Wired For The Future
July 2004
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Packaging companies reap the benefits from software designed to better manage their business/production processes from start to finish.
MOST OF TODAY'S successful packaging converters and printers have one thing in common: a modern business/production software solution. These software applications support companies with one plant or several, making it easy to manage current business and production processes from quotes through shipping, all the while increasing efficiency and adding dollars to the bottomline.
To get a better understanding of what today's business/production software can do for packaging companies, packagePRINTING recently spoke to several converters and printers about their success with some of the most popular systems on the market.
A need to centralize operations
Mebane Packaging, a division of Westvaco Corp., specializes in manufacturing folding cartons for the pharmaceutical industry. When Mebane began exploring its options for business/production management software, all seven of the company's plants were operating as separate entities.
However, with the implementation of Radius Solutions' PECAS Vision and the PECAS InterVision—both specifically designed for the commercial printing and packaging industries—Mebane was able to connect business between plants and also centralize operations, all with fewer resources.
The first step of Mebane's implementation process was to install the estimating, order handling, and financial accounts modules. The estimating module allows the company to compare the advantages of different layouts, materials, and routings to find the most cost-effective solution, which then becomes the final quote. The order handling module administers the order from initial order processing to final shipment, using bar code labels and scanners, with billing performed automatically. The financial module entails a general ledger, accounts payable, and accounts receivable, improving on Mebane's previous situation where each plant was using the same finance software with differences in internal operations.
The second step of implementation included the PECAS Vision materials module, which produces an electronic material requisition for each job, allowing expert buyers to make informed purchases. Future installments included the scheduling module, which takes information from the estimating module and creates the routing plan for an order; and the e-business component called PECAS InterVision. This Internet feature allows customers to search the status of current orders, check on the stock of finished items, and place an on-line shipment release.
Efficacy on the plant floor
Phoenix, Ariz.-based Inter Pack Industries Inc. is a modern folding carton printing plant that was founded in 1990. Inter Pack has been experiencing tremendous growth the past few years. To help manage its growth and production, Inter Pack turned to Advanced Software and its Advantzware, box software developed specifically for the packaging industries. The software has enabled Inter Pack to automate a mix of box industry requirements for a variety of industries.
MOST OF TODAY'S successful packaging converters and printers have one thing in common: a modern business/production software solution. These software applications support companies with one plant or several, making it easy to manage current business and production processes from quotes through shipping, all the while increasing efficiency and adding dollars to the bottomline.
To get a better understanding of what today's business/production software can do for packaging companies, packagePRINTING recently spoke to several converters and printers about their success with some of the most popular systems on the market.
A need to centralize operations
Mebane Packaging, a division of Westvaco Corp., specializes in manufacturing folding cartons for the pharmaceutical industry. When Mebane began exploring its options for business/production management software, all seven of the company's plants were operating as separate entities.
However, with the implementation of Radius Solutions' PECAS Vision and the PECAS InterVision—both specifically designed for the commercial printing and packaging industries—Mebane was able to connect business between plants and also centralize operations, all with fewer resources.
The first step of Mebane's implementation process was to install the estimating, order handling, and financial accounts modules. The estimating module allows the company to compare the advantages of different layouts, materials, and routings to find the most cost-effective solution, which then becomes the final quote. The order handling module administers the order from initial order processing to final shipment, using bar code labels and scanners, with billing performed automatically. The financial module entails a general ledger, accounts payable, and accounts receivable, improving on Mebane's previous situation where each plant was using the same finance software with differences in internal operations.
The second step of implementation included the PECAS Vision materials module, which produces an electronic material requisition for each job, allowing expert buyers to make informed purchases. Future installments included the scheduling module, which takes information from the estimating module and creates the routing plan for an order; and the e-business component called PECAS InterVision. This Internet feature allows customers to search the status of current orders, check on the stock of finished items, and place an on-line shipment release.
Efficacy on the plant floor
Phoenix, Ariz.-based Inter Pack Industries Inc. is a modern folding carton printing plant that was founded in 1990. Inter Pack has been experiencing tremendous growth the past few years. To help manage its growth and production, Inter Pack turned to Advanced Software and its Advantzware, box software developed specifically for the packaging industries. The software has enabled Inter Pack to automate a mix of box industry requirements for a variety of industries.
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