LP.Solutions

LP. has proven with many successful project implementations at leading companies of the print and packaging industry, that the powerful interplay of domain expertise and the world-leading business software SAP ERP will create a sustainable added value. While we have included our whole experience and know-how into this full integrated enterprise solution, you can optimize your internal and external business processes and integrate all business partners into the packaging workflow:

LP.Packaging, the industry solution for the printing and packaging industry decreases the total implementation time with predefined business functions and processes - LP.Best Practises - as well as specific industry extensions - LP.Solution Components - and reduces significantly the total costs of ownership (TCO) of your investment.

LP.Best Practices were developed in a very close partnership with leading companies of the industry and are available for a huge number of business processes; among others:

• Product development and -specification
• Customer relationship management for planning marketing activities and business contacts and partners
• Estimation
• Quotation- and sale order management
• Prepress
• Management of tools, printing plates and -cylinders
• Planning and availability checks
• Material management and procurement
• Detailed scheduling of production
• Delivery schedules and consignment agreements with customers and suppliers
• Production- and time confirmation processes
• Warehouse- and material flow management >Handling unit management< with RF or RFID
• Quality management
• Transportation planning and shipping
• Industry-specific cost accounting
• Human resource and
• Finance and accounting,
• and many types of analytical applications and business assessments for planning and controlling of all business services and processes (SAP Business Intelligence).

But the requirements of the packaging industry are complex; whether it is in the corrugated board production and -converting, or in extrusion and printing of films or in converting of cardboard, there is a need of individual solution elements which are specific to the task, so called LP.Solution Components.
LP.Solution Components complete the standard functionality of SAP ERP and SAP for Mill Products with print and packaging industry specific components and applications and depending on the industry vertical, they can be combined to specific versions of LP.Packaging.

LP.Packaging is available for the following verticals of the printing and packaging industry:

• LP.Packaging for Folding Carton and POS-Displays
• LP.Packaging for Flexibles Packaging (consumer packaging, extrusion, barrier coating and industrial paper bags)
• LP.Packaging for Corrugated Packaging
• LP.Packaging for Industrial Printing (Decorprint)