Compiere ERP Success Stories
Customers from across numerous industries and from around the globe use the Compiere open-source ERP system to automate their internal processes, improve customer satisfaction and create business value. Learn why companies like yours chose Compiere ERP systems, and learn about the results achieved from their on-going use of the leading open-source business solutions.
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Customer Profiles by Industry
Distribution
Books and Education Products
Location: Georgia, USA
Compiere Partner: KnowledgeBlue
Seeking triple digit sales growth, this educational publishing distributor sought a flexible distribution ERP solution with a minimized need for IT staff and infrastructure. They selected a hosted Compiere solution integrating accounting, inventory management, and logistics functions across its multiple warehouses. KnowledgeBlue provides a full range of application hosting services along with Compiere-trained professionals to adapt the solution to their specific needs. The company credits their hosted Compiere solution for enabling the company to double revenue and increase net margins by ten percent.
Medical Books and Supplies
Location: Missouri, USA
Compiere Partner: Sodexis
This distributor of medical books and supplies replaced its home-grown, disparate accounting systems with Compiere to manage accounts payable and financial reporting. Compiere enables informed decision-making by automating thousands of weekly billing transactions across four operating divisions and by generating consolidated financial statements. Future plans include automating additional company functions with Compiere and using financial information to drive expansion of its retail operations.
Pharmaceutical Company
Location: Denmark
Finding the right balance between out-of-the-box functionality, platform flexibility and open source licensing lead this 500-person pharmaceutical company to Compiere. Their solution was initially implemented in 2002 and has evolved into a key system supporting their global expansion. As of 2008, Compiere manages inventory, ordering, shipments and accounting processes across more than 10,000 SKUs and through more than 50 subsidiaries and channel partners.
Tire Distributor
Location: France
Compiere Partner: Audaxis
Seeking to improve materials management for its European operations, this international tire manufacturer and distributor tracks over 2500 products sourced from both Europe and Asia. In production since 2004, the Compiere ERP system automates sales, purchasing, inventory and financial management processes from the moment products leave the factory in Asia through shipment across Europe.
Tire Distributor
Location: Germany
Compiere's first customer is a tire distributor with a separate division that sells to retail customers. In a tight margin business like tire distribution, managing inventory and maximizing gross margins are the keys to success. Compiere's ERP system automates procurement, order management and materials movements for this multi-location business. Reliability has been a crucial part of the customer's success: Compiere has been in use without interruption since 2000, without any in-house IT staff.
Financial Services
Multinational Insurance Brokerage
Location: France
Compiere Partner: Axilom
After expanding its business from France into Spain and Ireland, this multinational insurance brokerage was seeking a flexible ERP system that could centralize the company's business information and documents but still enable employees working in local markets to use the system in their local languages. Compiere ERP systems provide the company with a unified solution that addresses the multiple legal entities, accounting schema, tax laws and languages used in this business.
Health Care
Hospital
Location: Belgium
Compiere Partner: Audaxis
Continuing with a dated mainframe application for managing pharmaceutical inventory was no longer an option for this 555-bed hospital in Belgium. Compiere Partner Audaxis worked with hospital staff to customize Compiere ERP systems to automate the procurement and materials management processes. After a three-month effort, the customized solution was operational and, for the first time, integrated with a range of internal accounting and cost management systems used by the hospital.
Manufacturing
Custom Metalworks
Location: Indiana, USA
Compiere Partner: KnowledgeBlue
After evaluating a number of ERP options, this Manufacturer chose the Compiere ERP system because it gave them flexibility with pricing, costing and inventory management. Their Compiere order management system matches the industry practice of flexibly pricing custom metalwork products by the pound or by the square foot, streamlining estimating and order management processes.
Electronic Components
Location: California, USA
Compiere Partner: KnowledgeBlue
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This Electronic Component Manufacturer knew they needed stronger automation for their inventory and financial management processes. The catalyst for change was the termination of support for their solution by the incumbent vendor. With the help of Compiere Partner KnowledgeBlue, the company customized their Compiere ERP system to match their existing business processes. The final hosted solution centralized information from across its multiple local offices for improved reporting and oversight.
