Ahmedabad-based Technovaa Plastic Industries recently implemented FlexiBiz ERP software from Kiran Consultants. Established in 2012, Technovaa is a leading producer and exporter for packaging films – CPP films and stretch films – and paper cores. It is a part of the Kankriya Group in Chennai, which has been dealing in packaging products for over two decades.

“We needed an ERP software with a user-friendly interface for better process control, improve production efficiency, reduce wastage and machine downtime, end-to-end coverage on a single platform, hands-on reporting to make quick decisions. Flexibiz has proven to satisfy the majority of our requirements, and hence we decided to go with the Flexibiz ERP,” says Abhishek Kankariya, director, Technovaa Plastic Industries.

Spread across a sprawling 1.25 lakh square feet shed which houses state of art European machinery, Technovaa has a monthly capacity of 1000 MT of CPP films, 600 MT of metalized films,700 tonnes of stretch films, and 400 MT paper core. Technovaa’s films and papers are mainly used by FMCG companies for packaging biscuits, snacks, soap wrappers, tobacco, dairy products, bread and bakery items, hygiene products such as diapers, etc. It sells its products pan-India and exports to the Middle East and EU.

Adopting new technology can often be challenging in terms of inadequate vendor support and failure to transition staff to new technology. These challenges are common to most Indian packaging companies. However, FlexiBiz ensured that these challenges were taken care of without any slip-up. “Team Flexibiz provided us excellent support even during the pandemic. Although we had the option of remote training and on-site, training was initiated later. We are happy with the implementation of the FlexiBiz ERP at our plant,” says Kankariya.

“As a group, we always focus on getting the best systems in place and upgrade our technologies much ahead of the need to do so, which helps us improve our internal systems and customer service,” says Kankariya.

“The FlexiBiz solution has helped us plan our maintenance schedules in advance, reduce downtime, standardize procedures for various internal processes, better cost control, keep track of production progress, input costs, resolve complaints from customers in real-time. The solution can handle sales order processing, production planning, job scheduling, stores, purchase, QC, stage-wise production order tracking, dispatch, CAPA, plant maintenance and accounting. Hence it has helped to improve our performance,” says Kankariya.

Kankariya says, the Indian packaging market sees steady growth with massive transformations with recyclability, sustainability, EPR, etc. “We keep doing rapid developments to provide solutions to end users which is in line with the changing trends of the market. Also, after the Covid 19 pandemic, the world is seeing India as a very reliable supplier and we are ready and fully equipped to match the demands.”