{"id":53019,"date":"2021-12-06T11:24:51","date_gmt":"2021-12-06T10:24:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/packaging-journal.de\/?p=53019"},"modified":"2021-12-13T13:51:19","modified_gmt":"2021-12-13T12:51:19","slug":"erp-systems-products-with-variable-weight","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/packaging-journal.de\/en\/erp-systeme-produkte-mit-variablem-gewicht\/","title":{"rendered":"ERP software solution for products with variable unit weights"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Food product management is often a particular challenge for packaging processes. In particular, products with varying prices and weights require special handling. This must be taken into account not only in quality control, but also in costing, warehousing and packaging. The right enterprise resource planning (ERP) software can make a decisive difference here.<\/strong><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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Steak, sausage or cheese - many of these products are packaged in small quantities for retail sale. At the end an individual price and an individual weight on each product<\/strong>. Such products are known as Catch weight articles<\/strong> and represent a particular challenge in production, packaging and order picking<\/strong> represent. To prevent potential problems and ensure optimised production processes, inventory and financial planning as well as product quality, ERP software is needed that is also specifically tailored to these catch weight items.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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Warehouse must be accurately recorded<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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By default, the number of items in the warehouse is determined based on their quantity. However, this is not so easy for products with varying unit weights. Therefore Two parallel units of measure<\/strong> can be used: Quantity and weight<\/strong>. This is the only way to accurately assess how many goods are actually in the warehouse. To do this, the actual weight of the sales unit (also known as \u201eCatch Weight<\/a>\u201c) and the number of items are recorded separately as parallel units of measure, passed on and often linked to a production batch in order to ensure the traceability of the product. This Linking with production batch and lot is essential, especially in the food industry<\/strong>, to enable quick product recalls through simple traceability and thus optimise product safety.<\/p>

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The However, recording variable weight per unit is a major hurdle for many ERP systems<\/strong>, as they do not have the required database structures. They often have to be expanded to include the relevant functionalities with the help of external software. However, if several thousand articles and therefore data records are processed every day, linking two or more software solutions can lead to performance problems. A suitable ERP that offers native catch weight functions<\/strong>, enables manufacturers to maximise Efficiently manage the requirements for variable weight products<\/strong> - from goods receipt to goods issue. This simplifies the sale of goods in parallel units of measure and minimises the Accurate valuation and pricing of stored and sold goods ensured<\/strong> become.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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The Packaging process can be organised more efficiently with the right software<\/strong>. Regardless of the manufacturer, scales can be integrated directly into the production line via the ERP system. They record the weight of the catch weight articles and send it to the ERP system<\/a>. The Reduces additional manual steps<\/strong> and thus also sources of error and simplifies the process.<\/p>