Vintex Doubles Productivity with Absolute ERP

Customer Overview

Vintex Rubber Industries is one of the leading manufacturers and exporters of custom rubber rollers for clients worldwide. They mainly focus on custom designs as per the customer's needs. Vintex Rubber Industries currently serving over 15 countries around the world with 16 years of experience in the printing and packaging industry. They manage the entire process from designing to final delivery, and they ensure excellent quality standards.

Vintex faces significant challenges (Rubber Roller Manufacturer)

In the rubber manufacturing industry, productivity plays an important role in any industry that enables a firm to compete in a competitive global world. Increased productivity provides an idea about how efficiently resources in a company are utilized.

However, in our rubber industry, we see that productivity was a bit low due to unskilled professionals or lack of proper training. We really need someone who is an expert and has rich experience in customization and can address our main challenges.

We are continually facing raw material wastage issues from our inventory, and we have realized that we don’t have a proper system that can give us accurate measurements of raw materials during production and reduce the wastage of pipes.

1. Lack of information about pipe sizes in inventory

We have pipes of all sizes in our inventory; however, workers don’t know the exact size of the pipes available in the inventory. Due to this lack of information, they cut pipes randomly during production which causes a lot of waste. Reducing waste was our biggest challenge before implementing Absolute ERP software. Over the past few months, we have noticed that too much of our money is being spent on raw materials. We need a permanent solution to stop pipe wastage.

2. New pipes are used instead of existing pipes

We visited the factory and saw the problems ourselves. The worker was not using the usable pipes; instead, they were using the new pipe every time they used a new length of pipe during production. This was a complete waste of pipes and money. This happened because the machines and pipes storage were in the same place. To save time workers always picked up the new pipes instead of reusing the old ones.

3. Waste of pipes leads to wastage of resources

Wasting pipes shows we are wasting our resources. This should be stopped immediately, but our main question was how? Until we used Absolute ERP. We were losing our resources, money, and time. We were in trouble and kept thinking about how we were going to reduce this waste, but we didn't have the right system. There are a lot of solutions we experimented but none of them worked, then Absolute ERP came into the picture.

4. Left-out inventory is a challenge when cutting pipes

We often faced the left-out inventory challenge. During a factory inspection, we saw the problem was bigger than just waste. We were facing frequent stock-outs, and to keep production running, we had to refill inventory again and again. This happened because our production planning was poor. We need proper, systematic production planning and better inventory management.

Solutions provided by Absolute ERP Software

"One stop Production planning tool for manufacturer"

1. Absolute ERP was configured to centralize inventory and production control for Vintex.
2. Machine and pipe storage locations were reorganized in the ERP master data to match the physical layout and streamline access.
3. Accurate inventory data for all pipe sizes and quantities was captured, enabling the system to surface usable stock at the point of production.
4. The ERP’s planning module suggested which pipes to cut first based on size and stock age, reducing unnecessary use of new material and aligning inventory draw-down with demand.

Results and business impact

Deployment of Absolute ERP produced measurable operational improvements. Production output doubled within a month as planning and material allocation became systematic, eliminating frequent interruptions caused by stock uncertainty and ad-hoc inventory decisions.

Raw material waste decreased by 20–25% because the ERP solutions surfaced existing pipe stock and prompted users to cut from available segments first. This tighter control reduced scrap and lowered raw material procurement cost pressure.

Improved inventory visibility eliminated many stock-outs. With up-to-date stock levels and planned allocations, Vintex reduced hurried replenishment purchases and stabilized production schedules, contributing to overall cost reductions of 2–3%.

Operational transparency and control through the ERP applications also strengthened decision-making and resource utilization, positioning Vintex for scalable, repeatable production capable of supporting growth across client segments.