Enterprise Software
Custom ERP — Manufacturing & Logistics
Replaced legacy ERP; cut order-to-cash time in half, automated 60% of manual work
54%
Faster order-to-cash
60%
Workflows automated
$200K
Annual license savings
95%
User adoption in 90 days
Project Overview
A 400-person manufacturing and logistics company was paying $200K/year for an ERP nobody wanted to use. Workflows were duplicated in spreadsheets; data was always stale. We did 6 weeks of discovery, then built a custom ERP tailored to their actual operations — with 95% adoption within 90 days.
The Challenge
- Legacy ERP from 2008, no mobile support, no public API
- Sales, production, inventory, and logistics teams using different (incompatible) tools
- Order-to-cash cycle averaging 14 days due to manual handoffs between departments
- Real-time inventory visibility was nonexistent — daily Excel exports were the source of truth
- $200K/year licensing fee for software the team actively avoided using
Our Solution
- Discovery & process mapping across all 6 affected departments — 6 weeks of shadowing real users
- Custom ERP build on Node.js + PostgreSQL with a React frontend
- Mobile-first design for shop floor and warehouse staff with barcode scanning
- Integration layer connecting QuickBooks (finance), Shopify (online orders), and shipping carriers (FedEx, DHL)
- Real-time analytics dashboard for executives
- Phased rollout over 4 months with parallel running of the old system
Key Features
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Results & Impact
- Order-to-cash cycle cut from 14 days to 6.5 days — a 54% reduction
- 60% of previously-manual workflows now fully automated
- $200K/year saved on legacy ERP licenses
- 95% user adoption within 90 days of launch
- Decision-making speed up significantly — executives now check dashboards instead of waiting for weekly reports
Project Gallery
For the first time in a decade, our floor team actually likes the system. They ask for features instead of asking why something is broken. That alone is worth what we paid.
