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  "license": {
    "name": "CC BY 4.0",
    "url": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/"
  },
  "cite_as": "Newsprint, \"Plex Smart Manufacturing Platform: what it sells and price\", https://www.newsprint.com/companies/plex-smart-manufacturing-platform/, updated 2026-11-11",
  "updated_at": "2026-11-11",
  "url": "https://www.newsprint.com/companies/plex-smart-manufacturing-platform/",
  "markdown_url": "https://www.newsprint.com/companies/plex-smart-manufacturing-platform.md",
  "title": "Plex Smart Manufacturing Platform: what it sells and price",
  "opening_answer": "Plex Smart Manufacturing Platform is on the AI manufacturing operations software map. We record 1 dated launch or event for it. The latest is dated Aug. 12, 2026.",
  "period": "Aug. 12, 2026",
  "methodology_url": "https://www.newsprint.com/updates/pr-software/#methodology",
  "company": {
    "id": "CEWD543",
    "slug": "plex-smart-manufacturing-platform",
    "name": "Plex Smart Manufacturing Platform",
    "aliases": [],
    "site": "https://plex.rockwellautomation.com/",
    "summary": "Rockwell Automation's Plex cloud-based MES platform, with Plex QMS and Plex Connected Worker, used by plant, production and quality teams. The AI today: a Plex QMS link to FactoryTalk Analytics VisionAI for camera-based inspection, an AI-powered authoring agent in Plex Connected Worker that turns CAD files and technical assets into step-by-step work instructions, and an AI agent in Plex Reporting and Analytics that users query in natural language.",
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    "updated_at": "2026-11-11",
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      "MES and operations management"
    ]
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  "launches_data_url": "https://www.newsprint.com/data/launches.json",
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  "indexed": true,
  "summary": {
    "text": "Rockwell Automation's Plex cloud-based MES platform, with Plex QMS and Plex Connected Worker, used by plant, production and quality teams. The AI today: a Plex QMS link to FactoryTalk Analytics VisionAI for camera-based inspection, an AI-powered authoring agent in Plex Connected Worker that turns CAD files and technical assets into step-by-step work instructions, and an AI agent in Plex Reporting and Analytics that users query in natural language.",
    "source": {
      "name": "plantautomation-technology.com",
      "url": "https://www.plantautomation-technology.com/pressreleases/rockwell-automation-integrates-plex-qms"
    },
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  },
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    {
      "map": "manufacturing-operations-software",
      "title": "The AI manufacturing operations software map",
      "url": "https://www.newsprint.com/research/manufacturing-operations-software/#co-plex-smart-manufacturing-platform",
      "section": "companies",
      "name": "Plex Smart Manufacturing Platform",
      "site": "https://plex.rockwellautomation.com/",
      "category": "MES and operations management",
      "what": "Rockwell Automation's Plex cloud-based MES platform, with Plex QMS and Plex Connected Worker, used by plant, production and quality teams. The AI today: a Plex QMS link to FactoryTalk Analytics VisionAI for camera-based inspection, an AI-powered authoring agent in Plex Connected Worker that turns CAD files and technical assets into step-by-step work instructions, and an AI agent in Plex Reporting and Analytics that users query in natural language.",
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        "name": "plantautomation-technology.com",
        "url": "https://www.plantautomation-technology.com/pressreleases/rockwell-automation-integrates-plex-qms"
      },
      "price": "not published; sales-led",
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      "capabilities": {
        "label": "AI capabilities",
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          "Assistant",
          "Production analytics",
          "Work instructions",
          "Visual inspection"
        ]
      },
      "scale_tier": 1,
      "scale": "Enterprise incumbent: a public company or nine-figure revenue (Owned by Rockwell Automation (NYSE: ROK))",
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        {
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          "url": "https://www.plantautomation-technology.com/pressreleases/rockwell-automation-integrates-plex-qms"
        },
        {
          "name": "automationworld.com",
          "url": "https://automationworld.com/analytics/press-release/55401934/rockwell-automation-rockwell-automation-expands-ai-quality-inspection-with-plex-qms-and-factorytalk-visionai-integration"
        },
        {
          "name": "processingmagazine.com",
          "url": "https://www.processingmagazine.com/products/product/55385179/rockwell-automation-launches-factorytalk-resilientedge-for-autonomous-manufacturing"
        }
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  "timeline": [
    {
      "id": "event-1",
      "url": "https://www.newsprint.com/companies/plex-smart-manufacturing-platform/#event-1",
      "on": "2026-08-12",
      "date_precision": "day",
      "title": "Plex QMS connects to FactoryTalk Analytics VisionAI for AI inspection",
      "summary": "Rockwell announced an API-enabled integration, available the same day, that brings AI-driven visual inspection to new and existing camera systems inside Plex QMS, with results stored for traceability and serialization.",
      "kind": "Launch",
      "from": {
        "name": "The AI manufacturing operations software map",
        "url": "https://www.newsprint.com/research/manufacturing-operations-software/#co-plex-smart-manufacturing-platform"
      },
      "source": {
        "name": "Rockwell release via Plant Automation Technology",
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    }
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