NETSUITE FOR PACKAGING BUSINESSES

Unify Business Operations by Implementing NetSuite for Packaging Companies

From customer-specific specifications and complex costing to material yield, production scheduling, quality control, and finished-goods traceability, every staging of packaging operations affects your margins and delivery commitments. Folio3 helps implement NetSuite for packaging companies and connects sales, procurement, inventory, production, quality, warehousing and finance in one system.

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Leading Packaging Companies Trust Us to Implement NetSuite

Some of the leading and growing packaging and container companies rely on Folio3 to handle NetSuite implementation.

CHALLENGES

Challenges Folio3 Solves for Packaging and Container Companies

Packaging manufacturers operate across multiple production stages, materials, machines, warehouses, and customer specifications. When these processes depend on spreadsheets, disconnected systems, or manual data entry, these gaps escalate. We solve these challenges:

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Disconnected Systems
Separate tools for accounting, inventory, and customer management.

02

Manual Workarounds
Spreadsheets for tracking inventory, landed costs, and financial close.

03

Custom Order Complexity
Managing custom packaging specifications without live visibility.

04

Insufficient Traceability
Limited visibility across raw materials, WIP inventory, and finished goods.

05

Entity Consolidation
Difficulty achieving accurate reporting across multiple locations.

06

Scattered Inventory
Your inventory is scattered across multiple locations and bins.

PACKAGING MANUFACTURING LIFECYCLE

Connecting the Entire Packaging Manufacturing Lifecycle with NetSuite

NetSuite ERP helps you connect the entire packaging manufacturing process lifecycle, starting from quote to ship and account.

Quote

Build accurate estimates using material requirements, production processes, waste assumptions, conversion costs, and target margins.

Plan

Turn demand into material and production requirements with MRP, demand planning, capacity planning, and production scheduling.

Procure

Connect purchasing requirements to production demand and maintain visibility into supplier commitments and incoming materials.

Produce

Manage BOMs, routings, work orders, work centers, labor, machine time, material consumption, and production completion.

Inspect

Capture quality requirements and inspection results throughout receiving, production, and finished-goods processes.

Warehouse

Track raw materials, WIP, and finished goods across locations, bins, lots, pallets, and containers.

Ship

Connect production completion and inventory availability to picking, fulfillment, shipping, and customer delivery.

Account

Bring production activity, inventory valuation, costing, revenue, and profitability into the same financial system.

NETSUITE MODULES FOR PACKAGING COMPANIES

NetSuite Modules Designed for Packaging and Container Companies

From managing raw materials and multi-stage production to controlling waste, tracking quality, planning capacity, and understanding actual job profitability, NetSuite helps you manage all core processes through its specialized modules.

Financial Management

Connect your plant-floor and business operations with finance in one system using NetSuite Financial Management. Manage general ledger, AP, AR, cash flow, budgeting and forecasting, and more.

WIP & Routings

For packaging companies with multi-stage production, WIP and Routings provides better visibility and control throughout the manufacturing process.

Advanced Manufacturing

The NetSuite Advanced Manufacturing module is suited to packaging and container companies with more complex production environments.

Material Requirements Planning (MRP)

Connect customer demand, sales orders, inventory availability, work orders, and supplier lead times to generate more informed purchasing and production decisions using NetSuite MRP.

Demand Planning

Improve visibility into future demand and inventory requirements. NetSuite Demand Planning helps manage a combination of recurring customer demand and make-to-order production.

Inventory Management

Gain real-time visibility into raw materials, WIP, and finished goods. Manage inventory across multiple locations, warehouses, bins, production areas, and more using NetSuite Inventory Management.

WMS

Connect warehouse operations with inventory, production, and fulfillment. Support processes like receiving, putaway, bin transfers, inventory movements, replenishment, and more using NetSuite WMS.

Quality Management

Build quality checks into your workflows. Configure inspections for raw materials, in-process production, finished goods, quality holds, non-conformance, and more using NetSuite Quality Management.

Procurement

Build quality checks into your operational workflows. Configure inspections for incoming raw materials, in-process production, finished products, quality holds, non-conformance, and more using NetSuite Procurement.

Advanced Order Management

Connect customer orders directly to your operational processes. Connect quotes, sales orders, pricing, order fulfillment, backorders, invoicing, and more using NetSuite Advanced Order Management.
CUSTOMER STORY

Folio3 Helped Frankston Packaging Position Itself for Strategic Growth

Challenge

Frankston Packaging encountered significant challenges in migrating to a new ERP system, primarily due to the complexity of managing extensive data across multiple departments and their four subsidiaries. This complexity was further compounded by the reliance on two legacy ERP systems.

The Solution

Folio3 implemented NetSuite SuiteSuccess Financials First to optimize financial management. Along with that, Folio3 also deployed Advertzware and LabelTraxx integration for Frankston Packaging and configured NetSuite for general accounting and inventory and vendor management.

