Industry Description
Over 15,000 plastic fabricators in SIC codes 28 and 30, fabricate products from resin for various industries: transportation, packaging, construction, electronics, furniture, consumer, industrial, and other.
Plastic fabricators have one or more plants. Each plant has multiple molding and thermoforming machines which produces end products or components that may be part of and assembled product. Mold machines vary in weight.
Applicable SIC Code
- 326 – Plastics and rubber products manufacturing
Critical Requirements
Plastic fabricators should evaluate the following Critical Requirements
- Navigation and Personalization
- Business Intelligence
- Internet Portals
- Workflow
- International
- Security
- Customer Relationship Management
- Quoting and Estimating
- Order Processing
- Product Configurator
- Product Data Management (PDM)
- Product Lifecycle Management (PLM)
- Document Management
- Engineering Change Management
- Forecasting and Demand Planning
- Multi Plant
- Materials Management
- Mixed Mode Manufacturing
- Projects
- Engineer To Order
- Lean Manufacturing
- Supply Chain Management
- Advanced Manufacturing Planning
- Quality
- Warehouse Management
- Plant Equipment
- Field Service
- Repair
- Cost Accounting
- Accounting
- Fixed Assets
- Human Resources
ERP Vendors
Plastic fabricators should evaluate the following vendors
Tier I Vendors
SAP
Oracle
SAP
Oracle
Tier II Vendors
Infor
Microsoft
IFS
Epicor
Fujitsu: Glovia
CDC: Ross
Plexus
Cincom
3I Infotech
Ramco
Infor
Microsoft
IFS
Epicor
Fujitsu: Glovia
CDC: Ross
Plexus
Cincom
3I Infotech
Ramco
Tier III Vendors
Sage
Softbrands
Consona
Sage
Softbrands
Consona
Vertical Vendors
IQMS
IQMS
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