Lean Agenda: Erie Plastics

Erie Plastics, Erie, PA, an injection molder, has advanced its ultra-lean manufacturing agenda by completing installation of an IQMS Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) system, a data integration solution for plastics processors.

Apr 13, 2007

Erie Plastics, Erie, PA, an injection molder, has advanced its ultra-lean manufacturing agenda by completing installation of an IQMS Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) system, a data integration solution for plastics processors. Some of Erie Plastics' most significant ERP upgrades involve converting to scanning and bar-coding technologies to better track inventory and shipments and developing new processes for quality control.

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