eProductivity Software (ePS)

MES, ERP and Process Controls

Empowering Growth and Conquering Challenges

ePS and SUN Automation Group® have embarked on a significant partnership to bring transformational technology to North America’s corrugated sector. This partnership introduces ePS’ Corrugated Suite, aka CorrSuite, a comprehensive suite of industry-specific ERP (Enterprise Resource Planning) and MES (Manufacturing Execution Systems) technology solutions, and Escada, a closed-loop corrugator process and Quality Control System (QCS), to North American corrugated board and box manufacturers. Together, ePS and SUN Automation aim to enhance efficiency, productivity, and operational excellence in an ever-evolving industry.

new life for aging machinery

ePS’ Escada corrugator QCS and process control is a ‘closed loop’ system that enables manufacturers to optimize their existing equipment, increase run speeds, and produce high-quality board consistently without the costly investment of new equipment.

elminiate redundancies and bottlenecks

CorrSuite is designed to optimize your operations, enabling unparalleled efficiency and productivity. From order management to production planning and inventory control to quality assurance, CorrSuite integrates every aspect of your corrugated workflow, eliminating redundancies and bottlenecks.

Breakdown Prediction

Escada’s Reliability module is a predictive maintenance module that alerts operators when assets are due to renew or require service attention. Predictive maintenance ensures minimal disruptions and improves corrugator and overall equipment efficiency and reliability.

Exceptional Support

SUN Automation’s exceptional 24/7 on-site technical support complements ePS’ technology solutions, providing comprehensive customer care.

INTELLIGENT SCHEDULING

Leveraging intelligent algorithm scheduling, this collaboration helps corrugated businesses adapt to dynamic environments and fluctuating demands. The flexibility of CorrSuite’s MES modules supports both forwards and backwards (push vs pull) scheduling abilities, facilitating efficient scheduling, allowing planners to create the lowest-cost production schedules, effectively balancing inventory levels, and sequencing orders.

REAL-TIME PLANT FLOOR VISIBILITY

With plant floor visibility, manufacturers can collect real-time data, streamline QA processes, make informed decisions, and monitor operations more effectively.

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FAQS

eProductivity Software (ePS) is a global company with vast experience in the corrugated industry, with roots going back to the early 1980s with Corrugated Technologies Inc (CTI). ePS specializes in comprehensive technological solutions encompassing the entire corrugator and plant floor, ensuring seamless integration and efficiency across all facets of the manufacturing process.

Real-time plant floor visibility leverages real-time data collection, providing instant access to critical production data, bolstering manufacturers’ capacity to detect and resolve issues as they arise, and notifying management promptly.

This proactive approach maximizes operational efficiency and minimizes downtime, presenting a paradigm shift in addressing challenges. With automated data collection in real-time, corrugated manufacturers are empowered to make well-informed decisions that keep their converting machines running at peak performance.

Effective planning is paramount for success in the fast-paced world of corrugated manufacturing. In a box plant, the ideal planning philosophy combines backwards and forwards planning. By starting the planning cycle with backwards scheduling, you create the ideal group of orders to be corrugated that, in theory, when you forward plan, maximizes the efficiency of the converting machines given the order mix and availability of the machine.

The flexibility of CorrSuite’s MES modules supports both forwards and backwards (push vs pull) scheduling abilities, facilitating efficient scheduling, allowing planners to create the lowest-cost production schedules, effectively balancing inventory levels, and sequencing orders.

The collaboration includes predictive insights and proactive breakdown prediction to minimize disruptions and improve equipment efficiency and reliability.

Escada’s Reliability module monitors the real-time usage of equipment on the corrugator and alerts operators when equipment requires attention, alerting production operators of issues, helping them control maintenance schedules, and avoiding costly downtime. At a glance, you can see which assets require maintenance, whether servicing or renewal and schedule when the correct maintenance needs to happen.

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