Case Study: Southern Container nearly doubles throughput with Advantive’s Kiwiplan

Southern Container, Devens Nearly Doubles Volume and Nobody Noticed

Southern Container, a corrugated packaging manufacturer, faced the challenge of managing a significant increase in production volume at its new Devens plant. The company needed a system to efficiently handle this growth, maintain on-time deliveries, and eliminate the frantic, manual scheduling processes that were prone to error. To address this, they partnered with vendor Advantive and implemented its Kiwiplan product suite, a comprehensive manufacturing execution system.

Advantive implemented its Kiwiplan system, which provided fully automated plant and corrugator scheduling, sales order management, and real-time shop floor data collection. The solution delivered a rapid return on investment, enabling Southern Container to increase its throughput by 42% while maintaining a 96% on-time delivery rate. Additional results included reduced waste, better tracking of machine downtime, and a paperless operation that improved accuracy and communication, giving the company a definitive competitive advantage.

Southern Container

Paul Austin

Vice President of Sales and Marketing