Total Solution Software... The Future for Manufacturing Excellence
Volume 28
A Focus on European Growth with Constantia Duropack
All statistics point to the same conclusion—the world’s growth areas for the
plant focus. This effort required a work re-design in sales and customer service
corrugated packaging industry are in Asia and in Eastern Europe and will
starting with the two Austrian sites. As Franz-Rene Saiko, General Manager
continue to be so in the foreseeable future. With foresight, Kiwiplan customer
Austria, says, “Together with Kiwiplan, we were able to coordinate our sales and
Constantia Duropack, as part of
logistical efforts as well as both
its business strategy, is expanding
production sites seamlessly across
into its own “backyard,” the
our Austrian businesses.”
growth area of Central, Eastern
The Duro Force
and Southeastern Europe.
The Duropack corporate Process
The Constantia Duropack Group
Management team is the group
In the Corrugated Board
leading the implementation phases
segment, the Constantia
of Kiwiplan and has been involved
Duropack Group produces and
since the beginning of the project.
distributes all types of corrugated
The team consists of five members
board packaging and various
each responsible for a certain
specialty products, such as heavyprocess area. The Process Manageduty corrugated board, point-ofment team is lead by Thomas
sale displays, and specialty
Langthaler, along with his four
containers.
members, Johannes Berghofer,
The Constantia Duropack
Predrag Lekic, Kurt Schadl, and
Group’s main markets include
Christoph Lauer. Over the past two
Austria, Germany, Hungary,
years this team has installed the fully
Constantia Duropack motto—
Slovenia, Croatia, Slovakia, Czech
integrated order-to-cash solution
“Big enough to dare, small enough to care!”
Republic, Serbia and Bulgaria.
from Kiwiplan in four plants in three
Recently it purchased 20% of
countries.
stock for Belisce, a company with facilities in the former
The Local Force
Yugoslavian countries.
The corporate Duropack team involves teams from the local
Duropack AG is a 100% subsidiary of Constantia
plants at a very early stage. This allows the plant time to clean
Packaging AG which is listed on the Austrian stock
up data and prepare for the upcoming install. The Process
exchange.
rollout time frames
Management team believes that this local involvement pays
The Duropack Strategy
significant dividends in both acceptance and use of the new
• 2006 & 2007 pilot sites
The fully integrated order-to-cash solution from
systems.
installed full order-to-cash
Kiwiplan, comprised of the modules making up the
The Infrastructure
solution in Austria
Manufacturing Execution Systems (MES) and Enterprise
Duropack has developed a centralized IT solution with their
• 2008 new order-to-cash
Sales Processing (ESP), helped Duropack tailor its daysites connected via a virtual route. All of their infrastructure
solution sites fully
to-day business for what is needed in a dynamic
setups are geared towards efficiency and being environmentally
implemented in Czech
company for both production and sales. SAP solutions
friendly. Duropack strives to reduce the consumption of energy
Republic (April) and
including MM and FI/CO form the financial backbone
by using virtual machines instead of using physical servers. This
which are fully interfaced with their Kiwiplan solution.
Slovakia (March)
has proven to be fast, efficient and also robust for fail-over
To ensure success, Duropack set out to change its
• 2008 scheduled installation
situations. This centralized IT solution has become possible with
business practices by using Kiwiplan to manage the
a dramatic improvement in technology, greatly surpassing what
for Hungary site in
planning and data from its isolated business units. This
was available only four to five years earlier.
September
required a top-down “buy-in,” understanding, promotion
The Kiwiplan Drive
• 2009 installation planned for
and support throughout the whole management and
In the fast-growing European corrugated marketplace within
Germany, Slovenia and
Duropack employee team. One key operational change
and
outside the EU, Constantia Duropack intends to be the most
Bulgaria
was the change to an area concept from an individual
effective and competitive force around. Duropack operates
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“Big enough to dare, small enough to care!”
