Buy by the Pound. Extrude by the Foot. Sell by the Roll. One System Does All the Math.
Every run is job-costed to the actual pound consumed and foot produced, with real-time alerts the moment a line drifts heavy. Your scrap regrind converts back into inventory at the correct mix ratio automatically, so month-end reconciliation matches the floor on the first pass.
Built for extrusion
The numbers your current ERP can't calculate
Standard ERP systems collapse when raw materials are measured in pounds, production is measured in feet per minute, and finished goods are sold by the roll. Naologic performs these multi-dimensional conversions natively — and tracks the real cost of every foot your line produces, including start-up purge, regrind recapture, and variable yield rates.
- 3-8% of raw material is typically lost to start-up scrap and purge on every extrusion run — invisible in generic ERP job costing
- $120K+ average annual cost of UOM conversion errors for mid-sized extruders relying on manual spreadsheet workarounds
- 2-4 hrs wasted daily by production planners manually sequencing extrusion runs by color and die profile to minimize changeover scrap
- 15-25% of regrind-eligible scrap never re-enters inventory in companies without a closed-loop regrind tracking system
Built for continuous manufacturing
What Naologic handles natively for extruders
Weight vs. Length vs. Roll
You buy resin by the pound, extrude by the foot, and sell by the roll. Standard ERPs force you to create thousands of redundant SKUs or reconcile everything in spreadsheets. Inventory counts never match reality.
- Multi-dimensional UOM conversions built in
- No redundant SKU proliferation
- Weight-to-length-to-roll tracking
- Inventory accuracy without spreadsheets
Start-Up Scrap Is Invisible
Every extrusion run burns 15–60 minutes of material reaching steady state. Generic job costing treats this purge as a rounding error. Your true cost-per-foot is a fiction until you isolate start-up waste from production yield.
- Isolate purge costs from production costs
- Track real-time lbs consumed vs. feet produced
- Account for inline edge-trim regrind
- Accurate variable yield costing
Cycle Times Don't Exist Here
Extrusion scheduling runs on feet per minute, not seconds per part. Runs must be sequenced light-to-dark, grouped by die profile, and coordinated across co-extrusion stations. Generic scheduling engines cannot handle this.
- Continuous run-rate scheduling (ft/min)
- Color sequencing logic (light to dark)
- Die profile grouping for changeover reduction
- Multi-machine co-extrusion routing
Quality Drift Kills Margins
Dimensional tolerances on extruded profiles are measured in thousandths. Without real-time ovality, thickness, and diameter checks embedded in production, defective footage ships — triggering costly returns and rejected truckloads.
- Variant-level dimensional tolerances
- Automated pass/fail on physical measurements
- Certificate of Conformance generation
- Carbon black content bounds enforcement
One system that speaks weight, length, speed, and dollars - simultaneously
Naologic was architected from the ground up for process and continuous-flow manufacturing. Every module — from purchasing raw resin by the pound, through scheduling lines at feet per minute, to shipping finished rolls with Certificates of Conformance — shares a single data model that natively handles the multi-dimensional math extruders rely on. No bolt-on converters. No middleware hacks. No spreadsheet bridges. Your resin configuration, carbon black limits, melt-flow testing, and regrind recapture all live inside the same system that generates your Bill of Lading, prints your Zebra labels, and enforces your price-per-mile freight rules. Everything connected. Everything accurate. Everything auditable.
Extrusion capabilities
Every feature your current ERP is missing
Naologic's manufacturing, quality, and shipping modules contain purpose-built features that address the exact operational realities of extrusion manufacturing. From die management and regrind tracking to continuous scheduling and CoC printing, every capability below is production-ready and grounded in real plastics manufacturing workflows.
Production & Work Center Intelligence
Work Center Partial Changeovers
Build dynamic changeover matrices. Define exact time penalties for transitioning from one product to another — like 10 minutes from white to black resin vs. 2 hours from black to white. The scheduler groups similar jobs to minimize cumulative downtime.
Tool Models
Digitize the physics of your dies and tooling. Define clamping force limits, exterior dimensions, and setup times. The scheduling engine physically blocks assignments to incompatible machines — preventing catastrophic mismatches.
