# Plex Smart Manufacturing Platform: what it sells and price

URL: https://www.newsprint.com/companies/plex-smart-manufacturing-platform/
Covers: Aug. 12, 2026
Updated: 2026-11-11
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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

> 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.

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: [plantautomation-technology.com](https://www.plantautomation-technology.com/pressreleases/rockwell-automation-integrates-plex-qms).

## Facts

- Site: [plex.rockwellautomation.com](https://plex.rockwellautomation.com/)
- Category: MES and operations management
- Status: Active

## On the research maps

### [The AI manufacturing operations software map](https://www.newsprint.com/research/manufacturing-operations-software/#co-plex-smart-manufacturing-platform)

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: [plantautomation-technology.com](https://www.plantautomation-technology.com/pressreleases/rockwell-automation-integrates-plex-qms).

- Category: MES and operations management
- Price: not published; sales-led
- AI capabilities: Assistant, Production analytics, Work instructions and Visual inspection
- Scale: Enterprise incumbent: a public company or nine-figure revenue (Owned by Rockwell Automation (NYSE: ROK))

Sources: [plantautomation-technology.com](https://www.plantautomation-technology.com/pressreleases/rockwell-automation-integrates-plex-qms), [automationworld.com](https://automationworld.com/analytics/press-release/55401934/rockwell-automation-rockwell-automation-expands-ai-quality-inspection-with-plex-qms-and-factorytalk-visionai-integration) and [processingmagazine.com](https://www.processingmagazine.com/products/product/55385179/rockwell-automation-launches-factorytalk-resilientedge-for-autonomous-manufacturing).

## Launches and dated events, newest first

### Plex QMS connects to FactoryTalk Analytics VisionAI for AI inspection

Launch, Aug. 12, 2026. 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.

Source: [Rockwell release via Plant Automation Technology](https://www.plantautomation-technology.com/pressreleases/rockwell-automation-integrates-plex-qms). From [the AI manufacturing operations software map](https://www.newsprint.com/research/manufacturing-operations-software/#co-plex-smart-manufacturing-platform).

## Methodology and corrections

How we track launches, and how to report an error: https://www.newsprint.com/updates/pr-software/#methodology