Smurfit-Stone Container Corporation Chooses
Kiwiplan Manufacturing Execution Systems . . . . pg. 2
SSCC Press Release . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . pg. 2
Sustainability—Certainly for the Environment,
But How about for Your Business? . . . . . . . . . . . . pg. 3
2008 User’s Group—A Major Success! . . . . . . . . . pg. 4
530th world-wide RSA (Roll Stock Analysis) . . . . pg. 4
Web-Based Training: PCS for Customer Service &
Management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . pg. 5
Kiwiplan Active in Industry and Trade Associations
in 2008 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . pg. 5
John Brereton “Saving the World One Box Plant
at a Time” . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . pg. 5
SuperCorr Expo 2008 Is Here!. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . pg. 6
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Jim Walton (Kiwiplan President)
—Serving North,
Central, and South America
8650 Governor’s Hill Drive
Suite 350
Cincinnati, OH 45249
USA
Tel: +1 513 554-1500
Fax: +1 513 554-0280
sales@kiwiplan.com
Rodney McGee (General Manager)
NZ Limited
Level 3, BDO House
116 Harris Road
East Tamaki
PO Box 58-456, Greenmount, East
Tamaki
Auckland, New Zealand
Tel: +64 9 272 7622
Fax: +64 9 272 7621
sales@kiwiplan.co.nz
Bruce Urquhart (General Manager)
UK —Serving the United
Kingdom, Scandinavia, Africa, and
the Middle East
Unit 5 Crompton Ct.
Burntwood
Staffordshire WS7 3GG
United Kingdom
Tel: +44 1543 273073
Fax: +44 1543 273074
sales@kiwiplan-europe.com
Paul Austin (General Manager
UK and Europe)
Germany—Serving
Germany, Austria, Switzerland and
Eastern Europe
Kiwiplan GmbH
Max-Eyth-Strasse 38
71088 Holzgerlingen
Germany
Tel: +49 (0) 7031 41600 0
Fax: +49 (0) 7031 41600 99
sales@kiwiplan-europe.com
Stefan Nedbal (Geschäftsführer)
Asia Pacific—Serving
Australia and Asia Pacific
Level 1, 651 Doncaster Rd.
Doncaster, Melbourne
Victoria 3108, Australia
Tel: +61 3 9848-9055
Fax: +61 3 9848-5022
sales@kiwiplan.com.au
Christopher Loh (General Manager)
SMURFIT-STONE CONTAINER CORPORATION
CHOOSES KIWIPLAN MANUFACTURING EXECUTION SYSTEMS
Smurfit-Stone Container Corporation (NASDAQ: SSCC) has signed an agreement with Kiwiplan Inc. to implement a full
manufacturing applications suite in all of Smurfit-Stone’s corrugated container facilities. The project will take three years to
implement fully.
“Kiwiplan’s focus on improved customer service is an integral part of our supply chain excellence strategy,” said SmurfitStone president and chief operating officer Steven J. Klinger. “I expect to see improved performance this year and I expect
further improvements in 2009.”
Smurfit-Stone is working with Kiwiplan (a division of Illinois Tool Works Inc.—NYSE: ITW) to implement complete
automation for all container plant scheduling functions. This will allow Smurfit-Stone staff to increase their focus on
customer needs, quality functions, and process improvement. Kiwiplan’s Continuous Automatic Scheduling Environment
(CASE) automatically schedules the entire plant 24/7—optimizing corrugators and converting equipment toward full ontime delivery.
Jim Walton, Kiwiplan president, said utilizing Kiwiplan supply chain tools in addition to CASE, compliments SmurfitStone’s strategies. The process of optimizing paper grades, widths and quantities will then flow into the automated
scheduling process in each plant, area or region.
“The timing of the agreement could not be more perfect,” Walton said. “Building on a 20-year relationship with SmurfitStone, this project fits perfectly with current North American Kiwiplan activities, new initiatives in Europe and our recent
acquisition by Illinois Tool Works (ITW).”
Smurfit-Stone’s commitment to top-tier customer service and ongoing operational excellence, coupled with Kiwiplan’s
decades-long proven reliability and ongoing product enhancement, made Kiwiplan the logical choice for automated
scheduling technology, said Mark O’Bryan, senior vice president of strategic initiatives and chief information officer for
Smurfit-Stone.
“Our customers expect on-time delivery, quick turnaround, and the highest quality of product,” O’Bryan said. “Kiwiplan
provides the tools we need to achieve these mandates.”
