FlexNet for Tobacco Manufacturers
Tobacco manufacturing has grown in complexity over the past couple of years. With taxation requirements varying at times, down to the county level, you need extremely accurate production, distribution and genealogy metrics. Traceability coupled with an audit trail is of paramount importance. And, since most major manufacturers have multi-site operations, you need a unified system to optimize your operations management.
Apriso FlexNet is an Operations Execution System (OES) that replaces obsolete MES systems, which typically will not interface with one another across multiple operations functions or geographic regions, much less with enterprise software. FlexNet, however, was designed to link your enterprise applications, such as ERP, with sophisticated shop floor automation systems, making it easy to improve operational performance, manage the growing complexity of production schedules as well as support the identification and distribution of global best practice business processes. FlexNet gives you:
- Full visibility across all areas of cigarette manufacturing, including product manufacturing, genealogy, SPC charting, shop floor quality and preventive maintenance
- Accurate tracking down to the master case and individual machine level
- Inventory management, from cut rag and wrapping materials to pallets
- Verification of material and expiration dates as well as raw material batches
- FIFO suggestions for improved quality control
- Full reporting of scrap in modules and UM-30 machines
- Automated real-time data delivery to your ERP system with standardized KPIs
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