Industry
Automation and software for packaging manufacturers
Packaging businesses carry more admin every year: EPR reports, sample requests, trade reorders, quotes with dozens of variables. We build the automation and software that takes that work off your team.
Result6 weeks saved every year on EPR reporting for a UK packaging manufacturer
Results
The problem
Margins in packaging are tight, and the admin keeps growing. EPR has added a reporting cycle that pulls data from every corner of the business. Customers expect quotes and samples quickly, and trade customers expect reordering to be easy. Meanwhile the information needed to do all of this lives in an ERP, a stack of spreadsheets and a few people's heads.
Working on EPR reporting for a packaging manufacturer, we found the same pattern behind most of the admin: the same data being retyped for different jobs. Fix the data once, and a lot of jobs get easier at the same time. Start with EPR reporting automation.
Where we help
EPR and Plastic Packaging Tax data
Packaging data gathered, calculated and checked automatically, with the submission file ready for review.
Quotes and samples
Quotes built from a short form using your pricing rules, and sample requests tracked from request to follow-up.
Trade reorders
Make reordering easy for trade customers, and spot the ones who have gone quiet.
Order to cash
Orders, dispatch and invoicing kept in step, so nothing waits on someone retyping it.
Enquiries and CRM
Every enquiry captured with an owner and a next step, connected to quoting.
Trade show follow-up
Leads from packaging shows logged on the floor and followed up the same day.
How it works
A free 30-minute call
We look at how the job gets done today and where the time goes.
A clear plan and a price
What we will build, what it changes, and what it costs, before anything starts.
We build it
Connected to the systems you already use, so nobody has to learn a new tool.
The first run, together
We run it on your real work alongside your current process until you trust it.
Kept running
We look after it as your business, your suppliers and the rules change.
Who it's for
- Packaging manufacturers and converters
- Corrugated, flexible and rigid packaging producers
- Label and print businesses
- Packaging distributors and wholesalers
Going deeper
Where to start
For most packaging businesses, EPR is the right first project. It has a hard deadline, it touches the data everything else depends on, and the time saved is easy to measure. Read how manufacturers stop EPR reporting eating their weeks, or see how we approach trade show lead capture if you exhibit at packaging shows.
Questions people ask
Do you only do EPR?
No. EPR is usually where we start because it has a deadline and touches the most data, but the same work makes quoting, reorders and order-to-cash easier too.
Will it work with our ERP?
Most ERP and accounts systems can be connected through an API or scheduled exports. We'll check yours on the first call.
We already use a compliance scheme. Do we still need this?
Schemes handle registration and submission. We make sure the data you give them is accurate and quick to produce, so the two work together.