Smurfit-Stone Container
Corporation (SSCC),
recently issued a press release
detailing the extreme success
they achieved when they
applied Kiwiplan’s complete
automation suite, gave their
work force the proper training,
and had the foresight to have
management monitor the
process closely. Kiwiplan is
pleased and proud that SmurfitStone, one of the leading companies in the packaging industry, has
achieved this success, thus
demonstrating once again that
Kiwiplan is the world’s “premier”
provider of Manufacturing Execution Systems (MES) to the packaging
industry. It is not without reason that
80% of integrated box plants have
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chosen Kiwiplan as their choice for
scheduling and inventory management systems. Kiwiplan extends
congratulations to Smurfit-Stone on
this achievement!
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Sustainability—Certainly for the Environment, But How about for Your Business?
March 13, 2000—in New York City the NASDAQ
pointed to a four percent lower opening. The DotCom era had started its bust.
Interestingly, one outcome of the wild flurry of the
high-flying, high-tech start-ups was a vast and global
dissemination of knowledge. This was fueled in no
small part by the unbridled growth of the Internet. We
all began watching our world shrink.
In 1981, Bangalore, India, starting with US$ 250, a
new high-tech company opened its doors, Infosys
Technologies Ltd. Today they are a power player, with
offices in 23 countries, 80,500 employees strong and
with revenues of over US$ 3 billion.
Infosys pioneered the Global Delivery Model (GDM).
The GDM is based on the principle of taking work to
the location where the best talent is available, where it
makes the best economic sense, with the least amount
of acceptable risk. As Nandan Nilekani, CEO of Infosys
Technologies, states: “The playing field is being leveled.”
This “leveling of the playing field” is the
basis for Thomas Friedman’s blockbuster bestseller with a title that describes it all, “The
World is Flat.”
Like it or not, today we’re competing in a
world that is becoming flatter every day.
Manufacturing, and thereby the competition,
is no longer just down the street, across town,
or a city over. Competition can be anywhere in
the world. How to survive and thrive in this
new world demands a new way of doing.
Sustainability in a flat world
A year ago, the manager of Packaging
Technology at Georgia Pacific’s Innovation
Institute wrote a white paper entitled: “Nine steps to
greater profitability and sustainability.” In Packaging
as in every other industry, world-class companies are
reviewing every step, every system, and every department, with the goal being to remove any barriers to
profitability.
Sustainability for your business means that you are
diametrically opposed to proceed with a business-asusual attitude. Too many companies have built-in
barriers that hamper turning product into revenue—
their orders to cash. The “that’s-the-way-we-always-dothings” mindset often creates departmental fiefdoms,
disparate systems and isolated processes, making it
difficult to achieve the degree of business integration
needed to realize your important company goals.
Kiwiplan’s key customers, those effectively competing in this exciting new “flat” world, are eliminating
any and all barriers and thus are achieving the agility
needed to rapidly respond to changing business requirements. These insightful customers are embracing
new opportunities and customer demand. They realize
that they cannot operate effectively without implementing and mastering the Kiwiplan tools and methods that allow them to gain visibility into business
processes, thereby to better plan, forecast, and collaborate with customers. In many instances these best-ofthe-best Kiwiplan users can effectively become an
extension of their customer’s enterprise, in terms of
demand sensing, inventory and delivery.
Specifics
Moving away from the status quo is difficult. It
forcibly removes the comfort shield we erect that
allows us to gripe and self-righteously complain about
all the problems (challenges) confronting us—business moving to China, lead time shrinkage, smaller
order runs, pre-set delivery times, and you can add
your own favorites.
Instead, to survive and thrive, Kiwiplan power users
position their businesses to charge forward. These
Nature Endures—But Will Your Business?
plants embrace the required changes that allow their
businesses to be better positioned. They know that they
must answer critical questions:
• What do I need to do to make the RIGHT product
at the RIGHT time?
• How can I eliminate all choke points in the
manufacturing process?
• What are the bottlenecks in the order intake and
distribution/scheduling process?
• Why is the machinery in my plant not running
anywhere near the manufacture’s advertised
speeds but loping along at some preconceived
sweet spot?
• Is the work-in-process and finished goods inventoried WIP absolutely necessary and then kept at
the absolute minimum?
