Case Study: Hatch Stamping Company achieves multi-plant visibility, accurate parts tracking and real-time OEE with Plex Systems

Metalstamping Company Attributes Data Management Success to Plex

Hatch Stamping Company is a metal stampings manufacturer based in Chelsea, Michigan, with plants in the United States and Mexico serving the automotive industry. Rapid growth exposed limits in its legacy DOS-based ERP and manual processes: disparate systems prevented real-time visibility, made plant-level financials and performance hard to isolate, and hindered accurate parts tracking and efficient reporting.

By adopting Plex’s cloud-based platform (ERP + MES + quality + shop-floor integration), Hatch unified data across sites, enabled built-in barcoding, and implemented a customized OEE function. The result: real-time, plant-level visibility; paperless shop-floor tracking; faster report generation (saving 2–3 FTE formerly spent on reporting); improved parts accuracy; and faster identification and resolution of production issues, driving lower waste and higher overall equipment effectiveness.

Hatch Stamping

Arvel Wooten

Organizational Development Specialist