EskoArtwork completes SAP ERP application

BANGALORE: EskoArtwork, a provider in innovative solutions for packaging, commercial printing and professional publishing industries, announced on Thursday that it has successfully completed the integration of SAP’s ERP (enterprise resource planning) application with EskoArtwork’s ArtiosCAD software at Model Group.

EskoArtwork’s Bangalore based Global Resource is instrumental in the integration, which would streamline Model Group’s multi-site operations into a unified database, said a press release.

CENIT AG,a system integrators and official SAP development partner and specialist in PLM (product lifecycle management), and Dr. Lauterbach and Partner GmbH, a well known SAP Business Partner and supplier of ERP solutions for the packaging industry also brought their expertise to this installation.

"Coordination of the existing multiple hardware and software capabilities in our production departments within a single database has been a challenge for us," said Edoardo Finotti, leader of the Model Innovation and Competence Center (ICC).

He added that they have been a satisfied customer of EskoArtwork for several years, and it became essential to invest in a solution which streamlined their complex operation.

Edoardo Finotti, added, “Since we offer packaging-design, print consultancy – related to packaging – and co-packing services, our new integrated software will be a hugely exciting development.”

"It makes sense to pool the resources of our supplying companies so that we have the best possible combination of packages. This complements our design and production operations as well as the needs of our client portfolio, " Dinesh Chandra, director Systems Integration business unit, EskoArtwork

He added that the unusual and exciting installation for all the companies involved in this project emphasizes the way in which their software and hardware could collaborate and link their operations across remote production sites.

The involved parties set up a bi-directional online interface between SAP’s ERP solutions and EskoArtwork’s ArtiosCAD.

As a result, SAP would directly manage all data - including meta data as well as ARD and MFG data ArtiosCAD’s native file format. Cad-X, the Active-X component of ArtiosCAD, is used in WEB and COM services which build the interface, said the release.

This can help a company in achieving productivity and more efficiency. SAP remains the central controlling unit for general data structure and processes.

Once the project is completed, operators from all plants and departments of Model Group will retrieve their CAD data directly from the ordering process system without having to look up or recreate structural design.

While CENIT AG implements SAP's ERP introduction and project management, Lauterbach’s modular hardware and software microprocessor development tools supports all the elements within the Model Group's multi-site networked environment. EskoArtwork handles the packaging pre-production solution, added the release.