Quote the box right, then run the reel right.
Box prices are quoted from paper weight, ply and box size, and paper is stocked reel by reel. Kreon has built software for businesses in this trade, including corrugated box plants and carton makers. It costs a box from its specification and plans the deckle, the usable width of the reel, so that less paper ends up as trim.
The details generic software gets wrong.
Costing by formula
A box price comes from dimensions, ply, flute and GSM. An item price list cannot do that calculation.
Every reel is different
Reels differ in GSM, deckle, mill and weight. Stock in plain kilos hides which reels you actually have.
Trim is lost money
Running a narrow order on a wide reel wastes paper. Orders must be combined across the width before the run.
Repeat specifications
Customers reorder the same box for years. The approved specification, die and print block must be found in seconds.
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The parts that matter here.
Production planning
Turns sales orders and stock targets into work orders, checks material availability and loads them onto machines,…
About this module ManufacturingBill of materials and recipes
Holds what goes into each product: a multi-level BOM for assembled goods, or a recipe by percentage and weight for…
About this module ManufacturingQuality control
Sets inspection checks for incoming material, in-process stages and finished goods, and records results against the…
About this module ManufacturingWastage, scrap and yield
Compares input with output for every batch, heat or work order and shows where material was lost: burning loss,…
About this module ManufacturingJob work and sub-contracting
Sends material to outside processors on a job work challan and receives finished goods back, showing what is still…
About this module ManufacturingPlant maintenance
Keeps a register of machines with preventive maintenance schedules, breakdown records and spares consumed.
About this module Inventory and warehouseBarcode, RFID and label printing
Prints barcode, QR or RFID labels for raw material, work in progress, finished goods, bundles and cartons, in the…
About this module Inventory and warehouseBatch, lot and serial tracking
Gives every receipt and production run a lot, batch, heat or serial number and carries it through to the sales invoice.
About this module ManufacturingMould, die and tool management
Keeps a register of moulds, dies, rolls and fixtures with location, owner, shots or tonnage run and life remaining.
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Questions, answered.
Does it suit a small box plant with semi-automatic machines?
Yes. Costing, reel stock, job cards and dispatch work the same whether you run a semi-automatic line or an automatic plant. Deckle planning and machine tracking matter more as volumes grow.
Can it handle delivery schedules to different customer plants?
Yes. One order can have deliveries split by date and by customer plant. Dispatch planning shows what is due where, and bundle labels carry the customer's item code and plant.
Does it cover flexible packaging or printed cartons?
The core is the same: roll or reel-wise stock, job cards by process, waste tracking and specification-based costing. The process stages and costing inputs are set up for your type of packaging.
Which Kreon products fit packaging and corrugated boxes?
Packaging and Corrugation ERP, Plastic Manufacturing ERP. Each can be shaped to the way your business works, and they share the same records when used together.
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