BatchMaster ERP for Soap

What are the Challenges in Soap Manufacturing?

The soap manufacturers have long operated under intense pressure, owing to the challenges their industry faces. Changing consumer demand patterns, switch to organic or ayurvedic soaps, unstable prices of the raw materials, tax and other government as well as environment-related regulations, high cost of manufacturing, achieving product safety & quality standards, making cost-effective products, managing inventory, and little or no capabilities to do capacity planning are the prominent challenges the industry operators currently face. Moreover, the fact that various types of soap products, namely bar soap, liquid soap, detergents, ayurvedic soap, soap flakes & powders, paper soap, etc. have a different manufacturing processes and distinct packaging needs, these requirements increase supply chain complexities for soap manufacturers.

How does ERP help in Soap Manufacturing Industry?

BatchMaster ERP for Soap provides manufacturers of Soaps, handwash, shower gels, organic & ayurvedic soaps, etc with the capability to manage their numerous formulations working above the base formula, procurement, inventory, planning, production, sales, quality, finance, sales and a host of other business functions. It also helps them keep track of their pricing, and operational costs, besides offering support to multiple packaging: all in one tidy, cost-effective package. It not just supports different soap making processes such as saponification, glycerin removal, soap purification, finishing, spray drying, agglomeration, dry mixing, soap premix manufacture, ingredient mixing, and enzyme addition, among others, but also allows the soap manufacturers to strike a fine balance between products, green standards, low operational cost, regulatory mandates, proper waste disposal and fluctuating market rates.

Key Features of Soap Manufacturing ERP Software

R&D functionality with support for new product development and physical properties analysis
Sample request management with quotation and cost tracking of samples for customers
Formula management with formula security, substitution, sizing, etc.
Co-product and by-product management
Shelf life/expiration date
Inventory management with inventory tracking for raw materials and finished product
Support and compliance with governmental, environmental, taxation, as well as cGMP requirements.
Batch management with batch sizing, scaling, yield analysis and WIP costing
Bi-directional lot traceability & Instant lot recall

Quality Control through quality tests applicable from procurement to delivery
Non-Conformance (NC) and Corrective and Preventive Action (CAPA)
Vendor approval and management
Electronic Batch Ticket, and Electronic Weigh Sheet
Multiple packaging support
Cost analysis
Warehouse management
Support to contract manufacturing
Support to multiple units of measure
Material Production Scheduling (MPS)
Material Requirement Panning (MRP)

Benefits of BatchMaster ERP for Soap Industry

Increased margins and profitability
Enhanced business efficiency
Cost control through reduced wastage, and optimum material utilization
Inventory visibility and lot traceability
Real-time information for pro-active decision making

Auto calculation to scale up production
Make changes in the formulation with ease to accommodate 'greener' raw materials for increased profits
Well-supported by responsive and helpful customer service

Streamlined operations with consistent product quality and on time delivery
Support for cGMP, and other compliance regulations
Ease of new product development

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Happy Customers

Mustafa Mun

Director

"BatchMaster Team has integrated the new BatchMaster ERP solution to our existing Finance solution, giving much relief to our finance department. Our production facility (at Daman) and corporate office (at Mumbai) are now integrated giving a single view of the business and taking decisions easier."

Peter Vicek

VP of Production

"We needed a system that would help us automatically generate all the export documents that were necessary to sell to our International customers. We liked the visibility and control that resulted from the link between real-time inventory information, formulation and production."

Judy Lubben

Controller

"We chose BatchMaster because it was designed for process manufacturing, and the best fit for our inventory management requirements. With BatchMaster I am confident that we can perform a recall quickly and accurately. We are light years ahead of where we were before BatchMaster."

Bill Ghuman

Operations Director

"Without BatchMaster we just couldn't operate. It's the heart and lungs of our business. Manufacturing efficiency has increased 18-22 percent. BatchMaster has helped us minimize our material holding cost."

Christian Oertle

General Manager

"We've really been able to reside in the industry sweet-spot over the past five years. This would have been impossible without BatchMaster. We've seen improvement in customer satisfaction, on-time delivery, over ninety-nine percent delivery accuracy, and faster quoting..."

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About us

BatchMaster Software is one of the market leaders in offering enterprise software solutions for the process manufacturing industries. With an in-depth industry analysis, gained through a vast industry experience with over 2000 implementations worldwide, we clearly understand the unique industry challenges. BatchMaster offers ERP solutions that are apt to support industry specific operations and handles critical processes of the micro-verticals. Process manufacturing companies around the globe have come to rely upon BatchMaster® to manage nearly every aspect of their manufacturing distribution, finance & accounting, Quality Control, Compliance and HR- related operations. With headquarter in Laguna Hills, BatchMaster has its offices in New Jersey, India and New Zealand.
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