Plastipak Packaging Inc

Plastipak Packaging Inc. (Plastipak) is a holding company that manufactures plastic packaging containers for large consumer product companies. The company is headquartered in Plymouth, Michigan. Laura has chosen this company to show how Plastipak used software driven sales products to fine-tune the motivation and production problems.

Some of the same issues Riordan had in the scenario. Plastipak is using a simple, but more effective model to drive higher levels of employee productivity, motivation, and employee retention. (Plastipak, 2006) These are the concepts of motivation and employee retention. To show how Plastipak used the concepts to build the management chain solution, the description of the International Business Machines (IBM’s) software they are using can be explained.

Plastipak needed a scalable infrastructure to deliver better access to information throughout the business, to support growth and control costs. Plastipak built a resilient supply chain management solution based on mySAP Business Suite, working with Sirius, an IBM Premier Business Partner, and IBM Global Financing. A single IBM eServer iSeries system provides a scalable, flexible platform for SAP software, enabling a central view of all manufacturing operations. (IBM, 2006)

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Warehouse efficiency has improved by around 14%, pick order times have decreased by about 32%, and staffing costs have declined by some 8%. Total annual savings of approximately $17 million have been achieved, and sales days outstanding have been reduced by 14%. The company runs smoother the employees are happier the end result is more efficient. (IBM, 2006)  To show this is a wining strategy for motivation IBM came together for Plastipak and so will the outcomes of the entire situation.

Plastipak use a software driven organization management program to help keep an overall look at the cross function ...

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