Built to support material- and process-driven plastics manufacturing, our cloud-based ERP connects design, production, and quality – helping you reduce waste, improve compliance, and drive smarter, more profitable operations.
Support a wide range of low- and high-volume products, from formed components to bottles, foam, and hoses. Manage the full lifecycle from design through production, quality, and compliance. Control volatile raw material costs and link yield, scrap, and cost in one system to see the true margin impact of production decisions.
Design and build products to exact customer specifications with full lifecycle visibility. Configure dimensions, materials, finishes, and color variations with ease. Centralize product data, specifications, and engineering changes. Translate customer needs manufacturable product structures.
Manage orders, materials, production, and financials in one system while coordinating planning, procurement, inventory, and shop-floor execution. Support make-to-order, make-to-stock, and hybrid models, and standardize processes across multi-site and multi-entity operations.
Provide full traceability from raw materials to finished goods across plastics production. Track resin, additives, regrind, and finished goods by lot or batch. Maintain complete forward and backward genealogy across multi-step processes. Expertly handle recalls, compliance, and strict customer quality requirements.
Monitor and control yield performance and material loss. Plan and report expected versus actual yield, and capture scrap, purge loss, and regrind as part of production reporting. Feed yield impacts directly into costing and planning to improve margin accuracy and support confident, margin-friendly decisions.
Define product structures and manufacturing processes with precision. Use multi-level BOMs that reflect resin blends, additives, and packaging, as well as routings for molding, extrusion, compounding, and finishing. Apply version control and workflows to manage revisions, align product data with execution, and reduce waste.
Optimize production schedules based on materials, tooling, and capacity constraints. Plan and sequence runs by material, color, mold, or machine to reduce changeovers, purging, and downtime. Align demand, capacity, and material availability to ensure reliable scheduling and maintain consistent production flow.
Manage molds and tooling as constrained production resources. Sequence production by material, color, mold, or machine to minimize changeovers, purging, and manual scheduling. Track availability, usage cycles, and maintenance status. Prevent delays and use embedded PLM to streamline visibility across teams.
Manage bulk resin, additives, regrind, work-in-process, and packaged inventory across the supply chain. Ensure lot-controlled and location-specific stock, and maintain visibility across materials and stages. Link inventory to production demand and material availability for more accurate planning and resource allotment.
Understand the true cost of production with clear, consistent margin visibility and standard and actual costing across all components. Capture material, labor, overhead, scrap, and yield impacts, including resin costs. Account for co-products in BOM planning to optimize material use and reduce excess.
Use advanced inspection and statistical process control to detect variation early. Analyze quality trends across batches, machines, materials, and production runs to identify root causes. Correlate quality with process parameters, yield, and scrap to reduce material loss – meeting customer and regulatory requirements.
Meet regulatory requirements and reduce environmental impact. Maintain audit-ready records for materials, production, and quality. Track your environmental footprint from design to delivery. Embed ESG goals into operational planning and reporting to boost compliance and drive continuous improvement.
Leverage automation, analytics, and process intelligence. Connect injection molding machines, robotics, and systems to monitor real-time data and performance. Identify bottlenecks, apply RPA and analytics to boost efficiency. Integrate with Infor MES and Infor Factory Track to capture operator instructions and production data.
ERP for SMB
Run plastics manufacturing on a production-ready ERP without enterprise overhead. Support molding, extrusion, and compounding minus the heavy customization. Control material, yield, and scrap from day one with built-in tracking and accurate costing. Plan by machine, mold, and material availability to avoid overproduction.
Why it’s different
Not a lightweight system that breaks under process complexity. It avoids the cost and operational burden of traditional enterprise ERP while still supporting plastics-specific workflows.
ERP for enterprise
Run plastics manufacturing across multiple sites and entities with a unified ERP. Standardize processes while supporting intercompany production and inventory flows. Coordinate resin supply, tooling, and capacity across plants and regions – maintaining consistent costing by rolling up material, yield, scrap, and overhead to deliver a clear view of margins.
Why it’s different
Generic ERPs require heavy customization to handle plastics complexity at scale. This ERP is designed for process-driven manufacturing, so growth does not disrupt execution, costing, or control.
INFOR CLOUDSUITE SOLUTIONS
Discover our suite of plastic fabrication software – natively connected to ERP for visibility, quality, and control across operations.
INFOR VELOCITY SUITE
Infor Velocity Suite is an all-inclusive AI package that pairs with every Infor CloudSuite – industry-specific AI agents, GenAI, process mining, and automations, plus a team of experts to implement it for you. One flat fee, no matter where you’re starting from. It’s the simplest way to put AI to work across your business – and ultimately, to become an agentic enterprise.
BENEFITS
Account for yield loss, scrap, purge, and regrind directly in product costs. Track actual versus expected costs in real time and understand the true impact of production decisions. Make pricing, planning, and operational decisions based on accurate margin visibility across plastics manufacturing.
Reduce material loss by planning and sequencing production to minimize changeovers and purging. Improve yield through tighter control of materials and processes, and reduce excess inventory and obsolete stock. Maintain better control of resin and material usage across production.
Optimize scheduling and coordination across machines, molds, materials, and labor. Reduce changeovers, downtime, and maintenance disruptions, and improve overall equipment effectiveness. Maintain smoother production flow and more consistent output across all your operations.
Get full lot and batch traceability from raw materials through production and shipment. Facilitate recalls, audits, and customer quality requirements with complete production history. Identify and resolve quality issues faster with accurate, connected data across processes.
USE CASES
Plan and execute production based on material cost and availability. Coordinate resin, additives, and regrind with machine and mold capacity. Maintain control across molding, extrusion, and finishing operations to keep production aligned with material constraints.
Track expected versus actual yield by run, product, or batch. Capture scrap and regrind usage directly in production and costing – improving margin accuracy while reducing material loss across your whole manufacturing processes.
Schedule production by material type, color, or tooling to minimize purging and downtime. Reduce setup time, stabilize throughput, and improve schedule reliability – without relying on manual planning or constant adjustments.
Track materials from receipt through production and shipment with full visibility. Support recalls, audits, and customer quality requirements. Maintain complete genealogy across multi-step processes to ensure traceability and compliance.
CUSTOMER STORY
Ring Container is one of the leading plastic packaging manufacturers in North America. See how they’re using AI and automation in Infor CloudSuite Industrial Enterprise to revolutionize production and warehouse management. Now the company is able to save 12,000 hours annually, reduce costs, and improve customer satisfaction.
If we were to imagine running our business today without the support of Infor tools, including artificial intelligence and enterprise automation, it would be challenging, if not inconceivable, given our company's growth. Our expansion relies heavily on these tools, as we don't grow with traditional resources but rather depend on leveraging advanced technologies to navigate and enhance our operations.
IT Director, Ring Container
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