Material Converters expect to generate a certain amount of byproduct or waste material that is re-used as a material input to subsequent production batches. For these ‘Hybrid’ manufacturers, the traditional inflexible deep Bill-of-Materials discrete manufacturing ERP does not adequately cater for this essential process.

Read here how process (formula-based) ERP systems are uniquely suited to efficiently managing this important aspect of material conversion manufacturing.

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Having chosen SAP Business One as the financial management solution for their business, Polytex Environmental Inks went looking for a partner solution that would satisfy their requirements for throughput of formulas to production and on to distribution.

They found their answer in BatchMaster Manufacturing, a process-manufacturing ERP solution that loads right into the SAP Business One product.

Like most Ink manufacturers, Polytex plan their bases, and then reformulate for color and application for almost every delivery.  BatchMaster Manufacturing allows them to search existing formulas and find the closest match, which they can then easily adjust for the current customer specifications.