In process-heavy industries such as food production, documentation rarely arrives as one neat, self-contained file. Engineers, production staff, and compliance teams often work with multiple outputs at once: list pages generated from SAP on one side, and technical drawings stored in SAP’s Document Management System on the other.
The expectation is simple: bring the two sets of documents together so the lists and drawings match up page by page. The reality, however, has traditionally been anything but straightforward.
The Challenge: A Misaligned Workflow
For years, the standard approach was to convert drawing PDFs into EMF files and let the printer handle the merging. While this method worked in theory, in practice it was full of traps.
If the list pages happened to produce an odd number, the subsequent drawing pages would immediately fall out of sync. That meant the wrong list was paired with the wrong drawing — wasting time, creating confusion, and forcing teams to manually correct the output before it could be used in production or compliance processes.
What should have been a straightforward task turned into a frustrating bottleneck.
The Lasernet Approach: Automation Without Compromise
Lasernet replaces this cumbersome method with a clean, automated workflow. Instead of pushing the heavy lifting to the printer, Lasernet takes ownership of the process. Jobs are sent directly from SAP, the correct PDFs are retrieved, and each page is output with absolute precision.
Crucially, Lasernet handles even- and odd-page rules intelligently. If a drawing page is missing, the system automatically generates an empty placeholder, ensuring alignment never breaks down. The end result is a single, perfectly ordered PDF that pairs list and drawing pages exactly as intended.
Why It Matters
Misaligned outputs are more than just an inconvenience - they undermine trust in the process and slow down business-critical operations. With Lasernet, organisations gain:
- Error-free document alignment: list and drawing pages always match up.
- Automation without workarounds: no more converting PDFs into EMF or relying on printers to combine files.
- Consistency and compliance: repeatable, reliable results that scale across production lines.
By removing the need for manual intervention, Lasernet frees up staff to focus on higher-value work while ensuring documentation keeps pace with operational demands.
Built for Complex SAP Outputs
This example highlights how Lasernet eliminates long-standing pain points in document production. Instead of leaning on fragile workarounds, organisations can rely on a workflow that just works - every time.
And while alignment challenges are common in manufacturing and food production, they’re just one of many real-world document frustrations businesses face. Whether it’s compliance-driven e-invoicing, version control in engineering, or secure archiving in banking, Lasernet is designed to make the complex simple.
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