Plastics Manufacturer
Location: France
Compiere Partner: Audaxis
This manufacturer of plastic environmental products wanted an "open" solution for managing their business process because their previous solution was unsupported as the result of an acquisition. The open-source Compiere ERP system went into production after three months, providing improved management of the company's 18,000 products, 5,000 customers and 200 daily invoices.
Textile Manufacturer
Location: France
Compiere Partner: Audaxis
Flexibility was a key requirement for this French Textile Manufacturer as it upgraded an outdated accounting system that they developed in-house. Compiere ERP systems provided automated and integrated processes for purchasing, order management, materials management, bill of materials, work orders and accounting. The final solution addressed their custom needs (such as tracking clothing dyes by lot). The company estimated that acquisition costs for their Compiere ERP system were 60% less than proprietary ERP alternatives.
Publishing
Book Publisher
Location: Germany
With 40% of its revenue coming from international orders, this German book publisher had demanding requirements for operating in the global economy. The Compiere Model-driven Application Platform supports multiple accounting schema, tax laws and languages and provides the infrastructure for integrated e-commerce, inventory and financial management processes. Compiere ERP systems improved customer satisfaction by enabling their German-speaking sales staff to generate invoices in customers' native languages: English, Japanese, German and others.
Retail
Cosmetic Retailer
Location: France
Compiere Partner: Audaxis
As this international cosmetic retailer grew to over 2,000 locations, their in-house mainframe application for managing their supply chain could no longer scale to meet the increasingly complex business requirements. After a thorough evaluation of alternatives including proprietary solutions and in-house development, the IT department chose Compiere ERP systems for their flexibility, low cost and quick implementation. The customized Compiere ERP system solution tracks 8,500 products and more than 12,000 order lines per day.
Energy Equipment Retailer
Location: Netherlands
Compiere Partner: ActFact
Coming from separate and inflexible ERP and CRM solutions that were putting a strain on business growth, this Dutch energy-saving equipment retailer valued flexibility and freedom from vendor lock-in as they evaluated their business automation alternatives. They chose Compiere ERP systems. With the assistance of Compiere Partner ActFact, they implemented business solutions spanning CRM, sales, logistics, purchasing, accounting, human resources and financial management functions. Due to Compiere's ease of use and flexibility, this retailer is taking an active role in customizing their automated solution to provide better insight into the company's performance.
Eyewear Retailer
Location: United Kingdom
Britain's most trusted optician is seeking competitive advantage for their business by embracing open-source solutions throughout their IT infrastructure. In coordination with Compiere, the company is developing a retail management application using Compiere ERP systems and other open-source technologies. The resulting system, scheduled to go into production in mid-2007, enables affordable global expansion without vendor lock-in and initial license fees associated with proprietary products.
Retail Chain
Location: Canada
Seeking to reduce inventory costs and streamline point-of-sale processes, this Canadian retail chain turned to customized Compiere ERP system business solutions. The comprehensive inventory management system is the foundation for new processes within stores for processing returns and for reducing stocking levels. By integrating Compiere ERP systems with their point-of-sale terminals, cashiers prepare invoices by scanning the bar code on product items. Compiere automatically calculates and applies Canada's two-level GST and PST taxes to invoices.
Specialty Retailer
Location: CA, USA
Compiere Partner: KnowledgeBlue
This specialty eyewear retailer selected the Compiere ERP system because it allowed them to integrate a web storefront with full inventory, financial management and customer service processes. Compiere Partner KnowledgeBlue provides ongoing value to the customer through outsourced services for fulfillment and call center management.
Professional Services
Business Services
Location: California, USA
By automating its service delivery processes with Compiere ERP systems, this company is able to maximize the productivity of its employees, its gross margin and the value delivered to its clients. The core business process for the business centers on cash recoveries and cost reduction services in the areas of training reimbursement contracts, and other state and federal tax credits and incentives. The use of Compiere ERP systems to manage accounting, reporting and relationships with customers, suppliers and state governments reduced internal operating costs by over 25%. The company is using this advantage to expand into new vertical and geographic markets.
IT Services Provider
Location: Germany
This IT service provider demonstrates the degree to which Compiere ERP systems can be customized to specific needs. In addition to implementing accounting and billing functions, the IT service provider developed additional modules integrating network monitoring, network inventory, bandwidth utilization, telephony integration and license management. Compiere is a core component of their ASP business infrastructure. IT administrators even use Compiere for several aspects of server management.