Plastics, Rubber & Glass

Explain product profit through every material, cycle and machine route.

Optifi connects compounds, recipes, tooling, cycle time, yield, scrap, energy and logistics to calculate the fully absorbed economics of every product and customer order.

Management signalMachine- and route-specific product cost
01The management question
What distorts margin

Which material and process choices are determining net product margin?

Resin, additives, rubber compounds and energy move independently, while cavity performance, setup, cycle speed, regrind, furnace conditions and alternate routes change conversion cost. A blended plant rate cannot explain these differences.

01Resin, compound and raw-material mix
02Machine, cavity and cycle performance
03Tooling, setup and changeover
04Energy, furnace and utility demand
05Yield, scrap, regrind and freight
Connected in OptifiTrue profitability
02What matters to leadership
The economics management must see

Focus the model on the decisions that determine profit.

01

Material economics

What matters

Petrochemical-linked prices, recipes, additives, colour and recycled content create product-specific material exposure.

How Optifi helps

Optifi calculates actual and standard recipe cost, separates price and usage variance, and tests alternative material or source scenarios.

02

Machine and tooling

What matters

Cycle time, cavities, setup, tooling life and alternate equipment determine throughput and conversion cost.

How Optifi helps

Optifi calculates machine- and tool-specific unit rates, assigns setup and maintenance causally, and compares route economics.

03

Yield and energy

What matters

Scrap, regrind, rejects, furnace loss and energy intensity vary by product, route and operating condition.

How Optifi helps

Optifi connects quality, scrap and meter data to products and batches, quantifying the cost of loss and energy performance.

04

Customer and regulatory cost

What matters

Packaging, freight, fragility, recycling obligations, certification and small orders can dilute contribution after manufacturing.

How Optifi helps

Optifi extends the cost model through compliance and cost-to-serve to reveal net product, order and customer profit.

03Automated profitability process
One governed model

Build product profit from material issue, machine cycle and service demand.

Stratic configures Optifi to automate ERP, MES, machine, quality, energy, maintenance and order data. Direct material and conversion resources are traced through recipes, tools, machines and activities to products, orders and customers.

01Extract

ERP + operational systems

02Reconcile

Finance + operational controls

03Allocate

Direct + indirect cost

04Report

Dashboards + review packs

05Act

Decisions + accountability

04Reporting rhythm
Insight without the reporting delay

Management reporting at the cadence your business requires.

Give plant, engineering, procurement, commercial and finance one view of unit rates, route cost and realised profit.

DailyEmerging varianceOperating exceptions while action is still possible.
WeeklyPerformance trendAccountability, movement and corrective action.
MonthlyProfitability reviewReconciled cost, allocation and profit performance.
Close + 1 dayManagement packAvailable one day after month-end close.
05Where management acts
Decision-ready profitability

Make material and conversion economics accountable at product level.

Explain margin through material, recipe, cycle, tooling, energy, yield, compliance, freight and mix.

01
Machine- and route-specific product costTraceable to approved data, drivers and allocation rules.
02
Product, order and customer profitabilityTraceable to approved data, drivers and allocation rules.
03
Cycle, yield and energy accountabilityTraceable to approved data, drivers and allocation rules.
04
Defensible sourcing and process decisionsTraceable to approved data, drivers and allocation rules.
06Where to start
Begin with one material question

Start with one plant, process route or product family.

Discuss your use case
01Machine and cycle performance
02Recipe, route and product costing
03Scrap, regrind and energy analysis
04Order and customer profitability
Plastics, Rubber & Glass

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