Kendrick Plastics Consolidates 27 Systems with Plex MES for Automotive Manufacturing

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Kendrick Plastics Consolidates 27 Systems with Plex MES for Automotive Manufacturing

Case study showing how Kendrick Plastics replaced 27 systems with Plex MES, cutting PO processing to 5 minutes and eliminating 40 hours of weekly data entry.

Published

June 4, 2026

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3 min read

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Kendrick Plastics, a Tier 1 and Tier 2 automotive interior trim supplier, implemented Plex cloud MES and ERP after spinning off from a larger parent. The seven-month rollout consolidated operations onto a single platform with real-time production, quality, and financial data. Key outcomes include PLC-based quality traceability, instant scrap visibility, barcode inventory tracking, and removal of manual data reconciliation across departments.

Key takeaways

Reduced purchase order cycle from multiple days to 5 minutes

Eliminated 40 hours per week of manual scrap and downtime data entry

Achieved full part traceability via PLC integration and serial numbers

Enabled real-time scrap monitoring and faster corrective action

Replaced 27 disparate systems with one cloud MES/ERP platform

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