Thymly Products Enhances Operations Control With xTuple

Thymly Products, Inc., is an East Coast dry mix manufacturer specializing in food ingredients and bakery blends for the food and pharmaceutical industries. Thymly needed greater control over their operations (accounting, purchasing, CRM, manufacturing, inventory and distribution) which was not possible through their current legacy accounting software.

After much investigation and consideration, Thymly chose xTuple because of its rate of implementation, affordability and customer support in the ever-changing areas of government restrictions and regulations in the food industry.

In making the switch to xTuple, Thymly shut down its previous accounting system and went live with Linux-based xTuple software the very next day with a full integration with Thymly’s other software and production equipment. As a result, cost savings were realized within three months in inventory control. Traceability also improved as Thymly is able to tag each product with a weight and lot number and track it through the entire supply chain. In addition, the company can now respond within minutes, greatly exceeding industry norm, during an FDA recall. Lastly, accounts receivable control has been enhanced allowing for improved collections by automating invoicing and receivables follow-up.

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Kemp Electric Supply Achieves Integration with xTuple ERP

Founded in 1938m the Kemp Electric Supply team provides wholesale electrical supplies and equipment materials to customers in Western Ohio. After outgrowing their old business management software, the company wanted an enterprise resource planning (ERP) software which could be implemented quickly and cost-effectively but, most importantly, could reliably meet the intricate and unique needs of the electrical wholesale distribution industry.

Kemp selected xTuple PostBooks as it offered an open source ERP with a special focus on industrial distribution. The flexibility and ease of customization inherent with open source technology was immediately apparent, and the Wholesale Distribution add-on package (xWD) offered was a strong selling point.

With xTuple ERP, Kemp Electric is now able to service customers better, faster and easier – with immediate, direct sales access to more products through real-time integration with the Trade Service electronic catalog. Automatic order-processing and invoicing via email allows Kemp Electric to keep customers informed with immediate sales order acknowledgements and to push out invoices immediately, ultimately receiving payments more quickly, improving cash flow. Quoting and billing time at Kemp has been cut in half, the net result of these improvements.

Another crucial requirement was for Kemp's ERP system to fully integrate with their corporate relationship management (CRM). In the world of distribution, relationships with vendors are often as important as customer relationships – and xTuple’s fully-integrated CRM uses the same powerful tools for both.

From selection to implementation, Kemp Electric was running their business with xTuple ERP within 90 days.

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