Organization size:

97 employees

Location:

Poland

GRANPAK

Granpak is a family owned company specializing in the production of cardboard and laminated packaging. Founded in 2001, Granpak offers services from concept to finished products to its customers in the EU. The company started with shoe packaging, but soon expanded to include products for the beauty, horticultural, tobacco, retail and food industries. In 2013, Granpak built a state of the art production plant in Cracow, offering its customers the most modern industrial complex in the region.

Automation through HiFlow has increased our production capacity without the need to hire new employees

Optimizing Production Workflow

Granpak’s goal, according to president Mariusz Korczak, is to be more than just a manufacturer, but a partner and advisor to its customers. To this end, Granpak is dedicated to investing in new technology, and HiFlow, with its tech innovations, fits perfectly into this strategy. After implementing HiFlow, Granpak optimizes production scheduling with direct access to technological documentation on each job.
When a quote becomes a job, HiFlow’s job production workflow diagram is instantly created and allows planning and scheduling to see all parameters of the job. gathered in one place. It facilitates the verification of orders and helps to catch technological errors and mistakes in the job specifications.

Robust Reporting Tools

HiFlow gathers important information for reporting on individual clients. Postproduction calculations are compared with actual execution, so it is possible to assess the profitability of clients. Additionally, Granpak’s management team can decide about changes in the estimate for future orders, or to determine the clients where profitability is highest.

The number of errors in our company has certainly decreased. By automating processes, defining the various work parameters in
the system, we have made significant progress in this respect.

Advanced analytics and MES

Hiflow does the work of gathering deep data that is collected at the machine level, as well as inputs from the shop floor. This allows Granpak to analyze processes before and after production, at any time. Error and downtime reports indicate points where changes or improvements are needed. Management can analyze performance of machines, as well as individually assess operators.

HiFlow gathers important information for reporting on individual clients. Post-production calculations are compared with actual execution, so it is possible to assess the profitability of clients. Additionally, Granpak’s management team can decide about changes in the estimate for future orders, or to determine the clients where profitability is highest.

Customer – vendor relationship

Granpak’s packaging production profile is unique; almost every product is individual in design. And HiFlow acknowledges that fact. Tools and dies, machines, substrates, formats, projects and processes—the ideal technology takes all facets of a business into account and works to integrate them into one single seamless, productive system. According to Granpak’s team, providing for the unique needs of Granpak is what determined their final decision to choose HiFlow.

HiFlow helped us tackle large and comprehensive projects like Granpak’s launch of new, innovative, and ecological packaging solutions.

Scales as company grows

“Because of the rapid growth of our company, we knew we needed to implement an MIS. After implementing HiFlow, we did see increased production capacity as well as improved organizational procedures,” Mariusz Korczak explains.
Granpak expects a great amount of growth in the coming decade after its extensive capital investments and its investment in a comprehensive end-to-end MIS system. “As our company is now experiencing great growth, HiFlow is definitely helping us scale.”

The Benefits of Partnering
with HiFlow Solutions

We implement – fast. The HiFlow system combines MIS and MES software with easy ERP integration.

We fill your ERP gaps. By optimizing ERP systems with MIS and MES features required for packaging and label printing.

We create automated environments. With seamless connections from order intake to shipping and invoicing.

We feed you data. With insights from real time, critical information from your production shop floor, personnel, and equipment.

We let you see. From smart scheduling to nested layouts to workflow diagrams, instantly see where you stand within the job.

Do you have additional questions about implementation? Contact our experts to discover how HiFlow System can help address your company’s challenges.