Scrap Management
Scrap & Waste Tracking Software for Corrugated and Folding Carton Plants
Waste is one of the biggest controllable costs in a packaging plant, but only if you can see it. Scrap Trakker™ tracks production waste in real time, from the machine that created it to the bale you sell, so your team can pinpoint the cause, fix it fast, and recover the dollars hiding in your scrap stream.
What Is Scrap Trakker?
Scrap Trakker is Amtech’s waste tracking and data collection solution for corrugated and folding carton manufacturers. Using touchscreens, barcodes, and direct scale integration on the plant floor, it records every pound of production waste by date, time, shift, machine, location, type, and cause, then turns that data into real-time scoreboards and root-cause reports that show exactly which waste is controllable and what it costs.
Backed by Amtech’s community of 60,000+ users across 1,250+ packaging plants, supporting packaging manufacturers since 1981.
The Cost of Invisible Waste
You Can’t Reduce Waste You Can’t See
In most plants, scrap gets swept to the baler and written off as the cost of doing business. Nobody knows which machine, shift, or job created it, so nobody can fix it. Scrap Trakker makes waste visible the moment it happens, and everyone gets a different win.
For Operations and Finance Leaders, recover missed dollars
- Understand the true cost of waste by type, location, and root cause, and separate controllable waste from the unavoidable kind, so you know exactly where recovered dollars will come from.
- Accurately track the weight of every bale you sell. No more revenue leaking on recycled material because the scale ticket didn’t match reality.
- Reduce overruns and increase usable production capacity without adding equipment.
- Give management the ammunition to build best practices and process controls, and hold the savings short-term and long-term.
For Plant and Operations Managers, find it, fix it, prove it
- See waste in real time on plant-wide scoreboards: leading causes, waste at each location, and history against prior months and years.
- Categorize every waste event by date, time, shift, machine, location, type, and cause, then pinpoint the corrective action.
- Make waste awareness part of plant culture with floor signage that shows progress shift by shift.
- Cut the time your team spends tracking, reporting, and managing the waste process.
For the Scrap and Baler Operation, weigh it once, automatically
- Direct scale integration weighs waste coming to the baler and finished bales, no manual recording.
- Touchscreen and barcode workflows generate bale tags and bills of lading for waste shipments automatically, eliminating keying errors.
- Gain control of recycled bales and improve productivity at the scrap and baler operation.
From Scrap Event to Root Cause in Four Steps
Capture on the floor
Touchscreens, barcodes, and integrated scales record waste at the point it’s created, no clipboards, no end-of-shift reconstruction.
Categorize automatically
Every event is tagged by date, time, shift, machine, location, waste type, and cause.
See it live
Real-time scoreboards show waste as it occurs; reports export for deeper analysis and trend comparison against prior periods.
Act on causes, not symptoms
Root-cause data shows which waste is controllable and what it costs, so corrective action targets the biggest recoverable dollars first.
Proof from the Plant Floor
Scrap Trakker is part of Amtech’s MES and shop-floor suite, the same automated data collection that customers credit for measurable gains:
Part of the Amtech Manufacturing Ecosystem
Scrap Trakker works alongside the systems already running your plant:
EnCore ERP
Connect waste data to production, inventory, costing, and financial workflows.
ScoreKeeper
Pair live machine performance with waste tracking to see efficiency and scrap side by side.
Advanced Planning Board
Feed accurate waste data into scheduling and production planning.
Quality
Track quality holds and defects alongside the waste they generate.
Amtech APIs
Integrate scales, external reporting tools, and plant technologies.
FAQ
What is scrap tracking software for packaging manufacturers?
It is software that records production waste at the point it occurs, by machine, shift, location, type, and cause, instead of relying on manual logs or end-of-month estimates. In a corrugated or folding carton plant, Scrap Trakker captures waste through floor touchscreens, barcodes, and integrated scales, then reports it in real time so teams can correct the causes.
How does Scrap Trakker track waste at the baler?
Scrap Trakker interfaces directly with your scale to weigh waste coming to the baler and the finished bales. Touchscreen and barcode workflows automatically create bale tags and bills of lading for waste shipments, so sold-bale weights are accurate and documentation requires no manual entry.
How does tracking scrap recover lost profit?
Root-cause data separates controllable waste from unavoidable waste and assigns a cost to each. That tells managers which corrective actions return real dollars, through fewer overruns, less repeated scrap at problem machines or shifts, and full recovery of recycled bale revenue.
Can Scrap Trakker show waste in real time on the plant floor?
Yes. Real-time scoreboards and plant-wide signage display waste as it occurs during the day, including leading causes, waste by location, and historical comparisons to prior months and years.
Does Scrap Trakker work with EnCore ERP and ScoreKeeper?
Yes. Scrap Trakker is part of Amtech’s MES and shop-floor suite. It works alongside EnCore ERP, ScoreKeeper machine monitoring, Advanced Planning Board scheduling, and Quality, and integrates with external systems through Amtech APIs.
Is Scrap Trakker built for corrugated and folding carton plants?
Yes. Scrap Trakker is designed for corrugated and folding carton manufacturing, tracking waste across corrugators, converting lines, and baler operations.
Find the Dollars in Your Scrap Stream
See how corrugated and folding carton plants use Scrap Trakker to make waste visible, fix the causes, and keep the savings.
