Kiwiplan, by Advantive, provides integrated ERP and MES software solutions tailored for packaging manufacturers, including sheet and box plants, display, and specialty packaging companies. Kiwiplan empowers these businesses with digital capabilities to maximize throughput, enhance visibility, and automate tracking and scheduling. The software integrates shipping and production planning to increase efficiency, connects the factory floor for real-time updates, and improves product quality through advanced automation. Kiwiplan offers a comprehensive suite of products to meet the order management and manufacturing requirements of corrugated, folding carton, plastics, and packaging manufacturers. It supports single facilities to complex multi-plant groups, providing expertise and tools to meet system requirements. The MES solution includes automated production planning, tooling management, shop floor data collection, quality management, and more, integrated with order management, inventory, and business intelligence modules. Kiwiplan's inventory and logistics functionality manages raw materials, tracks inventory movement, and reduces shipping costs. The front office tools improve communication with customers and suppliers, while reporting and business intelligence solutions offer data analysis for better decision-making. Kiwiplan helps manufacturers increase production efficiency, improve operational visibility, and respond to changing demands.

Manufacturing Execution System (MES)

The Kiwiplan MES solution is comprised of a suite of powerful and tightly integrated software modules that offer automated production planning, tooling management, shop floor data collection, dashboard and KPI reporting, quality management, and more. This solution is directly integrated with Kiwiplan Order Management, Inventory and Logistics, and Business Intelligence modules.

• Corrugator Scheduling
• Automated Corrugator Scheduling
• Production Control System
• Quality Management System
• Transmission Links
• Labels

Inventory and Logistics

Kiwiplan’s extensive inventory and logistics functionality allow you to manage raw material and roll stock more effectively and reduce material handling costs; Manage and track the location and movement of WIP and FGS inventory; And reduce shipping costs by integrating your truck scheduling and production processes.

• Roll Stock System: Track the ordering, receipt, movement, location, and consumption of raw materials and roll stock. Manage inventory more effectively, maintain accurate inventory and reduce costs. Integrate inventory information directly with the production process to eliminate downtime on the factory floor spent waiting on raw materials.
• Unit Load Tracking: Determine the current and movement of work-in-process and finished goods units. Identify when and where units were moved, when units were shipped and on what truck. Provide WIP and FGS handlers with the information they need to find, move and load units as required.
• Truck Scheduling System: Ship full trucks on time. Adjust loads automatically as needed when the production schedule changes and affects the planned ship time of a load. Ensure the production schedule is adjusted automatically if necessary to accommodate planned ship times.
• Supply Chain Simulator

Front Office

Kiwiplan provides the tools your sales and customer service staff need to improve communication and deliver the best customer experience.

• Enterprise Sales Processing (ESP): Manage orders, specifications, routing, costing/estimating, pricing, quoting, bills of lading, invoicing, complaints/returns and workflow, and more. Get the accurate data you need to book orders effectively, determine achievable due dates and more.
• Kiwiplan Message Centre (KMC): Improve communication by automatically connecting and sharing information with customers, suppliers, and third-party systems.

Reporting and Business Intelligence

Kiwiplan offers accurate data analysis and reporting solutions that let you capitalize on a wealth of information and improve decision-making across your organization.

• Kiwiplan Data Warehouse: Collect and organize data from the Kiwiplan transactional databases from multiple locations as well as other databases (such as financial systems, warehouse management systems, etc.) into a single database optimized for reporting purposes.
• Data Analysis and Reporting Tool (DART): Easy-to-use, cost-effective reporting and analytics solution