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Plex by Rockwell Automation vs. SAP Digital Manufacturing

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    Plex by Rockwell Automation

    Score7.7 out of 10
    N/APlex, by Rockwell Automation, is a cloud-delivered manufacturing ERP. The Plex Smart Manufacturing Platform™ supports manufacturing execution (MES), quality, supply chain planning, asset performance management, production monitoring, and process automation.N/A

    SAP Digital Manufacturing

    Score8.9 out of 10
    N/ASAP Digital Manufacturing solution is a cloud-deployed manufacturing execution system (MES) that supports sustainable, risk-resilient manufacturing operations through an Industry 4.0 approach. The software creates visibility across the top floor and shop floor, precision execution of production processes, and aims to improve operator productivity with machine learning for visual inspection.N/A
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    Plex by Rockwell AutomationSAP Digital Manufacturing
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    Plex by Rockwell AutomationSAP Digital Manufacturing
    Free Trial
    NoNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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    Rockwell Automation
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    Would buy again
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    100%
    Would buy again
    16 Answers
    Delivers good value for the price
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    100%
    Delivers good value for the price
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    Happy with the feature set
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    94%
    Happy with the feature set
    15 Answers
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
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    67%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
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    Implementation went as expected
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    100%
    Implementation went as expected
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    User Ratings
    Plex by Rockwell AutomationSAP Digital Manufacturing
    Likelihood to Recommend
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.8
    (16 ratings)
    Usability
    -
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    8.6
    (15 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    Plex by Rockwell AutomationSAP Digital Manufacturing
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Rockwell Automation
    No answers on this topic
    SAP
    SAP Digital Manufacturing is well suited to integrate SAP S/4 with the shop floor systems for shop floor control. It shines on automatic data collection, automated down time collection, embedded SAP Analytics Cloud, Inventory integration, Interactive Production Operator Dashboards, Process Monitoring, Production Process Designs etc.
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    Pros
    Rockwell Automation
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    SAP
    • Automation using triggers and PPDs
    • Shopfloor tracking using asset managements
    • Low Code No Code dev style for POD interface development
    • Intuitive dashboards using SAC
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    Cons
    Rockwell Automation
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    SAP
    • Edge component - this needs to be improved to provide a seamless connection.
    • The inbuilt functionalities like in ME instead of building separate production process.
    • The EDHR reports needs to be similar in SAP ME.
    • Configurable OEE reports and history reports delivered out of the box.
    • Integrated with non - SAP ERP.
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    Usability
    Rockwell Automation
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    SAP
    SAP Digital Manufacturing is a very well thought and engineered solution that does really well in trying to map most manufacturing use cases and makes it possible to manufacturers to avoid expensive and complex custom solutions and instead implementing fit to standard solutions that needs less maintenance and are less subjected to issues
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    Alternatives Considered
    Rockwell Automation
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    SAP
    The SAP Digital Manufacturing cost of operation is much lower, compare to other competitors like that of salesforce and to top it off since has been in the business of digital manufacturing for quite some time, it is more trustworthy.
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    Return on Investment
    Rockwell Automation
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    SAP
    • As it is cloud based product, quarterly upgrades impacts the production and needs effort and resources for testing
    • Product is not fully matured. It still has bugs
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    Plex by Rockwell Automation Screenshots

    Screenshot of the Plex scheduling interfaceScreenshot of program phase, appearing in Plex, which serves as a single source of truth.Screenshot of an inventory formScreenshot of a shop floor visualizationScreenshot of the Plex control panelScreenshot of the Plex control panel