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Metal and Plastics Industry
Stabilize planning. Increase utilization. Reduce scrap.
Production and planning in sync through end-to-end processes
The metal and plastics industry offers significant potential: Companies that manage energy consumption, material flow, and quality based on data gain measurable efficiency, planning reliability, and delivery performance. At the same time, modern platforms open up new possibilities - from transparent production and precise costing to faster responses to raw material prices and customer requirements.
To achieve this, a unified foundation for all core processes across the value chain is essential - from raw material to finished product. When production, planning, purchasing, sales, and finance work with the same data, processes become simpler, decisions more reliable, and improvements faster to implement.
Microsoft Dynamics 365 for the metal and plastics industry
MODUS Consult develops industry-specific extensions based on Microsoft Dynamics 365 to ensure that typical requirements in the metal and plastics industry are mapped in a practical, production-ready way.
Microsoft Dynamics 365 serves as the ERP foundation. MODUS Consult enriches it with industry logic, data models, and process components that measurably improve cost control, quality, and delivery performance.
Enhanced with Microsoft Azure, Power Platform and AI-enabled functionality, this creates a scalable foundation for efficient and transparent industrial processes.
Metal industry: reliably managing energy, yield loss, and raw material prices
In metal processing, energy usage, material efficiency, and planning accuracy determine margins.
Based on Microsoft Dynamics 365, MODUS Consult supports these requirements with industry-specific functionality, including energy-oriented production control through ERP integration of energy data for energy-intensive equipment. This is complemented by intelligent yield optimization using AI-driven scrap reduction in stamping and cutting operations, as well as raw material price hedging through automated price adjustments in CRM based on daily LME market prices for materials such as aluminum or copper. In addition, batch traceability enables complete documentation up to the finished product - fully audit- and OEM-ready.
Plastics industry
In the plastics industry, stable series production, tool availability, and quality assurance are critical.
The industry solution extends Microsoft Dynamics 365 for these requirements, including tooling management to monitor service life and maintenance intervals for expensive molds, real-time OEE monitoring through automated downtime capture via Azure IoT, AI-based quality inspection using computer vision to detect defects directly in the process, and inventory optimization through AI-driven demand forecasting to reduce capital tie-up while maintaining high delivery readiness.
End-to-end traceability
With Microsoft Dynamics 365 and industry-specific enhancements, you can track batches both upstream and downstream - from raw material to component and shipment. This simplifies OEM audits and provides reliable, verifiable evidence.
MES integration
We add MES-related functionality and integrate existing MES or third-party systems via Azure APIs and standard interfaces. This ensures that production data flows seamlessly into ERP - without duplicate data entry.
Reliable handling of product variants
A configurator based on Microsoft Dynamics 365 supports even complex variant logic without overloading ERP with unnecessary master data. This keeps processes stable and configurations reliably usable.
Back-office efficiency: relieving specialists through e-invoicing
Commercial processes can also be significantly simplified. The mandatory e-invoicing requirements for 2025 - including ZUGFeRD and XRechnung - are supported through automated invoice processing. In addition, workflows and automation reduce the workload for finance and controlling, allowing teams to focus more on steering the business rather than routine tasks.
FAQ
Yes. Through IoT integrations - for example, meter and machine data -energy data can be integrated into Microsoft Dynamics 365. This enables transparent calculation and analysis of energy costs per shot, batch, or order. MODUS Consult supports this with suitable data models and analytics logic and can also establish the foundation for energy management certification, including potential eligibility for modernization funding.
The solution can integrate raw material prices, such as LME quotations for aluminum or copper. Sales prices in CRM can be automatically updated, and cost calculations in Microsoft Dynamics 365 can be adjusted more quickly.
Yes. Copilot can analyze bottlenecks, visualize dependencies, and suggest alternatives - for example, by rescheduling work to available lines or changing job sequences.
Yes. With the Asset Management functionality in Microsoft Dynamics 365, maintenance intervals, service orders, and inspections for machines and tools can be planned, documented, and tracked. MODUS Consult can extend this with practical fields, checklists, and approval workflows if required.
Simplified terminals or Power Apps are available for shop floor data capture. Operators can enter data via touch -fast, clearly guided, and suitable for production environments.
Tools can be managed as separate assets, including cavities or nests, service life tracking, and maintenance and change history. The industry solution provides production-ready structures based on Microsoft Dynamics 365 to keep costs, availability, and quality transparent.
Yes. Inspection reports - such as CAQ-relevant documentation -can be directly integrated into manufacturing order workflows, including documentation, approvals, and traceability based on Microsoft Dynamics 365.
Strong digital processes – ready for tomorrow
Whether procurement, production, sales, service, or administration, our Business Process Platform helps you design core business processes seamlessly, efficiently, and transparently.
Our solutions are based on Microsoft Dynamics 365, Microsoft 365,Power Platform, Power BI, Copilot, and modern ECM systems.
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Overview of core business processes