Packaging line data, finally turning into yield you keep.
For producers of corrugated board, folding cartons, flexible film and labels. We turn converting-line, ERP and quality data into one Medallion foundation, and a Power BI layer your shift lead, plant manager and operations director actually use to push scrap down and run speed up.
See scrap rate, run speed and line status as it happens, instead of compiling spreadsheets after the shift.
Spot waste drift and at-risk orders before they slip, and act with the right reason code the first time.
Converting-line, ERP and quality data on one Medallion foundation that every team reports from.
How we work in your packaging-materials operation.
Four steps from your existing stack to a working production and quality layer. You decide which steps we do, and which stay with your team.
Connect across your ERP, MES, converting lines and QC systems
We integrate with your ERP (SAP, Dynamics 365, Exact, Infor), MES, converting-line PLCs and historian, plus your quality and complaint systems. Vendor-neutral. We don't replace what works.
Build the data layer around job, substrate and line
Medallion architecture on Azure with job, substrate, grade, customer order and line as first-class dimensions. Hosted in our tenant or yours, depending on data-residency requirements.
Build the reports each role actually uses
Power BI per role. Shift lead sees scrap and run speed live. Plant manager sees OEE per line with waste overlay. Ops director sees scrap, on-time delivery and yield in one consolidated view.
Turn historic patterns into validated proposals
Reason codes derived from your historic scrap and downtime patterns: web breaks, setup waste, registration drift, grade changeovers. The Activate layer proposes root causes and sparepart orders. Your shift lead, plant manager or maintenance lead validates before action.
Full technical breakdown of every building block on what we build →
Three modules. Packaging-materials defaults.
Same Medallion foundation as the rest of our work. Different defaults out of the box, because converting operations are not generic manufacturing.
On-time delivery, forecast accuracy and order performance in one view, sliced per customer, per grade, per line. The Activate layer proposes schedule and forecast adjustments with reason codes derived from your historic patterns. Your planner validates.
Discover Planning & Delivery →Real-time OEE per converting line, downtime causes and changeover times. With scrap rate and run speed overlaid, so the production picture matches the yield picture. The Activate layer proposes root causes; your shift lead validates.
Discover Production Performance →Scrap, defects, MTBF and MTTR with grade-changeover and cleaning schedules built into maintenance views. The Activate layer proposes maintenance actions and sparepart orders with reasoning; your maintenance manager validates.
Discover Quality & Maintenance →Published case: Van Loon Group.
A manufacturer we work with, combining machine data and ERP into one operational foundation.
Company snapshot
- Sector
- Food production
- Footprint
- Multiple production sites
- What we connected
- PatchOEE machine data and Reflex ERP at production-order and line level
- What it powers
- Shop-floor screens and Power BI reporting across locations
What we built together
Van Loon Group runs multiple production sites where production, planning and dispatch have to align closely every day. StriData linked PatchOEE machine data and Reflex ERP at production-order and line level, creating one reliable foundation for shop-floor screens and Power BI reporting across locations. It is the same approach we bring to packaging-materials producers: connect the lines, connect the ERP, report from one foundation.
Questions packaging-materials manufacturers ask us.
How do you handle our SAP, Dynamics 365 or Exact landscape?
We integrate with what you have rather than replacing it. We have working patterns for SAP (ECC and S/4HANA), Dynamics 365 Finance and Operations, Exact Globe and Online, and Infor. We pull the data we need into the Medallion foundation and leave your ERP untouched. We are not an ERP project.
Can you pull data straight off our converting lines and PLCs?
Yes. We pull run speed, stops, counts and scrap signals from your line PLCs and historian. Where you already have IXON, Secomea or another connectivity layer, we integrate with it without touching router or device-template configuration. Where you don't, we work with your automation team to get the signals we need.
How do you measure and attribute scrap and waste?
Scrap, setup waste and rejects become measures in the data model, attributed to job, substrate, grade, line and reason code. That lets you compare waste across lines and grades on a like-for-like basis, and see which changeovers and orders cost you the most yield. We don't invent the numbers; we structure the ones you already capture.
Does this work for multi-site with different ERP instances and different MES versions?
Yes. We see this all the time. The Medallion foundation absorbs site-level differences in the Bronze and Silver layers, and exposes consistent definitions in Gold. You don't need to harmonise ERPs across sites first. We start with one site, validate the approach, and replicate the pattern across the rest.
Can you work alongside our internal BI team?
Yes. We frequently work as a specialist layer next to an internal team. We bring the Medallion methodology, the Activate layer and the converting-operations delivery patterns. Your team keeps ownership of the parts they already do well. We are explicit about which work stays with us and which transfers back.