The document describes Apagen's OpenERP packaging manufacturing solution. The solution provides modules for customer relationship management, sales management, purchase management, inventory management, production, accounting and finance, human resources management, and business intelligence. Each module is described in 1-2 paragraphs outlining its key features and capabilities. The document concludes by outlining business benefits for packaging manufacturers, reasons to choose Apagen's solution over competitors, and contact information.

1. OpenERP for Packaging Manufacturers

2. Solution at a Glance
CRM
Business
Sales
Intelligence
Human Packaging Purchase
Resources
Manufacturer
Accounting Production
Inventory

3. Modules/Features
 Customer Relationship Management
 Sales Management
 Purchase Management
 Inventory Management
 Production
 Accounting & Finance
 Human Resources Management
 Business Intelligence

4. Customer Relationship Management
Every customer interaction is an  Lead Management
opportunity to drive new business,  Phone Calls
increase revenue, build retention and  Meetings
loyalty and to strengthen your brand. Our
 E-Mail Integration
CRM can
 Social Network
 help you understand and anticipate
 Sample Request
the needs of your current customers
and prospects.  Lead Analysis
 It facilitates easy access to vital  Opportunity Analysis
customer and prospect information,  Phone Call Analysis
letting you make better and faster
business decisions by making the most
of every customer interaction across
your entire organisation.

5. Sales Management
Full process management from initial  Sales Quotations
order entry to final shipment with  Sales Orders
comprehensive capabilities that  Customer Master
ensure the smooth administration of  Product Master
your entire sales order cycle.  Pricelists
 Sales Order to Delivery/Manufacturing Order
It enables your company to process
 Sales Order to Invoicing
orders faster and more efficiently by
 Sales Analysis
automatically creating sales orders via
existing estimates, so you can handle
your call off schedules in real time
based upon any customer request.

6. Purchase Management
This module enables companies to  Purchase Quotations
 Purchase Orders
automate and aggregate the
 Supplier Master
management of purchase orders
 Product Master
for cost savings, while ensuring the  Pricelists
right materials get to the right job,  Automatic Procurements
every time.  Purchase Requisitions
 Purchase Order to Incoming Shipments
 Purchase Order to Invoicing
 Purchase Analysis

7. Inventory Management
Track stocks of partners, full  Receive Products
 Deliver Products
traceability & accounting links.
 Internal Movement of Stocks
Supports multiple locations
 Multiple Location/Warehouse
management based on hierarchical  Inventory Valuation
locational structure. Manage your  Inventory Analysis
own internal locations, external
locations, customers, suppliers or
manufacturing inventories.

8. Manufacturing Resource Planning
MRP is designed to manage the  Production Orders
processes in planning production  Work Orders
jobs for standard products, while  Production Planning
 Bill of Materials
helping your company adapt to
 Production Routing
your constantly changing business
 Work Order Analysis
requirements by recommending
changes to meet new sales
forecasts.

9. Accounting & Finance
It helps your business address  Invoicing
financial accounting and budgeting,  Payments
asset management, costing, cash and  General Ledger
credit management as well as  Accounts Receivable
reporting and analysis.  Accounts Payables
It meets the current and future  Taxation
financial requirements of even the  Legal & Financial reports
most complex packaging operations,  Asset Management
while offering you a global view of  Budget Management
your financial performance across  Multi-Currency
your entire enterprise.

10. Human Resources Management
Manage the most important asset  Employee Register
in your company: "People". With  Leave Management
our module for personnel  Attendance Management
 Employee Appraisals
information management, leave,
 Recruitment
time tracking, attendance‚
 Expenses
expenses, payroll, periodic
 Payroll
evaluations and recruitment.

11. Business Intelligence
It enables you to compete more  Improves your productivity by reducing the
effectively by giving you a fast, easy and time spent hunting for information. It
interactive way to access meaningful, eliminates the need to reconcile numbers
comprehensive data in real time. You
instantly know how information is used, and to build spreadsheets, allowing more
analysed and applied across your entire time for tasks that bring greater value to your
enterprise to achieve greater efficiency, organisation.
improve profit margins and to provide  Provides immediate access to company data,
superior customer service. so you can instantly find the information that
The fast, easy-to-use flexible business you need from a selection of dashboards,
analysis solution allows an integrated analysis and reporting in a single solution.
view of your business information. It also
enables you to get the most value out of  Gives you greater customer insight by having
your business information by delivering more access to information across the
actionable information to the right enterprise. You gain valuable insight into your
people, when and where they need it. knowledge base and your customer needs
and preferences.

12. Business Benefits for Packaging Manufacturers
 Lean and agile processes with more speed and accuracy
 Fast estimation: process oriented approach, quick inputs, intelligent process steps
 No redundancy, overhead minimized
 Everything as automated as possible
 Optimized performance, verified by pre- and post calculations
 Tool optimization, optimized machine selection
 Optimized production schedule, Trim optimization integration
 Pricing power through estimation and costing connected with real process parameters
 Support for perfect order fulfilment and quality
 Checked materials, tools and capacity for trouble proof execution
 Work instructions
 Quality module
 Fast implementation and low TCO
 Unique all-in-one package for standard implementation
 Conforming to standards you secure your investment and reduce cost of ownership

13. Why Choose Apagen’s Packaging Solution?
 Zero license costs
 Ultimate flexibility - No “black box” package
 No vendor lock-in - Using standard data formats and protocols
 Less risk - Future of system not tied to one company
 Easy Integration with third party applications
 Extensibility
 Unlimited user support
 Powerful object level user rights
 User Friendly
 Scalable

14. To know more, Contact Us
E-mail: sales@apagen.com
Website: www.apagen.com