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Plastic Products Manufacturers ERP Package

Where can it be used?

 

The Plastic Products Manufacturers ERP Package can be used in the following market segments:

  • Consumer plastic products. Examples:

    • water bottles​

    • plastic chinaware

    • Drug bottles

    • Food packaging

    • Detergent packaging

    • etc

  • Industrial plastic products. Examples:​

    • Medical supplies​

      • Catheters​

      • Syringes

      • Tubing

      • Casing for eg. implants, hearing aids​

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Manufacturing Processes

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The plastic product manufacturing processes can be:

  • Polymer Processing

    • Injection molding​

    • Metal Injection molding

    • Blow molding

    • Thermoforming

    • Extrusion

    • ..

  • Click here to learn more about these processes. ​

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Injection molding video in detail (below)

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Components of ERP Package

 

The Plastic Products Manufacturers ERP Package may consist of the following components:

  • Acumatica Manufacturing Edition

    • Acumatica ERP Foundation:

      • Finance suite and Distribution suite

      • Monitoring and Automation

    • Acumatica Manufacturing application: BOM, MRP and Production Management

  • Optional Acumatica ERP Foundation applications

  • Optional Acumatica Manufacturing Edition applications
    • Product Configurator​: The product configurator enables you to specify characteristics (eg. shoe size and color of shoe, length, waist size and and pleaded/not pleaded of pants, etc) of a finished good. It creates a production order. This speeds up the creation of production orders.
    • Estimator
    • Advanced Planning and Scheduling
  • ​Optional integrated Independent Software Vendor (ISV) applications:
    • ISV applications for additional features of an existing Acumatica ERP module/workspace

      • Finance

        • ​Advanced Financial Reporting: FYIsoft, BI360

        • Sales tax Management: Avalara Tax, Vertex Sales Tax Solution

        • Human Resource Management including payroll: InfinityHR, PCBennett payroll, ..

      • Distribution

      • ​Inventory Management :NetStock, EazyStock, ..

      • Sales Order management: 

        • ​Customer payment processing: American Payment Systems, Century Business Solutions (EBizCharge), Kensium AcuCharge

        • EDI gateway: B2BGateway, SPS Commerce Fulfillment, EdiSoft

        • Shipping application: StarShip, AcuShip, OZLink, ..

      • Purchase Order management:​

        • ​Advanced Purchase Order management: Paramount Workplace

        • Vendor payment processing: AvidXchange, Artsyl, uplevl

        • Sales and Operations Planning (S&OP): Sourceday

        • Container tracking for:

          • Purchase orders: IIG Acuboost, 

      • Contract management with customers: MaxQ Technologies​​​, 

      • Fixed asset management: Bimser Beam, 

      • Project Management: SmartSheet, Spitfire, 

      • Document Management Systems:

        • Document scanning and repository: SDSI Unform, 

        • Signing documents electronically: Adobe  E-Sign,

      • Quality Management

        • Bimser International: QDMS​

      • ​Click here to to see the webpages of all above ISV applications.

    • ISV applications for providing specific industry applications

      • Warehouse Management:

        • Product scan application (Scanco, Savant, FusionScan,..)

        • Warehouse Management System (WMS): Fusion WMS, Scanco, Savant, HighJump, RIC Group WMS

      • CADTalk: to transfer data from a CAD/PLM/PLD to the Acumatica Manufacturing Edition​

      • Click here to to see the webpages of all above ISV applications.

Choice of ERP Packages

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Based on your needs, there is a choice of ERP packages. Basically the following ERP packages will provide a good start in configuring a package:

  • The simple warehousing ERP package using Scanco WMS

    • Besides your basic needs for finance, distribution, CRM, manufacturing, your warehouse needs a simple store, pick, pack and ship application since products in your warehouse are moved manually via pallets and forklifts.

  • The medium complex ERP warehousing package using Savant WMS

    • Your products in your warehouse are moved via conveyors, and sortation stations.

  • The complex warehousing package using HighJump WMS

    • Your warehouse is fully automated. Your WMS needs to integrate with a Warehouse Execution System (WES)​

The simple warehousing ERP package using Scanco WMS

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Besides your basic needs for finance, distribution, CRM, manufacturing, your warehouse needs a simple store, pick, pack and ship application since products in your warehouse are moved manually via pallets and forklifts.​

Your Needs

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  • Basic needs:

    • Finance: GL, Cash Management, AP, AR

    • CRM

    • Distribution: Inventory, PO, SO

    • Manufacturing Management

  • Optional basic needs

    • Project Accounting​

    • Fixed Assets

    • Customer Portal

    • Advanced fulfillment: PIck, pack and ship

    • ...

  • Optional manufacturing management needs:

    • Product Configuration

    • Estimation

    • Advanced Planning and Scheduling

  • ​Optional needs:
    • Integration with CAD

    • Product scanning

    • Warehouse Management System (WMS): SImple

    • Advanced Inventory Management application

    • Shipping application

    • Sales and Operations Planning (S&OP)

    • Project Management

    • Human Resource Management including payroll

    • Customer payment processing

    • Vendor payment processing: 

    • Tax Management application

  • ​...

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Your ERP Package

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  • Basic needs:

    • Acumatica Manufacturing Edition

      • Acumatica Finance: GL, Cash Management, AP, AR

      • Optional: CRM

      • Distribution: Inventory, PO, SO

      • Manufacturing Management Application

  • Optional Acumatica ERP Foundation applications:

    • Project Accounting​

    • Fixed Assets

    • Customer Portal

    • Advanced fulfillment

    • ...

