Plastics · case study
MRP runs against real inventory, not yesterday's.
Planners spent 9 to 12 hours per week reconciling inventory cycle counts, open POs, and in-process work before they could trust MRP output.
At a glance.
Industry
Plastics
Injection-moulding plastics manufacturer, two plants
Outcome
2.1x
planning efficiency, freeing two planner-days per week
Source stack
- NetSuite
- Shop-floor scanners
- Excel
The engagement, end to end.
Measured outcome from a live customer deployment.
The before-state
Planners spent 9 to 12 hours per week reconciling inventory cycle counts, open POs, and in-process work before they could trust MRP output.
What Polymr automated
Continuous reconciliation of inventory, open purchasing, and shop-floor production progress into a single planning context. Net requirements refreshed live. Exceptions surfaced for one-click release into NetSuite.
The measured outcome
2.1x. planning efficiency, freeing two planner-days per week. Measured outcome from a live customer deployment.
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