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FlexNet for Packaging Manufacturers Improve quality. Cut waste. Achieve sustainability.


Packaging Manufacturers

Eliminate waste from operations.  Increase efficiency.  Track recycled content. Protect margins by improving quality and by removing inventory from supply chains.  The market is demanding that packaging manufacturers adopt more sustainable processes.  As companies grow and become global enterprises, they need to manage multiple disparate production facilities and complex supply networks.  Add to all these pressures rising raw material and transportation costs, shrinking lead times and product proliferation. It’s no wonder that packaging manufacturers these days are fighting for their survival.

FlexNet® is the lifeline you’ve been searching for.  It’s an Operations Execution System (OES) to manage materials, production, quality, time, labor and maintenance.  FlexNet lets you track and control all elements of production and supply network operations, both within your company and across your global supply chain.  It integrates with your planning system to drive daily operations and provide on-line, real-time machine running lists, so you can synchronize production with deliveries.

Use FlexNet to:

  • Support sustainability initiatives
  • Enable Lean and Six Sigma programs
  • Enhance supply chain collaboration
  • Increase visibility into multi-site, disparate operations
  • Accelerate ERP roll-outs to your plants
  • Lower total cost of ownership
  • Increase asset utilization and OEE
  • Manage complex BOMs and routings
  • Support mobile and RFID-enabled operations

FlexNet Wraps It All Up in Packaging

Use FlexNet to manage roll stock inventory and back stand operations with quality validation and directed material picking.  It helps you perform directed manufacturing, with integrated work instructions for all your converting operations – including packaging, rolling, splitting and printing. It also provides support for complex bill of materials and routing tasks.  FlexNet supports Lean manufacturing to power your sustainability efforts – improving delivered quality and increasing operational efficiency are foundational to these efforts.  Integrate quality conformance validation into production to ensure only your highest quality product reaches your customers, which is critical to maintaining brand value and customer loyalty.   

Packaging Manufacturers Choose Apriso

Since 1992, Apriso has powered operations for hundreds of manufacturers around the world. Leading packaging manufacturers like AMCOR, Carter Holt Harvey, and Saint Gobain rely on FlexNet for adaptive manufacturing, Lean manufacturing, and regulatory compliance, among other key factors. 

 

Amcor
Carter Holt Harvey
   
Saint-Gobain


Contact us for more information on specific FlexNet applications for packaging manufacturers.






“Apriso is a very cost effective solution. The ease of use, the ease of training, the lower cost associated with training, and the system itself has proven to be extremely reliable. Our overall IT costs are at approximately .7% against revenues, which we believe is about half of what our industry average is.”

Lee Allen Paree
CIO
Amcor PET Packaging


“Tight integration with an ERP system like SAP is a key element for us as we strive to become more flexible and agile. FlexNet is helping us meet our most important challenges; maintaining high levels of customer satisfaction, accelerating time to market and keeping our costs down.”

Marc Vincent
Methods & SIGMAP
Project Manager
Novelis