SENSO IT Blog: ERP, costs, data and management for printing and packaging
Practical articles on ERP, costs, data and management for commercial printers and packaging manufacturers.
How to calculate the machine-hour rate in a printing plant with the RKW method
The RKW machine-hour rate is the production center's total cost (direct costs + service center allocation + administration and sales allocation) divided by the machine's actual productive hours. See the step by step with an offset press example.
Oct 31, 2026 · 7 min read
FSC audit: what the auditor asks for and how to organize chain of custody from the ERP
The FSC auditor wants records that match each other: purchases with claims and a valid supplier certificate, a control system per product group, conversion factors, sales with claims and the annual volume summary. All of it already flows through the ERP.
Oct 31, 2026 · 5 min read
How to reduce Power BI license costs for many users at a printing company
Separate report creators from viewers. Pro licenses (US$ 14/user/month in the US) only for publishers; for dozens of viewers, a shared-capacity portal is much cheaper; F64 capacity only pays off with hundreds of viewers.
Oct 31, 2026 · 5 min read