  • Optional Acumatica Manufacturing Edition applications

    • Product Configurator​

    • Estimator

    • Advanced Planning and Scheduling

  • ​Optional ISV Applications:
    • CADTalk

    • Scanco scan

    • Scanco Warehouse Management System (WMS)

    • NetStock Inventory Management application

    • StarShip Shipping application

    • Sourceday Sales and Operations Planning (S&OP)

    • SmartSheet Project Management

    • Infinity Human Resource Management including payroll

    • American Payment Systems Customer payment processing

    • Avalara Tax Management application

  • ​...

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Video (60 mins) showing the full integration of Acumatica Manufacturing Edition with CadTalk, Scanco scan and WMS, StarShip Inventory management and APS payment processing

The medium warehousing ERP package using Savant WMS

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Besides your basic needs for finance, distribution, CRM, manufacturing, your warehouse needs a simple store, pick, pack and ship application since products in your warehouse are moved via conveyors and sortation stations.

Your Needs

​

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  • Basic needs:

    • Finance: GL, Cash Management, AP, AR

    • CRM

    • Distribution: Inventory, PO, SO

    • Manufacturing Management

  • Optional basic needs

    • Project Accounting​

    • Fixed Assets

    • Customer Portal

    • Advanced fulfillment: PIck, pack and ship

    • ...

  • Optional manufacturing management needs:

    • Product Configuration

    • Estimation

    • Advanced Planning and Scheduling

  • ​Optional needs:
    • Integration with CAD

    • Product scanning

    • Warehouse Management System (WMS): SImple

    • Advanced Inventory Management application

    • Shipping application

    • Sales and Operations Planning (S&OP)

    • Project Management

    • Human Resource Management including payroll

    • Customer payment processing

    • Vendor payment processing: 

    • Tax Management application

  • ​...

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Your ERP Package

​

  • Basic needs:

    • Acumatica Manufacturing Edition

      • Acumatica Finance: GL, Cash Management, AP, AR

      • Optional: CRM

      • Distribution: Inventory, PO, SO

      • Manufacturing Management Application

  • Optional Acumatica ERP Foundation applications:

    • Project Accounting​

    • Fixed Assets

    • Customer Portal

    • Advanced fulfillment

    • ...

  • Optional Acumatica Manufacturing Edition applications

    • Product Configurator​

    • Estimator

    • Advanced Planning and Scheduling

  • ​Optional ISV Applications:
    • CADTalk

    • Savant scan

    • Savant Warehouse Management System (WMS)

    • NetStock Inventory Management application

    • StarShip Shipping application

    • Sourceday Sales and Operations Planning (S&OP)

    • SmartSheet Project Management

    • Infinity Human Resource Management including payroll

    • American Payment Systems Customer payment processing

    • AvidXChange: Vendor payment processing

    • Avalara Tax Management application

  • ​...

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Video (40 mins) showing the full integration of Acumatica Manufacturing Edition with CadTalk, Savant scan and WMS, StarShip Inventory management and APS payment processing

The complex warehousing ERP package using HighJump WMS

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Besides your basic needs for finance, distribution, CRM, manufacturing, your warehouse needs a simple store, pick, pack and ship application since movement of products in your warehouse is fully automated. Your WMS needs to integrate with a Warehouse Execution System (WES)​

Your Needs

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​

  • Basic needs:

    • Finance: GL, Cash Management, AP, AR

    • CRM

    • Distribution: Inventory, PO, SO

    • Manufacturing Management

  • Optional basic needs

    • Project Accounting​

    • Fixed Assets

    • Customer Portal

    • Advanced fulfillment: PIck, pack and ship

    • ...

  • Optional manufacturing management needs:

    • Product Configuration

    • Estimation

    • Advanced Planning and Scheduling

  • ​Optional needs:
    • Integration with CAD

    • Product scanning

    • Warehouse Management System (WMS): SImple

    • Advanced Inventory Management application

    • Shipping application

    • Sales and Operations Planning (S&OP)

    • Project Management

    • Human Resource Management including payroll

    • Customer payment processing

    • Vendor payment processing: 

    • Tax Management application

  • ​...

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Your ERP Package

​

  • Basic needs:

    • Acumatica Manufacturing Edition

      • Acumatica Finance: GL, Cash Management, AP, AR

      • Optional: CRM

      • Distribution: Inventory, PO, SO

      • Manufacturing Management Application

  • Optional Acumatica ERP Foundation applications:

    • Project Accounting​

    • Fixed Assets

    • Customer Portal

    • Advanced fulfillment

    • ...

  • Optional Acumatica Manufacturing Edition applications

    • Product Configurator​

    • Estimator

    • Advanced Planning and Scheduling

  • ​Optional ISV Applications:
    • CADTalk

    • HighJump scan

    • HighJump Warehouse Management System (WMS)

    • NetStock  Inventory Management application

    • StarShip Shipping application

    • Sourceday Sales and Operations Planning (S&OP)

    • SmartSheet Project Management

    • Infinity Human Resource Management including payroll

    • American Payment Systems Customer payment processing

    • AvidXChange: Vendor payment processing:

    • Avalara Tax Management application

  • ​...

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Website showing the full integration of Acumatica Manufacturing Edition with HighJump scan and WMS.

Discrete Manufacturing ERP Package that includes ECommerce

Video (60 mins) showing the full integration of Acumatica Manufacturing Edition with E-Commerce of Magento, CadTalk, Scanco scan and WMS, StarShip Inventory management and APS payment processing

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