Tavens Packaging & Display Solutions Extends Partnership with Solarsoft

Corrugated manufacturer continues 12-year partnership; upgrades to Solarsoft's HRMS Gen/2 business software.

Tavens Packaging & Display Solutions has chosen to upgrade to the latest version of Solarsoft’s business software for corrugated packaging manufacturers. Tavens also selected several add-ons to further enhance business performance in project estimating and tracking, production planning and scheduling, real-time shop floor monitoring, and bar-coded inventory management.

Vancouver, BC - 12 January 2011 - Solarsoft Business Systems, a leading developer of software for the paperboard packaging industry, announced today that Tavens Packaging & Display Solutions of Bedford Heights, OH, has chosen to upgrade to the latest version of Solarsoft's business software for corrugated packaging manufacturers.

Tavens, one of the largest sheet plants in North Eastern Ohio, has provided high quality packaging and display solutions and services to their customers for over 50 years.

"We're really a job shop, and do whatever the customer needs," explains Jan Piko, Vice President of Operations at Tavens. "We do it all, boxes, labels, displays, high-end graphics, and assembly. We manufacture a lot of small runs with one to two day lead times, and can even do same day releases. We're a small, nimble company, and our niche is delivering on projects that the integrated manufacturers can't handle."

Tavens has used Solarsoft's HRMS corrugated software for 12 years. After an evaluation of offerings from Kiwiplan and Amtech, Tavens chose to upgrade with Solarsoft because of the new technology that would provide complete control of all their operations, including shop floor and scheduling. Upgrading to Solarsoft's latest version would also cause less disruption to their existing operations, and require minimum training for their employees.

In addition to the core business system, Tavens selected several add-ons to further enhance business performance in project estimating and tracking, production planning and scheduling, real-time shop floor monitoring, and bar-coded inventory management.

"With the new technology, our customer service people will have all the information they need at their fingertips. We can collect real-time information from the shop floor that will directly feed into our business system for accurate production information. The project tracking software will help us better manage our projects, timelines and materials requirements," says Piko. "With our quick turn-around, it's crucial to know exactly what the status of the customer order is, at any given time. And with the small run size we need to have tight control of all costs to ensure we stay profitable on each order."

About Solarsoft Business Systems
Solarsoft provides modern enterprise software and IT services to manufacturers, distributors and wholesale businesses in North America, Europe and Asia. The company has grown organically and through acquisition since 1986 and has worldwide revenues of US$100 million. Solarsoft employs more than 400 professionals providing local support across 16 time zones. More than 2,000 companies rely on Solarsoft to bring clarity and efficiency to their daily operations.