Manufacturing works best with Ignite Lean. These are recommended patterns: Ignite Lean fires the trigger, and how Plex (Rockwell) Smart Manufacturing routes it (which work group, which device, which rule) is configured to your IT setup.

Order to floor to close
Trigger A production or work order is released in Plex (Rockwell) Smart Manufacturing
  1. 1Plex (Rockwell) Smart Manufacturing pushes the order to Ignite Lean.
  2. 2Operators build it on the kiosk with visual work instructions and live traceability.
  3. 3On completion, Ignite Lean posts quantities, labor, and scrap back.
  4. 4Plex (Rockwell) Smart Manufacturing closes the order with real actuals, not an estimate.
Your ERP always reflects what actually happened on the floor.
Quality hold blocks the shipment
Trigger A non-conformance is opened against a build
  1. 1Ignite Lean fires a quality-hold event.
  2. 2Plex (Rockwell) Smart Manufacturing flags the order or lot on hold.
  3. 3Shipping cannot release it until the CAPA closes.
  4. 4When disposition completes, Ignite Lean lifts the hold.
Bad product cannot ship, enforced in the system your shippers already use.
Live cost actuals
Trigger Labor and material are recorded during the build
  1. 1Ignite Lean streams labor hours and material consumption.
  2. 2Plex (Rockwell) Smart Manufacturing updates job cost in near real time.
  3. 3Finance sees true margin per order as it is built.
Job costing stops being a month-end guess.

Connect Plex (Rockwell) Smart Manufacturing today

This works now through our REST API, outbound webhooks, and Excel/CSV. Start with the API reference, or talk to us about a guided setup.

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