Modernizing Plastics Manufacturing: Where Tech Adds Value

Plastics manufacturers must balance margin pressures, increasingly complex production environments, workforce constraints, customer requirements, and aging technology.

In this webinar, Crowe specialists Tony Barnes and Ryan Lichtefeld will examine practical technology use cases across the manufacturing life cycle, from production scheduling to shop-floor processes, quality, traceability, costing, and inventory management. They will also explain how manufacturers can evaluate modernization opportunities, establish the right technology foundation, and prioritize investments based on business impact and organizational readiness.

After attending this session, participants will be able to:

• Identify common operational and technology challenges affecting plastics manufacturers, including margin pressure, production complexity, quality and traceability requirements, and workforce constraints
• Recognize practical applications of enterprise resource planning (ERP), automation, data, and AI technologies across key plastics manufacturing processes
• Evaluate which technology use cases may offer the greatest potential business value based on an organization’s operational challenges and technology maturity
• Describe how foundational capabilities, including connected data, modern ERP, and digitized workflows, support more advanced automation and AI initiatives