Our IT services for the plastics industry

Granules and profit

always in sight.

Fluctuating raw material tariffs, seamless sustainability reporting, risk management: everyday life in the plastics industry is highly complex.

_Even minor deviations from standards can have serious consequences – especially when international regulations come into play.

To meet the daily challenges of the plastics industry, you need an end-to-end IT system that precisely fits your company and its processes. Our experts for the plastics industry know which functionality such an integrated system must provide. They ensure that you can manage your production flexibly, retain control over recycling processes, and have reliable real-time data available for business decisions. As your IT partner, we make your processes even more efficient, transparent, and sustainable, helping you sustainably strengthen your market position.

Processes shaped to fit

_ Automated demand forecasting

Use AI-based algorithms to determine your needs accurately and trigger repeat orders automatically.

_ Framework agreements and price tiers

Manage long-term supplier relationships efficiently and trigger orders automatically as needed, accounting for tiered pricing, batch sizes, and contract terms.

_ ESG-compliant supplier management

Integrate environmental and social criteria into your procurement processes – from ESG assessment and documentation to the selection of suitable partner companies.

_ Supplier and performance analysis

Analyze the quality, punctuality, and price development of your suppliers. This helps you make informed purchasing decisions and further optimize your procurement.

_ Logistics management

Integrate your global logistics chains for sea and air freight directly to your ERP system. This also includes cost calculation, tracking, and customs clearance.

_ Parts lists and components

Import complete systems with structured parts list levels from CAD. This ensures a consistent link between design and manufacture.

_ Change management & versioning

Record changes to components and parts lists in an audit-proof manner – with automatic versioning and approval processes.

_ Article creation

Create items directly from the CAD drawing, with automatic attachment of design data and drawing preview.

_ Configuration and virtual assemblies

Use configurable components and phantom assemblies for flexible designs that integrate seamlessly into production planning.

_ Procurement with long lead time logic

Start procuring materials with long lead times during the design phase thanks to inquiry-based ordering.

_ Multi-use parts lists

Manage variant or formulation lists for different parts and integrate them into a single continuous process chain.

_ PIM and CAD integration

Intelligently link technical product data, CAD drawings, and parts lists to ensure consistent processes from development to production.

_ Parts lists, formulations, work plans, and articles

Create item master data, parts lists, formulations, and work plans simply via product configuration.

_ Quality and certificates

Document tests, specifications, and test certificates comprehensively to ensure top product quality and legally compliant evidence.

_ Automatic material classification

Find, classify, and compare materials and components based on technical characteristics.

_ Circular economy

Integrate returns, reuse, and recycling processes into your product data model as part of a sustainable value chain.

_ Kitting and assembly management

Create preconfigured assemblies from individual components to optimize your warehousing, picking, and production processes.

_Formulation and additive management

Manage formulations, additives, color masterbatches, and fillers transparently and reproducibly to ensure consistent product quality.

_Tool and mold management

Plan and monitor the use, maintenance, and service life of your injection molds and extrusion tools.

_ Granulate and silo management

Manage your plastic pellets by batch, residual quantity, and silo location to ensure precise material supply.

_ Automatic transportation cost

Receive automated transport cost calculations that take volume, weight, and distance into account.

_ End-to-end material tracking

Track your products along the entire supply chain, including quality and traceability management.

_ Optimized control

Control your material flows precisely throughout the manufacturing cycle with automated call-offs and sequence-based provisioning.

_ Customs and import tax calculation

Automatically calculate all relevant charges at the line-item level.

_ Compliance check with sanctions lists

Automatically check whether your business partners appear on international sanctions lists to ensure compliant operations across your entire supply chain.

_ Sustainability reporting

Fulfill your documentation obligations with automated reports on material usage, carbon footprint, and recycling quota.

_ Injection molding production

Control and monitor your injection molding machines centrally, accounting for cycle times and reject rates down to the cavity level.

_ Extrusion

Integrate continuous manufacturing processes, such as extrusion, with real-time parameters and process data.

_ Process manufacturing

Whether individual or series production, joint production, or complex formulations, we support your individual production processes and enable real-time production control through MES integration.

_ Series production and variant control

Whether standard product or customized solution: thanks to well-designed variant logic and series management, you retain control over parts lists, work plans, and production processes – even if they change during development.

_ Material tracking and quality control

Track your material flows from incoming goods to recycled products and ensure consistent quality.

_ Process monitoring

Monitor and control your processes in real time. With production simulation, you can identify critical loads, material bottlenecks, and time conflicts before they occur. Predictive maintenance and sensor-based monitoring of running times, temperatures, and wear also help you avoid downtime.

_ Production control

Optimize capacity utilization and throughput times by centrally managing your production orders via graphical control stations and scheduling boards.

_ Calculation

Calculate your production costs automatically – from machine and set-up times to travel costs, and special expenses. Compare planned and actual values according to various parameters.

_ PDA Terminal

Record actual values for precise production costing.

_ Scheduling

Make data-driven make-or-buy decisions and plan your production across plants.

_ Central documentation

Combine all project-relevant processes in a central system, from quotes and orders to invoices, notes, and files.

_ Project and resource management

Manage your projects across schedules and responsibilities while keeping an eye on progress control and resource utilization.

