Challenges in Paper & Packaging Industry :
Key challenges before ERP implementation

Before implementing HM Technologies ERP, Amafhh Papers & Packaging faced significant operational and compliance challenges typical of large-scale paper manufacturing and conversion environments. Fragmented systems, manual documentation, and lack of real-time visibility created inefficiencies across production, inventory, and financial governance.

Limited Control Over Paper Production Processes:

Monitoring production across pulp processing, paper formation, and finishing stages was largely manual, making it difficult to track capacity utilization, production efficiency, wastage, and batch performance in real time.

Roll-to-Roll, Roll-to-Sheet & Sheet-to-Sheet Conversions Lacked Integration:

Conversion processes operated in silos without centralized planning. Tracking material movement from jumbo rolls to finished sheets, maintaining precise yield calculations, and ensuring accurate consumption posting were major challenges, often resulting in discrepancies and production delays.

Complex WIP & Material Traceability:

Managing semi-finished stock between multiple stages—rewinding, cutting, sheeting, packing—was difficult without an integrated system. Lack of traceability affected production accuracy, order planning, and quality control analysis.

Inventory Inconsistencies:

Raw paper reels, finished goods, and packaging stock were tracked manually, causing stock mismatches, frequent overstocking/shortages, and reduced production reliability.

Procurement & Order Fulfillment Delays:

Vendor management, approval workflows, rate negotiations, and procurement processes were dependent on spreadsheets and emails, slowing purchasing and affecting timely availability of materials.

FBR Compliance & Documentation Effort:

Ensuring accurate tax documentation, e-invoicing, and compliance with FBR regulations required extensive manual effort. Maintaining audit-ready financial and transactional records was time-consuming and risk-prone.

Limited Financial & Costing Visibility:

Disconnection between production, inventory, and finance restricted real-time costing, margin analysis, and profitability visibility across product categories and conversion processes.

Project Information

Client:

Amafhh Paper & Packaging

Location:

Pakistan, Karachi.

Date:

February 14, 2021

Website:

www.amafhhpaper.biz