Paper & Packaging Edition
ERP Built for
Paper & Packaging Businesses
Roll and sheet stock management, cut-to-size waste optimisation, print specification control, and rapid job turnaround, NexWave gives paper and packaging businesses a connected platform from stock purchasing to customer delivery.
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Industry Challenges
The real cost of the wrong system for paper & packaging
The paper & packaging sector has complexity that generic ERP simply wasn't built for. Here's where it hurts most, and how it affects your bottom line.
Roll, Sheet & Slit Stock Complexity
Paper and substrate inventory is defined by width, grammage, and grade, not just SKU code. Without a system that understands dimensional stock, a 1000mm roll of 90gsm uncoated white and a 650mm roll of the same stock are not interchangeable, but your ERP might think they are.
Cut-to-Size & Trim Waste Optimisation
Every cut job generates offcuts. Whether those offcuts can be reused on a shorter subsequent run is a calculation that needs to happen in real time at job creation. Without waste tracking built into the job management system, trim waste is invisible cost.
Print Specification & Colour Control
Pantone references, ICC profiles, press calibration records, and approved colour proof sign-offs must be attached to every repeat job. Separating print specifications from order management creates version errors that only appear on press.
Short Run vs Long Run Profitability
Short digital runs and long offset runs have fundamentally different cost structures. Without job-level costing that captures setup time, press time, materials, and finishing separately, you can't tell which jobs are making money and which are subsidised by volume.
Environmental Compliance & Sustainability Reporting
FSC chain-of-custody certification, fibre sourcing declarations, and carbon footprint reporting are increasingly demanded by large customers. Manual tracking of certified substrate batches and recycled content percentages doesn't scale.
Artwork & Print File Version Control
A repeat order printed from a superseded artwork file is the most expensive mistake in the print industry. Without artwork version management linked to the job management system, the right file reaching the right press is a matter of luck.
Implementation
Live in 8–12 weeks
Our proven implementation methodology has delivered a 99% go-live success rate. We handle the complexity so you can focus on running your business.
Discovery & Planning
Weeks 1–2, Requirements workshops across your key teams. Process mapping, data audit, and configuration blueprint signed off before build begins.
Core Configuration
Weeks 3–4, System configured to your business rules, product structures, and workflows. Historical data migrated and validated.
Integrations & Training
Weeks 5–6, Shopify, Xero, and other integrations activated. Role-based training delivered across all key user groups.
Testing & Go-Live
Weeks 7–8, Full UAT, parallel running, and hypercare support through your first live operating cycle. We stay close until your team is confident.
Platform Modules
Everything your paper & packaging business needs, fully connected
NexWave is configured for the specific demands of paper & packaging, with the workflows, compliance tools, and integrations your team needs built in from day one.
Stock Control & Dimensional Inventory
Roll, sheet, and converted stock managed by dimensions, grammage, and grade, not just SKU. Real-time available-by-specification queries, reorder automation, and offcut tracking.
Manufacturing & Job Management
Job costing with setup, press, and finishing time capture. Waste calculation per job, works order integration to stock consumption, and subcontract finishing job management.
Order Management & Job Scheduling
Customer order management with specification attachment, production scheduling, proof approval workflows, and delivery scheduling, all connected to the live job queue.
Specification & Artwork Management
Customer-specific print specifications, artwork file version control, approved proof records, and press notes, attached to every job and accessible to production teams without email search.
Purchasing & Substrate Procurement
Purchase orders with dimensional detail, supplier quality certificates, FSC certification tracking, and landed cost allocation to individual substrate batches.
Quality & Sustainability Compliance
Incoming substrate quality checks, colour measurement recording, FSC chain-of-custody documentation, and sustainability reporting dashboards for customer ESG requirements.
Accounting & Job Profitability
Full general ledger, AP/AR, Xero integration, and job-level P&L reporting. Setup cost amortisation across run quantity, and actual vs quoted margin analysis per job.
Analytics & Production Performance
Job margin distribution, material utilisation rates, on-time delivery by customer, press utilisation, and waste percentage trends, giving management a live view of production profitability.
Interactive
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Sales & fulfilment
Sales order to delivery
Pick list and delivery note
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Purchasing
Purchase order to general ledger
PO, receipt, invoice, and GL
Walk through purchase order, goods receipt, supplier invoice, and general ledger entries in a NexWave-style screen, no login required.
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Manufacturing
Manufacturing works order
Plan, WO, job card, and receipt
Walk through production plan from sales orders, work order, material transfer, job card, and finished goods in a NexWave-style screen, no login required.
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Accounting
Accounting & financial reports
P&L, balance sheet, and dashboard
Walk through home, accounting workspace, profit and loss, balance sheet, and accounts dashboard in a NexWave-style screen, no login required.
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CRM
CRM pipeline
Lead to sales order
Walk through lead, prospect, opportunity, quotation, and sales order in a NexWave-style screen, no login required.
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Analytics
Business intelligence
Dashboards and KPIs
Walk through selling KPIs, dashboard charts, and a customisable Sales Order Analysis report in a NexWave-style screen, no login required.
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From NZ$415/month · 8–12 week implementation · 99% go-live success rate · No hidden fees
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