• Am I optimizing my scheduling practices so that
orders flow in a manner that optimizes my
shipping requirements?
• Are my set-up times magically predetermined, or
do they reflect actual requirements?
• Are people expending energy performing unnecessary tasks, steps, paperwork, or processes?
Kiwiplan power users know to ask customer-related
questions:
• Do I meet regularly with my customers to ask for
a performance check?
• Do I then also ask them, “What else can I do to
further help you perform better?”
• Do I allow the customer to gain visibility to their
order status?
• Do I voluntarily and even eagerly discuss with
them the quality assurance processes and whether
they would like any additional order-specific tests
performed?
If any answers are no, then they know to ask the
follow-up: “Why not?”
Kiwiplan customers, those who are the strategic
thinkers, realize that not giving enough priority or
attention to the exploration side of the business is one
of the biggest strategic mistakes they can
make. Kiwiplan has powerful tools that can
assist. Kiwiplan has a strategic consulting
team eager to support your efforts.
Strategy
Two key principles of a progressive manufacturing enterprise are:
1. the use of technology to create sustain
able advantage. Using your Kiwiplan
tools gives you an inherent “leg up.”
2. connecting the customer to the manufacturing process.
Using your Kiwiplan systems gives you
solutions that offer a level of automation that
will give you a sustainable advantage. Fully
embracing the technology is the best way to erase
human bias from your enterprise. No commercial
airliner is flown manually - it can’t. Today’s manufacturing facility is as sophisticated as an airliner, and it
also cannot be run by “the seat of any employees’
pants.”
Progressive Kiwiplan users evaluate every step in
the manufacturing process, from receipt of an order to
arrival at the customer and invoicing. Using Kiwiplan’s
ESP coupled with CSC, PCS, and ULT gives plants the
required visibility and automation. These users have
the attitude that every point not directly contributing
to a manufacturing step becomes a WASTE event. This
means orders stuck in quotation, sitting waiting for
scheduling, waiting for machine time, or sitting in a
warehouse wastes opportunity.
Kiwiplan systems offer the technology that allows
your plant to be scheduled, automatically, with minimal human intervention, 24/7. CASE schedules in
small and maneuverable batches so that a hot order
becomes a natural component in the very next batch.
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2008 User’s Group—
A Major Success!
Have you ever attended an event that
was billed as the”biggest” or “best” only
to be disappointed by the less-thanspectacular reality? Disappointment was
nowhere to be found at the 2008
Kiwiplan European User’s Group
meeting held Riga, Latvia in the Baltics.
The conference exceeded by every
criteria User’s Group meetings of
previous years and by all counts
surpassed the expectations of the
attendees. Riga’s Hotel Ridzene,
provided both an elegant and businessready atmosphere, thus providing the
ideal setting for the Kiwiplan User’s
Group business conference.
Representatives from a world-wide
customer base attended the meeting,
with Franz-Rene Saiko from Duropack
acting as lead person representing all
attending Kiwiplan users.
Riga was the perfect backdrop for
this motivational and high energy event.
The 2008 meeting in Latvia was also the
first User’s Group meeting held after
Kiwiplan’s acquisition by ITW. Bruce
Howe, founder and a former owner of
Kiwiplan, in his final address a year
ago, stated, “Kiwiplan proactively seeks
input from people who actually use its
products.” The excellent match between
Kiwiplan and ITW is demonstrated in
the fact that Bruce’s insight into this
important relationship between vendor
and customer has not changed at all
with the new ownership, thus ITW’s
interest in continuing these Kiwiplancustomer conferences.
Another demonstration of the success
of the ITW-Kiwiplan relationship was
the sharing of several of the many
innovative and new features and
product developments. Advances
presented included:
• Continuing success of Supply Chain
Simulator (SCS), now installed in
over 50 plants, enabling the paper
supply chain to reach back from
box plant, to warehouse, to the mill
proper implementation of ESP. His talk
was then followed by an excellent
presentation by Bernd Karberg from
• The new Quality Management
Smurift Kappa Waren-Europe, the first
System (QMS) and its real-time,
European site to use CASE. Attendees
plant-managed capabilities
• Sharing of innovative graphic tools stressed the importance of customer
presentations and expressed appreciaand products, such as graphical
tion for the presenters.
