Paper Manufacturers
Paper mills today face increasing commoditization, tough competition (both domestic and overseas,) and the cyclical nature of the industry itself. Whether you’re running paperboard, newsprint or specialty papers, one of the best ways to ensure competitive advantage is through collaboration and integration of operations processes. Market leaders today focus on creating agile and responsive organizations that provide customers with more offerings, with shorter lead times, at lower cost and with less impact on the environment. Tie it all together – ERP, supply chain, and multiple plant floor systems – using FlexNet® from Apriso.
Beyond MES
Traditional Manufacturing Execution System (MES) or Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) systems are not enough these days – especially when you have more than one paper mill to manage. FlexNet is the only Operations Execution System (OES) that provides access to all relevant mill and conversion information from multiple disparate operations on a single platform. Its intuitive dashboards provide global real-time visibility, across all your production and distribution centers to enable performance management on an enterprise level. FlexNet’s integrated
role-based alerting system monitors key performance indicators that you configure,
enabling true management by exception.
FlexNet gives you:
- Accelerated roll out of ERP to the mills
- Synchronization of raw materials and production
- Integrated quality execution (QES)
- Full traceability for recycle tracking and compliance management
- Improved OEE and asset utilization
- Supply Chain Visibility and Collaboration
- Real-time KPIs and performance management
- Standardized integration to ERP, optimization, and plant systems
- Improved performance for people, materials, machines and processes – and those of your suppliers
Adaptability
One of the main benefits of FlexNet is how it can adapt to fit your existing IT infrastructure. Built on a modular architecture, you can start using FlexNet in the areas that need it the most, and then evolve the solution footprint as necessary. “Leave and leverage” over “rip and replace” to reduce risk and to accelerate Return On Investment (ROI). FlexNet’s intergrated business process authoring platform, built on a Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), delivers an end-to-end solution that will transform the way you manage your paper manufacturing enterprise. This makes it ideal for identifying best practices in top-performing mills, and propagating them to all other facilities from a central location using our Global Process Manager. FlexNet has standard integration to your ERP, and plant floor systems such as your data historian, scales and lineal footage counters, and OPC-enabled PLCs.
Compete with the Big Guys
FlexNet is already streamlining operations for major players in the paper manufacturing industry, including AMCOR, Schweitzer-Maudit, and the number-one-ranked forest products, paper and packaging company in the world.
Contact us for more information on FlexNet in the paper industry.
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