Limited supply chain integration and transparency, the necessity for continuous batch tracing, capital-intensive capacities and facilities, short innovation and product cycles, changed customer expectations, increasing internatioanlisation and globalisation and the consequential consolidation processes, increasing competition and cost pressure are just a few examples enterprises in the cosmetics and life science industry are facing. In addition, there are high investements for research and development, complete documentation of all processing steps, management of sales promotions with samples and salon treatment products, different handling of the selective and mass market as well as legal restraints and regulations such as INCI (International Nomenclature for Cosmetic Ingredients), dossier preparation, CHAMP-initiative (Chemicals Assessment and Management Program for USA, Canada and Mexico) and GHS-classification and labelling. This is why it is so important, especially for enterprises in the cosmetics and life science industry, to provide for an efficient procurement policy, smooth production and successful marketing by optimising processes, proven and innovative software application and a competent specialist in the trade in order to obtain the necessary competitive advantage.

With PlautWorks for the cosmetics industry and many years of expertise, Plaut offers a solution, tailored to the requirements of your industry. The hightlights here are management of sales promotions including samples and salon treatment products, different handling of the selective and the mass market, recipe management, quality management for in-process and post-process control, support of coupled production and version management, complete batch management, compliance with the INCI-requirements, GHS-classification and labelling, preconfigured planning strategies for bulk goods and a number of filling processes including the respective packaging units, batch selection according to customer requirements, availability check for bulk goods triggered by customer order and automatic preparation of filling orders, selection of specific suppliers, quality inspection of raw materials including sample management triggered by the incoming goods department, contracts and contract release (allocation), definition of cost centers and activity types and their connection to logistics, replenishing of the production warehouse via the central warehouse by replenishment-supply, quality inspection including the integration of the examination of raw materials, intermediate products, bulk goods and goods for sale.

Beside the pronounced focus on the cosmetics/life science industry and the tradition in business management, high competence in business analytics and long-time experience in process management are Plaut’s strengths. In addition, Plaut possesses valuable skills and resources in SAP rollout projects, an international infrastructure for customer support, outstanding competences in SAP Human Capital Management and a modern infrastructure for SAP system and application management. Our team comprises experienced change management experts, who guarantee users and project participants an optimum preparation for the challenges of the respective project and that they are able to contribute actively to the project success.

Profit from our industry-specific competence and our 60-year business management tradition. Secure your project success with the experience of our change management experts, our know-how in business process optimisation, our integrated solution and requirement-oriented range of services. Use the advantages of a solution, specific for the cosemtics and life science industry, our proven methods as well as the culture of an international, medium-sized company.
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