5 Product Development Gaps ERP Alone Can't Solve for Process Manufacturers

Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) systems are essential for standardizing and optimizing operations. However, when it comes to product development, regulatory compliance, formulation management, and innovation, many process manufacturers find themselves relying on spreadsheets, disconnected systems, and manual workflows.

Join Infor experts for this insightful webinar as we explore the five most common product development and compliance challenges that ERP systems alone struggle to address, and how integrated PLM capabilities help manufacturers innovate faster while controlling costs and risk.

What You'll Learn

1. Why ERP Isn't Designed for Product Innovation 
Learn why traditional ERP systems excel at operational efficiency but often fall short in managing the complexities of product development, formulation, and lifecycle management.

2. How to Reduce Product Development Costs 
Discover how PLM-driven raw material rationalization helps manufacturers optimize ingredients and materials while reducing inventory and operational costs and ensure benefits are sustained. 

3. Achieving Labeling and Regulatory Compliance 
Explore approaches to managing product labels, ingredients, allergens, and regulatory requirements with greater consistency and reduced risk.

Achieve compliance with regulatory agencies worldwide, such as labeling and nutritional declarations for food, chemicals, and other consumer packaged goods (CPG) products.

4. Formula Optimization for Better Margins 
Understand how leading process manufacturers evaluate cost, inventory, and manufacturing constraints to develop optimal product formulas.

5. Accelerating Time-to-Market Through Intelligent Workflows 
See how decision-based workflows improve visibility, collaboration, and governance across product development teams.

Key Takeaways

By attending, you'll gain insights into how to:

• Accelerate new product introduction (NPI) and innovation.
• Improve collaboration between R&D, Quality, Operations, and Supply Chain teams.
• Optimize material and formulation costs.
• Strengthen compliance and labeling accuracy.
• Connect PLM and ERP for a unified product data strategy.
• Increase visibility across the entire product lifecycle stage gates.

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