scheduling innovations and the
Elaboration of the information
Data Analysis Reporting Tool
shared came naturally during the
(DART)
Gareth Cronin, Manager of the New workshop sessions. A number of ideas
sprung from these workshop discusZealand-based Kiwiplan development
team, lead a discussion on where future sions, among them were suggestions to
improve the KALL system and the
Kiwiplan product development efforts
creation of a User Forum to be linked to
are heading. Of high interest was the
KALL.
detailing of the ongoing program
Begin planning now to attend the
moving all products into Javatm and the
2009 meeting. By popular acclaim the
accompanying implications and
location in 2009 will be one of the key
advantages to Kiwiplan users.
cities in modern western Europe—
Also of keen interest were several
Berlin, Germany. See you there!
presentations made to the group by
current customers. From the US-based
Green Bay Packaging Corporation, Greg
Katers, Information Technology
Director, spoke on server infrastructure
and, more importantly, regarding the
Did you know . . . On May 23, 2008 Kiwiplan completed the 530th world-wide RSA (Roll Stock Analysis)?
th
530 world-wide RSA
(Roll Stock Analysis)
• 530 plants are now running more efficiently because they have optimized their paper ordering and consumption. These
plants have achieved an immediate bottom-line ROI which addresses the highest cost item in a box plant-paper.
• Since the early beginnings of the Roll Stock Analysis offering, plants that have taken advantage of a second or even a third
analysis have noted the advances and the increased sophistication of the program.
• RSA has become an integral “front end” to plants going forward with the Kiwiplan Supply Chain Simulator (SCS). The
positive results of the combined offering have a multiplier effect as the paper supply chain becomes even leaner and more
improved for these plants.
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NEW Web-Based Training Module!
PCS for Customer Service & Management
Now Available!
Kiwiplan’s continuing effort to make training
available in a cost-effective, easily accessible, and
comprehensive manner is ongoing via a brand
new Web-based training module—PCS for
Customer Service and Management.
Topics included in the course:
Introduction to the Kiwiplan Production Control
System—PCS
• Understanding how PCS will be used
throughout your plant
• Viewing the production schedule for each
machine
• “Seeing” what is happening in your plant
and what has been happening
• Understanding the Job Planning Board
• Interpreting real-time order status
information
• Identifying jobs predicted to be late and what
to do about it
Introduction to the automated PCS scheduler:
• Identifying load, lateness and time
available on each machine
• Determining achievable due dates with a
customer on the phone
• Understanding automated Load Balancing—what is it and what it can do for you
• Seeing how the status of printing plates,
tooling and board affect the schedule
If you have PCS installed in your facility, you
have the premier scheduling and automation tool
available to the packaging industry. Your investment can be made even more powerful through
the strength and knowledge of the system’s users.
This new cost-effective learning tool is an absolute
must for your plant! Discuss the specifics with
your Kiwiplan Account Executive, or email us at
training@kiwiplan.com.
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John Brereton
“Saving the World One Box Plant at a Time”
1971 - 2008
Kiwiplan employees have always considered themselves
as family, possessing a huge pride in a company that has
always treated them the same way. Probably no employee
demonstrated a greater sense of pride in being part of the
Kiwiplan “family” than “Johnny B”—and he did so with
an even greater sense of humor.
John’s tendency to work any technical issue to completion no matter what it took, while demanding
the same from any other technician, endeared him to any customer touched by him. Often customer
service would log an issue, and before entering the call, the request would be “Could John B handle
this please?”
We, his co-workers, still smile remembering his antics and personal joy of life. Our hearts go out to
his partner for life, Sara, and to their four children, Hayden, Corry, Madison, and Sydnee.
John Brereton, you were, but for too brief a time, not only a friend but also a gift to all of us at
Kiwiplan and to the corrugated industry we serve. We will miss you dearly.
