CERM 7.35 is here — bringing a new set of improvements designed to help label and packaging converters work with greater accuracy, flexibility, and control.
This release introduces enhancements across production planning, material management, data quality, and invoicing workflows, while also including important architectural, performance, and security improvements behind the scenes.
Below, we highlight some of the key innovations included in this release.
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Lexis is the new AI platform that uses a large language model (LLM) to turn incoming emails into sales orders. Although developed as part of v7.35, it is also available to customers running v7.34.
Custom fields give converters the flexibility to adapt CERM to their own operational processes. With version 7.35, administrators can now define whether specific custom fields must be completed before saving.
This enhancement helps companies improve data consistency and ensure critical operational information is never forgotten.
For example:
Complaint registrations can require a mandatory root-cause field
Customer creation can require logistics or invoicing identifiers
Product or material records can enforce company-specific operational data
The functionality is available across multiple CERM modules and helps improve overall data quality throughout the organization.
The ability to split semi-finished goods (for example, printing on a wide web and finishing on a small web) was introduced in CERM 7.32. In version 7.35, this process becomes significantly more intuitive.
Previously, operators had to manually assign products to newly created semi-finished goods after splitting a print form. For complex narrow-web layouts, this could be time-consuming and prone to errors.
With the enhanced workflow, users now receive a visual representation of the print form. Based on the selected cut configuration, CERM automatically assigns the correct products to the corresponding semi-finished goods.
The result is a faster, more user-friendly process with fewer manual actions and improved production accuracy.
Keeping track of invoice interfaces becomes easier with the Sales Invoice Interfaces Report.
The report provides a centralized overview of all interfaces linked to sales invoices, giving users complete visibility into their status.
Users can quickly:
Verify which interfaces have been executed
Identify pending actions
Detect interface errors
Find invoices that are not linked to the expected interfaces
Instead of checking invoices individually, finance and administration teams can monitor all interface activities from a single overview, helping them stay on top of increasingly important digital invoicing processes.
CERM 7.35 introduces several enhancements to improve flexibility and usability in material management.
Improved Produce Your Own Material editing
A dedicated edit wizard has been introduced for Produce Your Own Material (PYOM).
Users can now easily modify the original intent quantities and materials directly from the production job.
The new wizard provides a more efficient and intuitive way to maintain and adjust PYOM records.
Additionally, PYOM jobs are now included in the end-of-period calculation.
This release also brings important improvements to the bi-directional communication between CERM7 and the Scheduling optimizer.
To reduce the risk of inconsistencies in production calculations, CERM 7.35 introduces additional safeguards around production quantity management.
Changing the relationship between job quantities and label press sheet quantities could previously lead to incorrect calculations, such as inaccurate print form meter calculations.
To address this, quantity modifications now follow a more controlled process, reducing the likelihood of unintended over- or under-production.
Narrow-web validation improvements
Building on functionality introduced in version 7.34, CERM continues to improve validation for narrow-web production environments.
The system validates whether the selected semi-finished goods match the products expected on the print form, helping operators detect mismatches before production continues.
This additional validation helps reduce production errors, waste, and rework while improving shop-floor confidence.
In addition to user-facing functionality, CERM 7.35 includes a wide range of improvements focused on system performance, architecture, scalability, and security.
These enhancements strengthen the platform foundation and support future innovation across the CERM ecosystem.
Version 7.35 includes several changes that may affect existing workflows or calculations compared to previous versions.
For a complete overview of these changes and any required actions, please consult the online help documentation before updating.
