Compiere ERP Success Stories
Customers from across numerous industries and from around the globe use the Compiere 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 Compiere.
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Customer Profiles by Industry
Distribution
Southern Book
Location: Georgia, USA
Compiere Partner: KnowledgeBlue
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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.
Matthew's Books
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.
Pharma Nord
Location: Denmark
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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.
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.
Manufacturing
OSG
Location: Belgium
Compiere Partner: WinFloware
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OSG, a multinational manufacturer and distributor of precision cutting tools used in the automotive, aerospace and precision instrument industries, needed to replace an old ERP system in order to improve their operational performance and was easy to customize and upgrade. With the help of Compiere partner WinFloware, OSG successfully implemented Compiere throughout its European operations, providing a flexible solution that allowed both centralized and decentralized control of information. Compiere also supported each country with their local languages and currencies.
O-So Pure
Location: Arizona, USA
Compiere Partner: Levementum
O-So Pure manufactures and distributes ultraviolet water purification systems and accessories for use in the dental industry. They had long outgrown its existing ERP system and was plagued by the inefficient, outdated processes it had in place to handle accounting, inventory, manufacturing and e-commerce. OSP selected Compiere Cloud Edition deployed on Amazon's Cloud because of its low cost, robust functionality, flexibility and advanced open source technology.
PerTronix
Location: California, USA
Compiere Partner: KnowledgeBlue
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 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
Medecine and Hygiene
Location: Switzerland
Compiere Partner: dotBase
This specialty publisher with diverse periodical and book product lines turned to Compiere as a replacement for its aging custom applications. Compiere partner dotBase customized the invoicing processes to support advertising sales, online subscriptions and renewals, book sales through a web store and delivered a single integrated ERP solution. The solution was fully localized for Swiss-French and supported country-specific electronic invoicing, cash management, tax laws and accounting rules.
Health Care & Pharmaceutical
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.
Pharma Nord
Location: Denmark
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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.
Government/Non-Government & Charity
La Poste
Location: France
Compiere Partner: Axilom
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La Poste is a French-based global postal processing organization with €20 (US $27B) billion in revenue, 300,000 employees, and 45 million customers. The postal operator is deploying Compiere Professional, within a Business-to-Business division, to replace existing sales, purchasing, inventory, and payment processing systems. Compiere ERP was selected based on its flexibility, ability to integrate with existing systems and to provide a better return on investment. Axilom, a Compiere Gold Partner in France, is supporting La Poste's implementation.
International Standards Organization (ISO)
Location: Switzerland
Compiere Partner: Audaxis
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ISO is the world's largest developer and publisher of International Standards for the public and private sectors. ISO selected Compiere ERP based on its proven success in reducing business process complexities, lowering IT infrastructure costs, ease of integration with internal systems, and flexibility to make changes quickly and cost effectively utilizing Compiere's Model Driven Application Platform. Operationally, Compiere supports 18,000 standards that are available in multiple languages and processes 5,000 customer orders per month primarily through online sales.