Lighthouse ERP
Beneficiation and Pelletization
Simple to Use
Easy to Implement
Flexible to Customized Solution
The iron ore industry relies heavily on the procedures of palletization and beneficiation. Beneficiation is the process of eliminating impurities from low-grade ore using techniques such as flotation, magnetic separation, jigging, and washing. This improves the quality of the ore and makes it more suitable for high-grade uses. Pelletization transforms the refined ore into spherical pellets after it has been beneficiated. In the steel industry, blast furnaces use these iron ore pellets as their main feedstock.
Pelletization and beneficiation both need multi-stage processing, ongoing quality control, and strict financial and logistical management and all the process can be easily implemented by adopting ERP Software for steel industry. Even minor inefficiencies can result in material losses, quality rejection, production delays, and cost overruns if integrated operational visibility is not available. An ERP software tailored for beneficiation and pelletization is essential for accurately and quickly managing end-to-end operations.
Raw materials pass through a number of processing stages, including the stock yard, pellet plant, feeder, discharge, and crusher. Without material management ERP, effectively tracking each batch across these touchpoints is difficult.
It can be difficult to monitor the chemical characteristics (C, S, P, Si, and O) in pellets and maintain the desired metallization %. When data is collected manually, quality differences are frequently discovered too late.
Lack of real-time visibility into consumption of raw materials, process yields, and wastage leads to inaccurate production costing and poor variance management.
Managing dispatches based on actual grade, size, and customer-specific contracts becomes tedious when order processing, invoicing, and weighbridge are not digitally linked.
Industries with multiple divisions (e.g., separate beneficiation and pellet units) often struggle to maintain consolidated financial books, inter-division costing, and freight bill approvals without delays.
Real-time tracking at gates, weighbridges, yards, and storage facilities is necessary for the inward and outward movement of materials via trucks, rakes, or internal transfers. Stock imbalances and delays result from manual tracking.
ERP for steel ensures 24/7 visibility into plant operations, capturing shift-wise and batch-wise performance to maintain quality and throughput.
With BI-integrated dashboards and variance analysis, management can make timely and strategic decisions for procurement, production, and pricing.
Finance module of ERP enables plant managers and finance teams to monitor raw material consumption, overheads, and per-unit costing, improving cost predictability and profitability.
Centralized recording of chemical and physical attributes ensures faster compliance reporting and early detection of quality issues.
Digitized sales cycles from enquiry to invoicing reduce delays in dispatch, improve customer satisfaction, and ensure accurate inventory updates.
The finance module of manufacturing ERP software brings all financial records under one roof allowing division-wise profitability analysis, faster bill passing, and inter-departmental expenditure reconciliation.
Real-time tracking of trucks, rakes, and inter-yard transfers is managed through integrated gate, weighbridge, and yard modules. All key movement scenarios like inward, outward, scrap, rake inward, and returns are efficiently handled.
Stock is closely monitored at critical points like crusher, feeder, yard, and bagging areas. Batch-wise and WIP tracking ensures visibility of semi-finished goods, while real-time data helps monitor product age and metallization levels.
Production is tracked shift-wise with detailed control over batch, lot, and godown. BOM setup and monthly schedules are configurable, with support for monitoring process parameters like temperature, pressure, and retention time.
Chemical attributes like C, S, P, Si, O and physical properties such as pellet size range are recorded. Standard vs actual yield tracking enables precise variance analysis.
The sales process follows a three-tier cycle from enquiry to delivery order, with auto-generated invoices linked to weigh slips. Dispatches are planned grade- and size-wise, supported by flexible pricing options like credit terms and discounts.
Finance workflows include accounts approval for purchases, services, and freight, with consolidated and division-wise ledgers. Inter-division transactions are tracked alongside detailed product costing, overhead allocation, and multi-level stock MIS for in-depth inventory analysis.