Case Study: Gill Industries achieves company-wide ERP standardization across 8 facilities with Plex Systems

Gill Industries Standardizes on the Plex Manufacturing Cloud Across Its Global Operations

Gill Industries, a Michigan‑based supplier of advanced mechanisms and welded assemblies, faced a post‑acquisition challenge: the company was operating on multiple ERPs and relying on QuickBooks and spreadsheets, making it difficult for new leadership to track performance and centralize operational data. Legacy systems demanded heavy IT maintenance and prevented consistent reporting and quality control across eight facilities.

Gill standardized on the cloud‑based Plex Manufacturing Cloud, rolling it out to all eight U.S., Mexico and Ireland sites and equipping shop floors with tablets and scanners for real‑time production and quality recording. The initiative reduced over 600 Plex configuration differences to 30, enforced automatic quality holds, freed IT to focus on higher‑value projects, and gave the company a single source of truth for performance and root‑cause problem solving.

Gill Industries

Caleb Hollier

Director of Strategic Initiatives