Plexus Systems Named to 2006 Supply & Demand Chain Executive 100

Plexus Online added to annual listing of innovative supply and demand chain applications

AUBURN HILLS, Mich., July 18 -- Supply & Demand Chain Executive Magazine, the executive's user manual for successful supply and demand chain transformation, this week announced that Plexus Systems, providers of Plexus Online, the first true on-demand manufacturing performance system, has been named to the fifth-annual listing of the Supply & Demand Chain Executive 100 in its June/July 2006 issue.

This year the magazine focused the criteria for its "100" feature on innovation. "Our readers turn to Supply & Demand Chain Executive to learn about new solutions and best practices for enabling the supply chain, to understand trends in supply chain technology, and to benchmark their own companies' enablement initiatives with those of other enterprises across industry verticals," explained Andrew K. Reese, editor of Supply & Demand Chain Executive. "The corporate executives and line-of-business leaders who rely on the magazine want to know not only what the state of the art is today, but what will be the cutting edge of supply chain transformation and enablement tomorrow."

Supply & Demand Chain Executive has identified Plexus Systems as a leading provider of supply chain services and technologies that is at the forefront of innovation.

After receiving hundreds of nomination forms, the Supply & Demand Chain Executive judging committee culled through them to find the applicants that best fit the above criteria. Plexus Systems and the other recipients are featured in the cover story of the June/July 2006 issue of Supply & Demand Chain Executive, as well as online at http://www.sdcexec.com/ .

In addition to this award, Plexus has achieved several recent milestones, including record sales growth, many awards, and management team expansion. This year alone, Plexus was named a finalist for the Automotive News PACE Award; the 2006 Hall of Justice Award; a Michigan 50 Companies to Watch recipient; and Plexus founder Robert Beatty was named a finalist for the 2006 Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year. Much of the success comes from Plexus Online, the only manufacturing performance system with an ability to manage an entire enterprise via the Internet from Electronic Data Interchange (EDI) and sales to purchasing, production, quality, shipping, accounting, human resources and more.

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About Plexus Systems

For over a decade, Plexus Systems, Inc. (Auburn Hills, MI) has maintained a singular vision -- to drive significant cost, quality and productivity improvements in the manufacturing sector from the shop floor to the top floor. Plexus Online(TM) is the first true on-demand manufacturing performance system. It delivers a powerful, real-time interface to the total manufacturing process. With the ability to manage a single facility or an entire enterprise, Plexus Online allows manufacturers to closely track critical aspects of their operation, anywhere, anytime. Plexus Online consists of over 350 functional modules allowing companies instant access to vital information using a simple web browser. Plexus Online includes shop floor control, traceability, quality management, EDI, accounting and many other capabilities configured as a fully integrated system or as a point solution to augment other ERP software. http://www.plex.com/