Apriso Introduces FlexNet for Packaging Manufacturers
New extended functionality addresses distributed global manufacturing challenges, including maintaining quality, removing waste and achieving sustainable operations
Long Beach on 27 March 2008
Apriso, a provider of adaptive software solutions for global manufacturers, today introduced FlexNet® for Packaging Manufacturers, an Operations Execution System (OES) with a set of preconfigured, best-practice business processes for manufacturers of flexible, folding, paper, PET, metal and glass packaging. These manufacturers are transitioning from regional to global distribution strategies, as evidenced by increasing merger and acquisition activity. As a result, processes must be globally integrated with process and system standardization, providing visibility to production and the supply chain network, elevating customer satisfaction and competitive success.
Apriso FlexNet for Packaging Manufacturers delivers global visibility, adaptability and real-time control of manufacturing operations across the enterprise and supply chain network. By seamlessly integrating the automation layer with enterprise applications, FlexNet creates a collaborative environment for distributed operations to better maintain quality, remove waste and achieve sustainable operations within production, quality, warehouse, maintenance and time & labor processes.
At its most fundamental level, FlexNet for Packaging Manufacturers is a Manufacturing Execution System (MES) ideal for establishing and maintaining production processes. With FlexNet, however, processes are not limited to just production, but extend to all areas of operations management, including quality, inventory, supply chain logistics and maintenance. Packaging manufacturers can now distribute these processes globally, achieving tight integration across distributed operations with one set of consistent, standardized business processes for production and supply chain synchronization.
FlexNet for Packaging manufacturers delivers the following extended capabilities and benefits:
• Supply chain visibility across distributed operations, achieving synchronization between production and supply chain processes
• Global production and performance management to effectively manage the transition from regional to global accounts, creating a collaborative operations environment with the agility and responsiveness to address ever-changing customer demands and market conditions
• Lean, sustainable operations for increased asset utilization, lower energy consumption, less waste and improved overall productivity
• Proven industry best practices gained while deploying FlexNet at 85+ packaging industry sites
The extended capabilities of FlexNet for Packaging Manufacturers have been made possible through the substantial experience Apriso has gained from multiple deployments over the past several years. Amcor, a well known industry leader, is a 50-site Apriso customer leveraging real-time visibility and control over their global operations on a 24×7-basis. One of the largest paper and packaging companies in the world uses FlexNet at 23 locations. A privately held, European-based global leader within food processing and packaging just had a ‘go-live’ at their fourth packaging assembly plant, located in Russia.
“Packaging companies are under increased pressure to harmonize business practices across their enterprise, remove waste from their operations and reduce idle inventory from their supply chains,” offered Jordan Berkley, industry director for mill products at Apriso. “Manufacturers face conflicting pressures to protect profit margins while improving quality. Add to these challenges the need for sustainable production processes, and it becomes an easy decision to implement FlexNet as a continuous improvement platform for optimized operations performance and asset utilization.”
To learn more about Apriso FlexNet for Packaging Manufacturers, please go to: www.apriso.com/industries/packaging.htm
About Apriso
Apriso Corporation is a software company dedicated to providing competitive advantage for its customers. It does so by enabling organizations to adapt quickly and easily to market changes and unexpected events. Apriso’s FlexNet platform provides visibility, adaptability and real-time control of manufacturing operations across the enterprise and supply chain network. This is accomplished by integrating planning, execution and control, increasing operational efficiency and eliminating errors in the production process. Apriso serves more than 160 customers in 40 countries across the Americas, Europe and Asia, powering more than 600 installations worldwide. Its customers include General Motors, Lear, Honeywell, Microsoft, L’Oreal, Trixell, Lockheed Martin, Becton Dickinson, Saint-Gobain, Novelis and Essilor. For more information, please go to www.apriso.com.
Apriso and FlexNet are registered trademarks of Apriso Corporation. All other trademarks and registered trademarks are the property of their respective owners.
