The client is the Printing and Packaging division of one of the leading private sector companies with a market capitalization of around US $15 billion and a turnover of US $3.5 billion and rated among the World`s Best Big Companies by Forbes magazine and ranks third in pre-tax profit among India`s private sector corporations. The group company has footprints in 20 countries and an employee base of more than 20,000 people, over the years the company has diversified and grown into many businesses, which cover CPG, Hospitality, Paperboard & Packaging, Foods, Agri-Business, Lifestyle Retailing, Greeting Cards and information technology.

The client had a need for a solution that would fully integrate into their total graphical workflow and the system required a financial module that could handle the Indian finance and accounting tasks that would also support foreign currencies against purchasing/invoicing of foreign goods. Capturing the entire process and history of a new product development cycle was pivotal and the SAP solution had to be configured around this.

• ITC Infotech used the packaging solution by Dr. Lauterbach & Partners featuring complete pre-configured settings of SAP™ products for end-to-end automation of the key business processes of the packaging industry was availed, as it would suit the requirements of the client best.
  
• Rather going in for a traditional ASAP implementation methodology or the rigid Standard Template Driven Approach, the client was provided with a blended solution that would provide it the flexibility offered by the ASAP methodology while keeping the Industry Best Practices offered by the Template Driven Approach.
  
• The packaging solution provided was based on an SAP ECC 5 platform with SAP’s Mill packaging solution along with Dr. Lauterbach & Partner’s Industry Solution best practices and software add-on’s ensuring a comprehensive packaging solution for the client.

• `Best of both worlds` - ASAP flexibility and Standard Template industry best practices by adopting the `Middleroute` for implementation
• Flexible enough to adopt the changes of a demand driven manufacturing market to enable faster lead times to reach the market
• Machines and systems directly communicate with ERP system thereby reducing process cycle times and enhancing demand driven manufacturing operations
• On Demand availability of package information by the introduction of Handling units coupled with Radio Frequency Scanners
• Availability of Material Movement tracking and history for Raw materials and Finished goods
• Multi-level Handling Unit packing as per customer requirements
• Better warehouse management using Radio Frequency Scanners
• Shelf Life monitoring through batch management
• Seamless integration with the MES (Manufacturing Execution System) with online updates to SAP and integration with the Shop Floor Automation system
• Trending Reports and data on key indicators of productivity and cost for Benchmark Standards Vs Actual representations.