Case Studies

About the client
HPPE Corporation produces the next generation of high performance and cost-competitive biopolymer based products. Along with its extensive line of products, HPPE offers product development and toll manufacturing services. HPPE is committed to renewable and sustainable practices, and to the development of products designed to increase performance and add value for our customers and partners. HPPE is one of the few biopolymer manufacturing companies that can manufacture biopolymer products on an industrial scale while maintaining a very precise range of product performance and quality control specifications. Located in Columbus, Georgia USA, HPPE manufactures pharmaceutical grade biopolymers in a class 1000 cleanroom.
Challenges
- Planning and executing Production Orders were a challenge for us.
- Performing Quality Checks and maintaining history for backtracking was also a tedious activity manually.
- We were looking for a complete packaged solution which could fit in all our requirements including Sales, Procurement, Inventory Management and Financial Accounting.
Process
We had a detailed discussion for implementing the requirement. Interactive discussion sessions were held with Process owners for a complete understanding of the current process. A complete To-Be process was drafted including the Pharma Add-on for manufacturing and quality check.
Timeline
A timeline of 5 months was specified and strictly followed for successful implementation of all the business process including Process Manufacturing, Quality Check, Sales and Distribution, Procurement Management, Inventory and Financial Accounting.
Solutions
- Batch Control and Traceability was accomplished with strict industry standards by automating complex Batch Manufacturing Records (BMR) & Batch Packaging Records (BPR).
- Quality Control manages quality process at inbound, in-process and outbound of material movements. Dynamic functionality is available for defining the quality checks and parameters at each item level. Ensure the availability of statutory reports like COA.
- Production Management was achieved by Seamlessly orchestrating processes to align manufacturing operations of the Pharma industry ensuring the maximum utilisation of plant and resources and controlling the production cost.
- Roles and Authorizations were Created, assigned and managed roles based on duties and business processes. Managed complex authorization matrix without any hassle.
- Warehouse Management included managing stocks at multiple warehouses, automate bin allocation and containers with great ease. Even drill down to each container level and the batch level is available.
- On-Demand Reports were promptly accessible from inward registers, price variance, stock ledgers to sales order reports at the fingertips. Dashboards and KPIs were configured for top management and process owners.

HPPE is a Chemical Manufacturing Company and we had a difficult time keeping track of our inventory, used to create a big variance every end of the month. With the help of SAP Business One ERP and RPM Team, we can keep track of our inventory efficiently. Of course, SAP B1 can do amazing things but to use all the functionalities in real-time, you need a good implementation partner. And we are glad that we chose RPM Infotech as our implementation partner. We simply love SAP Business One as a product and the way RPM Infotech helps us grow and stay up to date with the use of SAP B1. Thank you, Team RPM!”
Sanket Gandhi
Director, HPPE