MANAGEMENT | INDUSTRY 4.0
Above: Entek’s PLC controller next to one of its twin-screw extruders
Ethernet connections,” he says. “Since Entek’s HMI has the ability to store data via an SQL database, this data is accessible by other applications. Entek is already integrating the material handling, extruder, pelletiser, classifier, and finish goods equipment to work together in one control platform, as one unit instead of a collection of independent machines. This allows for increased interlocking, automation, optimisa- tion, and decreased waste,” Bailey says.
ERP for plastics Canadian company CyFrame offers ERP integrated solutions for small to medium size plastic process- ing companies. The company says the software offers integrated functionality for quoting, order entry, production planning, scheduling, and control, quality assurance, shipping as well as billing management. CyFrame claims to have a number of customers in the compounding industry, but does not divulge names. The company says that, unlike a typical ERP,
CyFrame drives precise reporting and dashboard controls to improve production planning and scheduling of machinery, raw material allocation and consumption, work in process (WIP) inventory, and serialised lot controlled finished goods by location. The system is claimed to be readily
Right: The CyFrame
system allows key plant data to be viewed on mobile devices
conceptualised to manage efficiency by machine, recipes, alternate recipes, multi-level bills of material, multiple routings, without a learning curve or customisation. As part of its integration service, CyFrame plans either an onsite or remote diagnostic of a potential customer’s business workflow. This is conducted by its plastics process improvement specialists so that it can provide an analysis on how and what can be substantially improved and at what effort to the business. The company then delivers the entire suite. “All functionality is readily available for our clients to leverage when it is needed from order planning to machine monitoring, material certifica- tion, maintained, quality through warehouse location management,” says the company’s Sales Director, Rick Dunne. “We support a single, flexible, multi-process, global version, updated bimonthly to continuously bring new capabilities and improvements to the end customers in support of their ever-evolving requirements at no additional charge,” he says. Dunne says the aim is to provide complete enterprise reporting via a multitude of pre-defined system reports, using multiple filters and search criteria in many different formats. “Reports are all real time, can be automated, scheduled, emailed or exported in addition to user defined report capability,” he says. The CyFrame system is web-based, eliminating the need for proprietary hardware, and the company says it does not require internal technical expertise.
An insider solution Formulas Made Easy is a Windows-based system for creating and maintaining colorant and com- pounding formulas developed by an ex-com- pounder. “Formulas Made Easy is ERP Software for Plastics,” says Bruce Muller at Plastics Consulting. He previously owned Accurate Color and Accurate Compounder, since acquired by Teknor Apex.
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