Plastics are among the most popular materials for the production of parts and items for end uses in an extremely wide range of sectors, from textiles and clothing to automotive, transport, aerospace, electrical and electronic, mechanical, packaging, biomedical, construction, furniture, renewable energy and agricultural industries.

Due to the great diversity of applications and finished products, several fundamental variables affecting production need to be taken into account:

• Types of raw materials
• Shapes, variations, production limitations, and design optimization
• Production volumes
• Costs and production times
• Types of production processes (e.g. injection moulding, blow moulding, 3D-printing, vacuum forming, extrusion, CNC machining, polymer casting)

The just MES suite supports companies in the crucial steps of creating technical data sheets for new products, optimizing times through the features of the just PLM module, and monitoring and planning production across various plants and machinery.