Robert Beatty didn’t wait until he
grew up to become an entrepreneur: At age 10, he was programming software, and by 16, he had joined
a major manufacturing company.
After graduating college, he worked in
a number of jobs in quality control and
information technology, and saw the
ineffectiveness of
information systems as well as the
inefficiencies created by a mediocre IT
system.
To resolve those
issues, Beatty created Plexus, an information system designed to resolve
issues the company was having and handle similar problems in the future. The
program was a success, and he turned it
into a company called Plexus Systems
Inc.
At first, the company was much like
any other manufacturing information
system, but in 2000, Beatty took the
company in a new direction. He felt that
traditional information systems would
eventually fall by the wayside, and a
more customer-oriented, interactive system could provide better benefits to the
customer, leading to the creation of
Plexus Online.
Plexus Online is an interactive, Web-based information system that provides
real-time, on-demand interactive information systems that can be customized
to the client’s needs.
With the system, a user no longer has
to be connected to the server or have the
right version of the software to access
the information system; the only thing
needed is a connection to the Internet.
Beatty’s goal is that one day, Plexus
Online will be the best manufacturing
information system on the planet.
HOW TO REACH: Plexus Systems Inc., (248) 391-8000 or
www.plex.com
