A leading global manufacturer of non-woven products for the healthcare industry—such as hypoallergenic hospital bed sheets and aseptic surgical drapes—faced a persistent operational challenge. Their production lines, which handle large rolls of non-woven fabric in various colors, required extensive cleaning whenever a lighter color followed a darker one. This disrupted production flexibility and increased costs.

Complicating matters, the company’s global ERP systems tracked sales orders by customer, length, color, and chemical specifications. Any solution had to work seamlessly with these systems—without requiring customization or interfering with standard ERP upgrades.