Result

Frankston Packaging reported increased efficiency in sales and support processes due to NetSuite configurations performed by the Folio3 team.

Implement NetSuite for Packaging Companies with Folio3

Connect with our NetSuite ERP implementation experts who will help you through every step of the NetSuite packaging manufacturing implementation process.
INDUSTRY COVERAGE

Folio3 Brings Deep Expertise Across the Packaging Industry

With a successful track record of NetSuite implementations, we bring the experience and knowledge that benefit the vast domain of the packaging industry.

Flexible Packaging

Manage films, inks, adhesives, printing, lamination, slitting, pouching, waste, and finished rolls or bags.

Folding Cartons

Manage board procurement, printing, coating, die cutting, folding, gluing, packing, and customer-specific carton specifications.

Corrugated Packaging

Connect paper and board procurement with corrugation, printing, converting, finishing, production planning, and finished-goods stock.

Labels and Printed Packaging

Manage customer-specific artwork and specifications alongside printing operations, finishing, quality inspection, and fulfillment.

Rigid Packaging

Connect raw materials, forming or molding operations, finishing, assembly, quality control, inventory, and customer delivery.

WHY FOLIO3

Why Do Packaging Businesses Choose Folio3 for NetSuite Implementation?

Folio3 combines NetSuite expertise with a practical understanding of packaging operations to help businesses build an ERP environment around their business processes.

Packaging Industry Specialization

We configure NetSuite BOMs, routings, work orders, work centers, material consumption, and production reporting to reflect your actual production sequence.

Team of Certified NetSuite Experts

Our 75+ certified consultants and 150+ NetSuite experts help you optimize and connect all your core business processes to improve the efficiency of packaging operations.

20+ Years of Experience

We have deep NetSuite expertise that comes with more than 20 years of experience implementing, customizing, and integrating NetSuite for packaging companies.

CUSTOMER STORY

Creative Retail Packaging Systemized Intricate Processes with Folio3

Challenge

Creative Retail Packaging (CRP) encountered several operational challenges due to the lack of a unified ERP system. Also, their Magento storefront was disconnected from their ERP which affected real-time visibility.

The Solution

Folio3 successfully implemented NetSuite SuiteSuccess Wholesale Distribution Standard to address CRP’s intricate processes that involved customized products and warehousing solutions. The team also integrated NetSuite with their Magento ecommerce website.

Result

Creative Retail Packaging recorded improved purchases, accurate financial reporting, and enhanced customer relationship management and sales processes.

PACKAGING MANUFACTURING INTEGRATIONS

What Systems Does Folio3 Help Packaging Companies Integrate With?

Folio3 helps packaging companies connect multiple systems with NetSuite to create a more consistent flow of information across the business and reduce manual data entry between applications.

WMS Integration

We integrate NetSuite with existing WMS systems to synchronize inventory balances, item information, bin locations, receipts, inventory movements, and more.

3PL Integration

Our integration experts connect NetSuite with shipping and third-party logistics systems to synchronize shipment requests, carrier information, tracking numbers, and more.

EDI Integration

We integrate EDI platforms with NetSuite to support transactions like purchase orders, sales orders, order acknowledgments, invoices, shipment confirmations, etc.

Ecommerce Integration

Connect NetSuite with ecommerce platforms to synchronize customers, products, inventory, orders, pricing, and fulfillment.

NETSUITE SUPPORT SERVICES

Get Go-live and Post-go-live NetSuite Support and Customization

If you’ve already implemented NetSuite ERP software for your packaging business, our NetSuite support and customization specialists can help you ensure ongoing ERP and business success.
on-going support

Implement NetSuite for Packaging Companies with Folio3

Ensure a successful implementation of NetSuite ERP for packaging and container companies via our certified NetSuite implementation experts.
FAQs

Common Questions Packaging Companies’ CXOs Ask Before Implementing NetSuite

Is NetSuite a good ERP for packaging companies?
Yes. NetSuite provides manufacturing, inventory, procurement, planning, warehouse, quality, and financial capabilities that can be configured for packaging operations. The implementation should be designed around the company’s production model, costing requirements, material flows, and customer-specific processes.
Yes. BOMs, work orders, routings, work centers, labor requirements, and production operations can be managed within NetSuite’s manufacturing capabilities. Advanced Manufacturing adds more sophisticated planning, scheduling, and shop-floor capabilities.
Yes. The implementation can be designed to capture expected and actual material consumption, scrap, yield, rework, and production variances. The exact configuration should reflect how your plant measures and accounts for waste.  
Yes. Folio3 provides NetSuite integration services using pre-built connectors and custom integrations for systems such as ecommerce, 3PL, WMS, CRM, and other business applications.
Yes. Folio3 offers post-go-live support, customization, training, troubleshooting, and managed services for NetSuite customers.

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