Kiwiplan Active in Industry and Trade Associations in 2008
Kiwiplan continues to support and stay involved
with the industry and the various trade associations. Recently through a series of articles and
presentations Kiwiplan participated in the
following:
• February 2008 Chicago Chapter—TAPPI for
their “What’s New” program presented to an
audience of approximately 125 using the
title: Kiwiplan—Presenting an Integrated
Electronic Quality Management Tool
Chicago Electric displays
• AICC’s (Association of Independent CorruKiwi TV at the Tappi Show.
gated Converters) BoxScore magazine —
March 2008 an article detailing
Sustainability
• Mari-Latin Press—for the January 2008
edition and article entitled: Robust
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title : Sostenibilidad—ciertamente para el ambiente, ¿pero qué tal para su negocio?
• AICC Spring Meeting, Palm Desert, California
(Continued from page 3)
Sustainability—Certainly for the Environment, But How about for Your Business?
No order is scheduled if components such as tooling are not ready, and then the system
alerts to that fact. CASE coupled with PCS pays critical attention to optimizing the converting machinery. And, most importantly, orders are scheduled in a manner that ensures that no machine is
overbooked while other machines are starved for work.
With QMS, quality checks are available from within the factory floor feedback screens (FFF), and
thus completion of the tests is demanded from within the scheduling system. Connectivity to other
systems are seamlessly complete, such as XMT to corrugator wet-end controls, dosing systems, and
conveyors.
Any waste is an enterprise’s enemy. And in today’s manufacturing climate, any waste impedes the
agility the company requires to operate in the new “flat” world.
Communicate with your customer. Bring them into your circle. Strategize with them. Give them
visibility. Kiwiplan gives you the tools to connect fully with the customer; reasons for not doing so are
just a mindset issue.
Kiwiplan brings the right technology. You bring the right attitude, and then allow your company’s
processes and systems to work together for efficient delivery of the right product, at the right price, at
the right time...all in order to maximize revenue and avoid unnecessary costs. Look and grasp the new
opportunities as they become apparent. Sustaining your company is the minimum; growing it should
be your goal. Kiwiplan will be your partner—now and into the future.
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SuperCorr Expo 2008 Is Here!
At SuperCorr Expo 2008 Kiwiplan
is looking forward to discussing,
assisting, and dialoguing with you,
our appreciated customers and new
prospects. We’ll have 20 staff to meet
with you, in the comfort of a 2100
square feet 2-level stand.
Once again we’ll hold a drawing
for a trip of a lifetime to New
Zealand, the land of Kiwiplan’s
origins. Obtain details for the drawing
by stopping at stand number 1812.
During SuperCorr we are offering
two “guided” tours—a North Island
and a South Island tour. Each tour is
tailored to give you product offering
details for your specific need and type of
plant, whether yours is a box plant or
sheet plant, high graphics or brown box,
integrated or independent.
Make plans now to visit us at
SuperCorr 2008 and allow us to bring
real power to your SuperCorrExpo
experience: Power Learning through
supplier and Kiwiplan presentations and
demonstrations; Power Vision to see
how Kiwiplan systems can improve
your productivity today and into the
future; and Power Trip by entering to
win a fabulous trip to New Zealand.
Let’s determine ways we can partner
with you towards the Future For
Manufacturing Excellence.
See you in Atlanta, September 22
through 26, stand #1812.
Winner of the free
trip to New Zealand
is drawn at
SuperCorrExpo 2004
Your turn in 2008?
First Time Ever!
Suppliers Present at
Kiwiplan Stand
For the very first time at
SuperCorr, Kiwiplan is making
our amphitheater available to a
series of partner suppliers. Each
partner supplier will share details
about their unique strengths and
how a joint solution with
Kiwiplan gives added power to
you, our customers. Companies
presenting on the Kiwiplan stage
include:
• Honeywell
• SAP
• Vantage Point/HRMS
• Copar
• Chicago Electric
• Qualitek
• Signode
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A Focus on European Growth with Constantia
Duropack
currently in nine countries and is still growing or looking for
opportunities to grow. The Kiwiplan product line, in particular the
fully integrated order-to-cash solution with MES and ESP, directly
contributes to the success at Duropack. Langthaler states: “Kiwiplan
offers the best integrated solution for packaging to manage the demands across our expanding
European marketplace.”
The successful implementations Langthaler and his Process Management team have achieved,
coupled with their ability to harness the capabilities of the Kiwiplan systems, will ensure a bright
future. Congratulations to Constantia Duropack.
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