Process Manufacturing Solutions Delivered by Tectura

TECTURA MAKES A DISTINCTIVE DIFFERENCE FOR PROCESS MANUFACTURERS Customer demands for fast deliveries and lower costs, together with increasingly stringent government regulations, create many challenges for process manufacturers. Add a continual need for innovative product formulas and recipes, plus frequent packaging variations, and the result is escalating complexity in all areas of the business, including development, purchasing, manufacturing, distribution, and sales. The explosion in the need for research, development, and regulatory compliance is driving the demand for a more flexible computing environment. Nothing is more critical than access to real-time information on production processes and business operations. With thousands of different products and many types of processes, manufacturers must respond to the demands of retailers and customers, manage supply chain processes, and make sure delivery times and schedules are coordinated. Tectura s enterprise resource planning (ERP) solutions for process manufacturers, developed on an innovative Microsoft platform with process industry functionality, provide a single, flexible platform linking together sales, production, inventory, quality control, customer service and order processing all to help you optimize capacity, comply with regulatory demands and run a leaner, more efficient business. Increase the speed and flexibility of your process manufacturing operations with solutions that support a range of manufacturing processes, including make to order, make to stock and mixed mode, or a hybrid environment incorporating both process and discrete operations. Your company can build a flexible solution that fits your needs by integrating production processes and implementing best practices that standardize operations and increase efficiency.

Beverage Manufacturing and Distribution Solutions Gain full visibility into your business and grow your bottom line with beverage solutions from Tectura.

Aligning all of your business segments to work together and achieve peak performance can be an overwhelming task. That s why you need an industry-specific solution from experts who understand your business. Tectura s solutions for beverage manufacturers and distributors addresses the unique challenges of the beverage industry, including the need for detailed product costing and profitability analysis, optimized scheduling and forecasting, improved order fulfillment and customer service, management of pricing and promotions, inventory optimization, and compliance with safety regulations. Gain full visibility into your business and grow your bottom line: Achieve both Customer Satisfaction and Profitability With Tectura s solutions for Beverage have confidence in the ability to track the results of your promotional activity and accurately calculate taxes, empty bottles, invoicing and accounting. Gain Inventory Visibility and Manufacturing Efficiency As you do your utmost to reach productivity and efficiency, your ability to easily access accurate, detailed inventory information is critical. Tectura s solution for Beverage provides the capabilities you need to streamline manufacturing complexities and optimize inventory controls while maintaining full operational visibility. Making Safety, Compliance and Quality a Priority The threats and potential costs associated with safety and regulatory compliance have never been higher. Tectura provides a comprehensive solution to help you manage and monitor your critical manufacturing processes, enabling all standard processes to be documented and tracked in order to support your most strict reporting requirements.

With Tectura s solutions designed for chemical and plastics manufacturers you improve operational excellence through maximized yields and reduced energy costs, while simultaneously achieving quality standards. Control and optimize your operations, as well as provide better visibility into the relationships among orders, production, inventory, and distribution. Increase margins through improved utilization, improved customer service, and fewer lost sales; reduce costs by lowering operating and raw material expenses; and cut inventories by reducing raw materials, intermediates, and finished products. Realize rapid benefits from Tectura s solutions for Chemical and Plastics: Respond Faster to Opportunities and Disruptions Better manage increasingly volatile and unpredictable operating environments and better predict the impact of disruptions or operational changes and quickly address any situation. Meet Quality, Safety, and Compliance Requirements Traceability, lot requirements, HAZMAT management, production statistics reporting, specification management, and change management capabilities can help you consistently produce the highest quality products. By tracking items from cradle to grave, you can implement effective recall procedures with complete forward and backward traceability of any material. Reduce Inventories and Improve Customer Service By accurately depicting real-time inventory levels, you can adjust forecasts and inventory restocking points to ensure adequate supplies. You can also prioritize accounts to support different customer service levels and generate production plans that minimize the impact of setup and changeovers.

Chemical and Plastics Manufacturing Solutions Make better business decisions, run your business more efficiently, and stay ahead of the competition.

Life sciences companies depend on high sales margins, technological advances, and rapid product introductions for strong business growth. With Tectura s solutions for life sciences you have the tools you need to help manage the challenges of your environment, from compliance costs to time-to-market and profitability pressures. Tectura s solutions for Life Sciences enable you to quickly deploy an integrated set of leading-edge business applications inexpensively, and without complicated customizations, to help address these challenges. Tectura provides a foundation which small companies can use to prepare for growth, and large companies can use to continue to drive profitability and growth. Gain the tools you need to manage your operations and spur growth: Expedite Profitable Introductions of New Products Gain visibility across all areas of your organization from finance to manufacturing with integrated information and workflows that speed the flow of goods, eliminate waste due to costly shelf-life expirations and returns, and optimize production operations. Increase efficiency to meet new product introduction demands, while keeping costs at a minimum. Support GMP and Regulatory Compliance Stay compliant with GMP requirements, maintain audit trails and signature records for both manual and automated transactions to satisfy 21 CFR Part 11. Traceability, cradle to grave lot tracking, production statistics reporting, specification management, and change management provide the control and predictability you need to detect and address exceptions early. Monitor Quality Control and Overall Quality Management Processes Minimize risks, ensure compliance, and avoid costly recalls. Know the correct inventory status for any given item, including designations for QC testing, QC and failed, and downgrade of product. Manage quarantined products throughout the QC process and track their release from quarantine.

Life Sciences Manufacturing Solutions Drive Greater Profitability and Minimize Risk Through Improved Visibility and Quality Control.

The Tectura Advantage Let Our Insight Make a Distinctive Difference for Your Business Tectura is a worldwide provider of business consulting services providing sustainable value through consulting, software and IT implementation. Our clientele includes mid-sized companies and larger throughout the Americas, EMEA and Asia Pacific. With team members in 20+ countries, Tectura applies its comprehensive industry knowledge and unparalleled experience in collaboration with our clients to deliver business and technology strategies and solutions designed to achieve their business performance goals. As a leading Microsoft Partner, we maximize our vast technology resources and deep Microsoft expertise to deliver increased efficiency, project acceleration and a competitive edge. Combining in-depth industry experience with best practices, our expert consultants work alongside your internal team to provide the tools you need to successfully navigate the process manufacturing environment.

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