_ Budget planning

Plan your project budgets precisely and keep track of cash flows at all times with integrated cash flow monitoring.

_ Project status and KPIs

Use real-time project progress data to make informed decisions.

_ Role and task overview

Manage project participants, responsibilities, and categories flexibly. Freely definable areas, for example, categories and statuses, ensure clarity.

_ Project activities and document overview

Document all activities chronologically and get a complete overview of all related receipts, documents, and interactions.

_ Liquidity planning

Plan cashflows across project lifecycles and integrate payment plans, down payments, and due dates.

_ Profit & loss account

Make informed decisions on capacity and pricing by analyzing the profitability of individual production lines or product groups.

_ International consolidation

Consolidate figures, reports, and scheduling across plants and national borders – on a standardized database and with integrated currency logic.

_ Profitability analyses per production line

See at a glance which production lines are running profitably – broken down by product type, batch, or customer.

_ Calculation for customer-specific processes

Create fast and reliable cost calculations for specialized production solutions.

_ Simulation and scenario calculation

Simulate “what-if” scenarios, for example, for custom solutions, price changes, quantity fluctuations, or changes in raw material costs.

_ Omnichannel sales

Sell your products across all relevant channels – online and offline, directly or via partners – and calculate even complex offers precisely.

_ Pricing and discount logic

Respond flexibly to demand, market changes, or project context: with rules for tiered pricing, discount levels, and individual pricing, you are ideally equipped to do so.

_ Multi-brand and partner sales

Manage multiple brands, product lines, or franchise networks in a single system while relying on individual product-range approvals and cross-channel transparency.

_ Commissions & quotes

Keep track of your sales performance, margins, and investments at all times. This allows you to implement transparent compensation models and motivating incentive systems.

_ Online B2B customer portal

Offer customer-specific variants in your online store – including price calculation, 3D visualization, and connection into ERP and production.

_ Personalized offers and AI

Increase your conversion with data-driven suggestions, saved configurations, and targeted customer communication.

_ Marketplaces and tenders

Sell your solutions directly from your ERP system via international B2B platforms and connected tendering systems.

_ Technical drawings

Provide customers with CAD drawings, product data, and configuration versions digitally at any time.

_ Self-services in the customer portal

Give existing customers access to up-to-date information, open inquiries, tickets, and spare parts – around the clock, worldwide.

_ Offer & inquiry management

Thanks to the structured handover from sales to service and seamless communication, you can efficiently process customer inquiries.

_ ERP integration and checkout

Integrate your digital sales channels directly into your ERP logics, ensuring consistent data flows across your company.

_ Device history and service quality

Record the complete lifecycle of your machines, including maintenance history, repairs, and service contracts.

_ Predictive maintenance and IoT

Switch from fixed-interval to condition-based maintenance: with sensor-based monitoring and intelligent algorithms, you can detect maintenance needs early and avoid unplanned downtime.

_ Digital spare parts catalogs

Provide your customers with spare parts catalogs online – including availability checks, ERP integration, and automated ordering.

_ Integration of external service partners

Thanks to centralized order management, scheduling, and mobile feedback directly from the field, you can coordinate internal service teams and external partners efficiently.

_ Master data management

Manage employee data – contracts, qualifications, and shift assignments – centrally and in compliance with data protection regulations.

_ Recruiting

Fill vacancies efficiently with a digital application process that includes screening for manufacturing skills.

_ Self-service & personnel portals

Provide a digital portal where employees can request leave, view shift schedules, or access their payslips – simply, securely, and on the move.

_ Training and certificate management

Ensure that all employees are regularly trained in hazardous materials, occupational safety, and compliance, with digital documentation.

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Our customers have trusted us for many years

The cooperation with the Arineo team is very uncomplicated and pleasant. We always receive prompt, well-founded answers to our questions – and in an appropriate format. Depending on the topic, the experts send us clear instructions by e-mail or post a mini-workshop at short notice. Arineo is thus making a significant contribution to the success of our digitalization drive with the Power Platform!
Clemens Störk
ICT-Manager – HAPA AG und Atlantic ZEISER GmbH
The on-the-job training workshops with Arineo are really something! A lot of knowledge is imparted in a short time: you are quickly able to automate processes with the Power Platform. If you have any tricky questions about the Power Platform and Sharepoint Online, the Arineo team is also on hand after the training sessions to provide help and advice. Together, for example, we have automated the “Request-a-Team” process including customizing – a significant reduction in the workload for our IT department.
Michael Schöb
Digitization expert
HAPA AG

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We are over 400 specialists who speak your language

As a foundation company with permanent teams, we are geared towards maximum continuity over the entire duration of the project. You benefit from constant contact persons, short coordination channels – and convincing results.

Consistent teams, long-term support

Your IT partner for the plastics industry

Granular expertise

Our specialists understand the intricacies of your production processes. Together with you, they design a system that fits your formulations and products exactly.

Perfectly shaped

As a Microsoft Solutions Partner and SAP Gold Partner, we support you from concept to international rollout. We shape your systems to fit your company, its processes, and goals perfectly.

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More efficient. More connected. Future-proof.

Learn how digital technologies can make your production and logistics processes more efficient. In our compact workshop, we identify optimization potential together and show practical solutions for your industry.

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