Plastics manufacturing ERP that fits the way you work
Stop running your business on spreadsheets and workarounds. One system, set up around how you already work and changed whenever you need it, for one monthly fee.
AI does the plant's paperwork. A person approves it.
AI drafts quotes from emailed RFQs, turns customer releases into jobs, checks resin bills against the PO price and follows up on payments. Nothing posts or sends until someone in the office approves it.
Quote drafting
Turns an emailed RFQ into a ready quote, priced from part weight, resin, cycle time and press rate.
RFQ: AH-2310 rev ALena Hart, Arden Appliance
Can you quote AH-2310 rev A in ABS, light gray? Drawing and STEP file attached. Usage is about 60,000 a year, released 10,000 at a time.Thanks, Lena
Q-2236 · Arden ApplianceResin basis $1.38/lbDrafted by AI
Item
Qty
Price
AH-2310 rev A
0.31 lb ABS · 2 cavities · 44 s cycle
10,000
$1.34
Mold T-131, 2 cavities
Customer-owned · 50% with PO
1
$48,500
Release intake
Turns customer releases into jobs, matched to your parts, molds and approved colors.
J-7316 · Arden ApplianceFrom release 7, PO AA-30417Drafted by AI
PartAH-2207 rev D
Qty12,000
Ship byNov 13
The release says black, but AH-2207 rev D is only approved in light gray. Check with Arden before scheduling.
Bill capture and 3-way match
Checks resin and colorant bills against the PO price and what you received.
Bill B-6603Westfall PolymersMatched by AI
PO
Received
Bill
ABS (lb)
4,000
4,000
4,000
Amount
$5,520
—
$5,840
Billed at $1.46/lb against a PO price of $1.38/lb. Westfall's increase doesn't start until Dec 1.
Collections
Reads replies to payment reminders, then pauses them or follows up.
INV-7690 · Brookfield Outdoor$8,415 · 11 days lateRead by AI
Nov 9 · Reminder sentYour invoice is 11 days past due.
Nov 10 · Customer replied"AP needed the receiver matched. It's in the Nov 24 run."
Read by AIPromise to pay Nov 24. Reminders paused until then.
Ask your data
Ask about resin costs, scrap or margins. Every answer links to the records behind it.
What if ABS hits $1.46?
BO-4410 · Brookfield12.9% margin−$2,310
AH-2207 · Arden19.4% margin−$1,680
AH-1904 · Arden16.5% margin−$1,140
Parts hit hardest: margin at $1.46/lb and yearly cost at forecast usage
Built around how your plant runs
Ask for it. We'll build it.
Tell us what you need and we'll build it. Changes are included in your monthly fee.
"Can we block a run from starting until the resin has dried long enough?"Built in 2 weeks
"Can we hold a job when regrind goes over the customer's limit?"Built in 1 week
"Can a resin price change flow into the price on the next release?"Built in 3 weeks
"Can the schedule run colors light to dark on each press to cut purge?"Built in 3 weeks
Price each part from part and runner weight, resin price, cycle time, cavities and the press rate. Setup is spread across the release, so bigger releases cost less per part. Extruded profiles price by the foot.
See every job queued and running on every press and extrusion line, in ship-date order. Late jobs are flagged.
A row per press, with its tonnage
Extrusion lines on the same schedule
Late jobs are flagged
Press 7300 t · mold T-118Rosa T.RT
Clocked in at 6:02 AMJ-7316 · Op 40AH-2207 rev D · Arden Appliance
Good so far7,018 / 12,000Cartons28 / 48
ABS lot W-61187 · MB-0932Dried 4 h at 180 °F · scanned at dryer D-3
Cycle time41.0 sStandard 40.0 s · 2 cavities
Good parts this session
−701+
SinkShort shotFlashSplayScrap this session: 24, sink on cavity 2Cycle 1.0 s over standardLog counts
The press-side tablet
Operators sign in with a PIN and log good parts and scrap by reason at the press. Resin lots are scanned at the dryer, so every carton traces back to its lot. Prices stay hidden.
Scrap by reason: sink, short shot, flash, splay
Resin and masterbatch lots scanned at the dryer
Box labels print with the resin lot
J-7268 · Cost
AH-2207 rev D · release 6 · 12,000 good · cost locked Oct 13
Closed
Actual cost$11,523$249 over estimateMargin21.3%on $14,640 revenuePer good part$0.960est $0.940 · 3.1% scrap
Cost
Estimated
Actual
Variance
Press time68.3 h est · 70.5 h actual, cycle 41 s
$5,601
$5,781
+$180
Resin and colorantABS lot W-60942 · 3,607 lb est · 3,631 lb
$5,231
$5,266
+$35
Setup and quality5.0 h est · 5.5 h actual
$318
$352
+$34
Packaging, 48 cartons
$125
$125
$0
Total
$11,274
$11,523
+$249
Job costing
Every job shows estimated vs actual resin, press time, setup and scrap, so you can see which parts, molds and customers make money.
Cycle time and scrap vs standard
Resin by lot, estimated vs actual pounds
Cost per good part
Included
Everything a plastics plant needs, all included
One system, no add-on modules to buy.
Sell
Quoting from part weight, cycle time and press rate
Blanket orders and releases
Shipping with certificates of conformance and resin lots
Invoices and payments (card and ACH)
Customer portal
Make
Jobs and process sheets for presses and extrusion lines