2. INTRODUCTION
Plastic is a very common word in our day to day life. Figuratively talking there won’t be any field
in the world where plastic is not used. So the manufacturing of plastic become very important
and an extensive field of business with vast opportunities and applications. Plastic is a form of
material which can be converted to various other forms. So a single industry will be dealing with
many products which are made from plastic, there are also cases of small-scale plastic industries
which makes plastic granules and sell them to other manufacturers. Controlling an industry like
the plastic industry via offline methods and human support will be the greatest blunder any
organization can make. An effectively functioning ERP software is a must for plastic
manufacturing industry to control all the activities perfectly without the space of any errors. In
this blog, we will see about the various features offered by ERP software in the plastic
manufacturing industry.
3. Quality based production
The production in plastic manufacturing industry should be of high quality. Any defect occurring to the
primary plastic form called granules will affect the entire production, quality of other materials made
out of it. For ensuring the quality in production, ERP for plastic manufacturing can be enrolled. Plastics
are basically made out of mineral oil, so while purchasing the mineral oil its quality shall be checked. For
this, we can add the quality requirement standard of the oil using the ERP software for plastic industry.
Through the ERP software we can thus ensure the quality of the primary material, also there are options
in the ERP software for plastic manufacturing to trigger alerts at any time of production so that the
workers will get intimidated when quality standards are getting deteriorated or the quality standards are
been violated. There are many processes carried in plastic production like distillation, polymerization,
polycondensation, dying, adding additives to the mortar and finally production of the polymer. The
manual quality check is not possible and advisable in the case, as there involves a large number of
production stages until the production of final granules. Here an ERP software for the plastic industry
can bring in pertinent changes in quality check and production control.
4. Maintaining warehouse clean and clear
It’s very essential to sort out all kind of confusions in a warehouse as it directly proportionate to
misleads and other errors in the warehouse activities. Any misleads in warehouse functioning creates
great turbulence in the operations, ultimately resulting in huge economic, material and time loss. An
ERP for plastic industry thus helps in streamlining and maintaining the balance of warehouse
operations. ERP software for plastic manufacturing industry gets you with the right knowledge of
resources. It gets you an insight on things which are purchased as raw materials and also the complete
details about the finished goods. In short, an ERP for plastic industry assures the inventory is kept
under control, balanced and resourceful.
5. Secondly, in an industry like plastic manufacturing, the works are carried out in several locations.
The ERP software for plastic industry helps in the seamless management of multiple warehouses via
its advanced features. The ERP software is capable enough to control several locations in the
inventory simultaneously. There is a special feature in the ERP software for plastic industry called
negative inventory. Through this ERP feature, the inventory shall be always ready for production.
With this feature in the ERP software, the production can be pre-planned even before the
availability of raw materials. So the inventory is always kept intact with this feature in the ERP
software for manufacturing.
Maintaining a clean warehouse is also important for the plastic manufacturing industry since the
damaged materials shall never be mixed with the regular stock. The ERP software for plastic
industry can be used in this case also. With the effective scrap management in the ERP software,
the damaged materials during the production are moved to the scrap location of the ERP software
for plastic manufacturing. From the ERP software we will thus have an idea about the scrapped
products. These damaged products can be later moved physically to a waste storage location.
6. Business analysis and precise production
The ERP software for plastic industry can be used for analyzing the business also. For this, the business
intelligence feature is made use of. By analyzing the production and work center performance, a
complete analysis of the business can be done. If there are any irregularities or lack of performance
noted from that area, alternate methods can be used to rectify that using the ERP software.
Production is an area where economic losses happen frequently. This will be because of the lack of
planning in production or due to an imperfect plan. So to plan production perfectly, the master
production scheduler in the ERP software for plastic industry can be used. The production should be
done always according to the market demand, this way the accurate level of production can be
achieved through the ERP software. Also with this feature in the ERP software, the inventory will be
intact. Thus with the ERP software for plastic manufacturing, we can make sure no economic loss
happen along with the benefit of time-saving.
7. Complete tracking of products
Tracking is very important for any industry to have a complete view of what is happening inside the
industry. In an industry like the plastic manufacturing industry where a lot of activities are to be carried
out it is important to have the traceability feature. Odoo/Open ERP software for plastic manufacturing
support the traceability feature. The ERP software gives all the necessary information regarding the
reception of raw materials, their production, their shipping to customers, their internal transfers etc.
Also, traceability allows to have knowledge about the product stocked in the warehouse, product moved
out of the warehouse etc.
8. Satisfaction of the customers
The customer’s point of view about any business industry is very crucial. A satisfied customer is an
asset to the industry whereas a dissatisfied one will be a threat or burden. So it is necessary to
maintain a good connection with the customer. The ERP software for plastic manufacturing has got all
the necessary features for good customer relationship management. With the aid of the ERP software
we can deliver the products according to the priority of orders, we can deliver the product within the
time interval proposed by the customer etc.
Also, there are provisions in the ERP software for giving loyalties to regular customers, satisfying them
with discounts etc. Thus using the ERP software for plastic manufacturing strong customer
relationship management is also possible.
9. Shipping the product along with invoicing
To transfer the final product into the customer’s hand, shipping is used. To control and maintain proper
time in shipping the shipping module in the ERP software for the plastic industry is used. Through the
ERP software module, the shipping companies, routes etc. can be fixed.
The product cost and transaction information’s are made available with the invoicing facility in the ERP
software for plastic manufacturing industry. This is indeed good to keep a transparent channel between
the consumer and the manufacturing industry.
Analyzing the performance
With the report making the feature in ERP software for plastic manufacturing industry the performance
of the company can be calculated. With the knowledge about the weak point of working of the industry,
strategies can be altered to bring out maximum performance of the industry.
Thus using the ERP software for plastic manufacturing all the process in the manufacturing industry can
be done with utmost precision and without the chance for any error.
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