Process manufacturing industries such as food and beverage, pharmaceuticals, cosmetics, chemicals etc has four unique ERP features. They are:-

1. Maintaining product quality:-An ERP application used in process industries should have a strong quality control suite.

2. Vast traceability:- Tracking raw materials as well as the final products is very important in such industries. A process manufacturing ERP is able to provide such a vast traceability.

3. Robust bill-of materials (BOM) capabilities.

4.  Good Managerial capabilities:- this forms the most essential component of any ERP application.

As process manufacturing has higher requirements and legislation the ERP application used in these should be different from other manufacturing verticals.

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