Rubber and Plastics Manufacturing with Epicor ERP

Epicor ERP solutions for rubber and plastics
 

Connected Systems Tailored for Rubber and Plastics

As plastic production surges, manufacturers are challenged with meeting the needs of price-conscious customers, increasing competition, and tighter timelines for new product development. To stay competitive, companies must incorporate flexibility for innovation into their operations while maintaining efficiency in a constantly changing environment, where:

  • Advancements in polymer science drive changes in production techniques and require investment in updated equipment. 
  • Growing environmental concerns may introduce new regulations and push toward a circular plastics economy. 
  • Price volatility of petroleum-based feedstocks and other raw materials continues to pressure profitability. 
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Epicor ERP offers customizable solutions tailored specifically to the fabricated metals industry

Make-to-Order

Epicor supports make-to-order manufacturers by streamlining the entire process—from accurate estimation and quoting to effective planning, scheduling, and production monitoring—ensuring the delivery of high-quality, profitable products. 

Make-to-Stock

Whether your focus is on injection molding, blow molding, rotational molding, thermoforming, extrusion, or other complex manufacturing processes, Epicor solutions simplify and optimize your operations. 

Regulated Industries

For businesses operating under stringent product and material traceability requirements, Epicor provides robust track-and-trace capabilities along with advanced quality control solutions to meet industry standards. 

Automotive Plastics

Epicor CMS is a global ERP system designed specifically for plastic manufacturers and distributors in the automotive industry, offering tailored solutions for automotive supply chain operations. 

Prepared for the Unexpected, Now and in the Future

 

Scalable Integrated Solutions

With integrated ERP technology, your business can streamline essential operations while maintaining the flexibility to adapt to new processes. Access real-time data to enhance customer loyalty and secure profitable opportunities. 

  • Combine marketing, sales, production, planning, sourcing, procurement, customer service, and finance in one unified system. 
  • Modular design allows you to upgrade your capabilities at your own pace. 

Uncompromising Focus on Quality

Epicor Advanced MES leverages real-time, automated data for Statistical Process Control (SPC) and Statistical Quality Control (SQC), allowing you to respond to production conditions and promote continuous improvement. 

  • Capture data from any equipment. 
  • Present statistical analysis through intuitive, visual interfaces for non-experts. 
  • Automate part rejection processes. 
    • Provide customers with accurate delivery timelines. 
 
 

Minimize Costs and Waste

With precise forecasting and scheduling, improve purchasing power. Epicor software for the Rubber and Plastics industry offers simple scheduling, inventory management using Material Requirements Planning (MRP), and purchase recommendations for time-phased material control. 

  • Schedule complex manufacturing, including family molding and producing multiple parts from one mold. 
  • Handle multi-resource constraints and capability-based scheduling. 
  • Collaborate across the supply chain and automate procurement workflows. 
  • Conduct detailed cost analysis post-production by individual production runs.

Solutions for Rubber & Plastics Manufacturers' Challenges

Epicor’s project management software facilitates the management of intricate, multistage projects, offering precise project costing and billing. During production, Epicor handles complex scheduling to maximize your investments. 

  • Carry out detailed estimation, planning, scheduling, costing, and supply chain management. 
  • Oversee the design, prototyping, and manufacturing of new molds and other projects. 
  • Use Advanced MES to create optimal schedules for producing multiple parts simultaneously using a single mold. 

Epicor’s Advanced MES delivers sophisticated capabilities for rubber and plastics manufacturing, such as active cavity tracking and family molding, which improve efficiency and increase returns on automation investments. 

  • Develop schedules that account for all required mold and tooling changeovers. 
  • Monitor machinery, assets, environmental conditions, inventory, and their associated IoT data. 
  • Detect patterns, trigger alerts, and implement automated business changes—such as suggesting maintenance when equipment wear is identified. 

For complex engineered products, Epicor helps you consistently manage bills of materials (BOM) and bills of operation (BOO), along with multiple assembly levels. This ensures accurate scheduling and costing for intricate builds. 

  • Utilize rules-based product configurations for Configure, Price, and Quote (CPQ). 
  • Seamlessly integrate with leading CAD systems. 

Epicor’s comprehensive infrastructure, including its advanced quality suite, automates a wide range of compliance and traceability requirements specifically tailored for the rubber and plastics industry. 

Kinetic ERP’s global, multisite capabilities empower businesses to uncover new revenue opportunities while staying competitive with the most efficient global supply chains. Streamline intracompany and intercompany processes, ensuring accurate communication across your business and with external partners. 

Unlock Business Growth with Analogyx

Your Trusted Epicor Authorized Partner

As an authorized Epicor partner, Analogyx specializes in providing expert ERP consulting services tailored to your business needs. We help streamline operations, improve efficiency, and drive profitability through customized Epicor ERP solutions. Our team of experienced consultants works closely with you to ensure seamless implementation, from system integration to ongoing support, empowering your business to achieve sustainable growth and stay competitive in today’s dynamic market. 

 

Ready to take your business to the next level? Contact Analogyx today to learn how we can help you unlock the power of Epicor ERP and achieve your business goals. 

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