Tool Assets
Track every die, mandrel, and calibrator as a unique asset. Log exact location, lifecycle usage, and ownership — including customer-owned tooling — so you never lose a $50,000 custom die in the back of the warehouse.
Tooling for Route Steps
Specify exactly which tools are required for each routing operation, including model and quantity. The scheduler cross-references tool availability against the asset database to prevent conflicts before they happen.
Intelligent Over/Under Weight Visualizations
The system continuously compares actual output weight against theoretical BOM calculations. If an operator runs the line heavy — silently consuming 10% more raw material — visual scale-alerts notify management instantly so you can intervene mid-run.
Work Center Quality Standards
Embed maximum rejection rates directly into each work center profile. If scrap spikes above your threshold, Naologic flashes immediate warnings and can halt the line — before you destroy expensive resin running out-of-spec product.
Material Science & Quality Control
Labeling, Printlines & Documentation
Shipping & Freight Logistics
How Naologic runs your extrusion floor
Naologic connects every stage of your extrusion workflow - from inbound resin inspection through continuous production, real-time quality enforcement, and freight dispatch - in a single system. No handoffs between disconnected modules. No data re-entry. One flow.
- Inspect & Qualify Raw Materials
Inbound resin is quarantined automatically. QA executes melt flow, density, and carbon black testing against your configured bounds. Only materials that pass inspection enter production inventory. Defective batches are flagged and blocked before they ever reach the hopper.
- Schedule & Sequence Runs
The Master Scheduler groups jobs by die profile and sequences colors light-to-dark to minimize changeover waste. Partial changeover matrices calculate exact transition times. Co-extrusion runs are synchronized across multiple work centers in a single visual Gantt timeline.
- Produce & Monitor in Real-Time
Operators log output on tablets. The system tracks lbs consumed vs. feet produced in real-time, flags over/under weight variances instantly, and isolates start-up scrap from steady-state production. Regrind flows back into inventory automatically with conversion loss applied.
- Ship with Full Compliance
Certificates of Conformance attach automatically to Bills of Lading. Labels print natively to Zebra printers. Freight shipments enforce price-per-mile rules. Delivery exceptions trigger automated replacement orders. Your product leaves the dock with full documentation and total chain-of-custody tracking.
Naologic vs. Legacy Extrusion ERPs
GlobalShop Solutions and DelmiaWorks were built for general-purpose discrete manufacturing. They handle extrusion as an afterthought - bolting on workarounds for UOM conversions, continuous scheduling, and process-specific quality control. Naologic was purpose-built for plastics manufacturing from day one. Every feature below exists natively - no customization fees, no consultants, no middleware.
Common questions
Frequently asked questions from Extruders
Implementation & Transition
How long does implementation take for an extrusion operation?
Most mid-sized extruders (50–500 employees) go live in 3-5 weeks. Naologic's purpose-built plastics modules mean minimal custom configuration — your resin settings, work center profiles, die models, and routing steps map directly to native fields without consultant-heavy customization projects, so it mostly depends on your legacy data formats and your availability. If both of those work with us, then it could be a matter of days to get you live.
Can we migrate data from GlobalShop or DelmiaWorks?
Yes. Naologic provides structured data migration tooling for customers moving from legacy ERPs. Your item masters, BOMs, customer accounts, and historical orders transfer systematically. Our onboarding team handles the mapping so your team doesn't lose a day of production.
Do we need to change our shop floor hardware?
No. Naologic's Shopfloor module runs on any tablet or touchscreen device with a web browser — iPads, Android tablets, or mounted industrial displays. We also support native Zebra ZPL label printing, so your existing label printers and barcode scanners continue working.
Your extrusion line deserves software that understands it
Every day you run your factory on software designed for discrete parts assembly, you lose money - to UOM conversion errors, invisible start-up scrap, unrecaptured regrind, and changeover schedules built by hand in spreadsheets. Naologic eliminates every one of those losses with purpose-built extrusion manufacturing intelligence. Book a 30-minute demo and we'll show you exactly how it works on your specific line configuration, your materials, and your production schedule. No generic slide decks. Your factory. Your data. Your demo.