Piper Plastics

Americas

Piper Plastics

How Piper Plastics modernized a 50 year old manufacturing business with ERPNext

About

Piper Plastics

Piper Plastics Corp. is a custom plastic dip molding and dip coating manufacturer based in Copiague, New York. With over 50 years of experience, the company produces plastisol and PVC components for the medical, aerospace, automotive, and industrial sectors.

Apps implemented

ERPNext

Industry

Process Manufacturing

modules implemented

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Why ERPNext over SAP B1 / Oracle

100% FOSS

Customizable

Future-ready

Challenges

Legacy processes limited operational efficiency and business continuity

Relied on a 25-year-old ERP system that had reached end of support, creating operational and maintenance challenges.
Faced system limitations, including outdated date validation and legacy email authentication that impacted day-to-day operations.
Inefficient inventory allocation reserved raw materials for future orders, reducing flexibility for urgent production requirements.
Depended on manual inventory counts and spreadsheets to accurately manage stock availability.
Lost historical estimate and pricing information as previous quote versions were overwritten, limiting pricing analysis and traceability.
Relied on paper-based job travelers and physical documentation, making records difficult to manage and retrieve.
Managed quality compliance and corrective actions through manual processes with limited automation and visibility.

Benefits

A phased implementation ensured a smooth transition from the legacy E2 system

UnifyXperts conducted a structured discovery phase to map existing E2 processes before implementing ERPNext in phases.
Unified finance, sales, procurement, inventory, and manufacturing processes on a single ERP platform.
Implemented a custom estimating module with version-controlled estimates, BOMs, routings, and pricing rules.
Preserved Piper Plastics' complex pricing and markup logic while maintaining a complete history of estimate revisions.
Automated bank and credit card transaction imports to simplify reconciliation and reduce manual effort.
Migrated historical financial data and open transactions with minimal disruption to daily operations.
Digitised production travelers and work orders while preserving existing shop floor workflows and improving traceability.

Impact

Successful on-time ERPNext go-live

Increased sales order to cash

Increased inventory turnover

Reduced annual ERP licensing costs by approximately $50,000 by adopting ERPNext's user-friendly licensing model.
Eliminated the risk of business disruption by replacing an unsupported legacy ERP before critical system failures.
Consolidated ERP, spreadsheets, and paper-based records into a single web-based platform.
Preserved complete estimate and pricing history, improving traceability and pricing analysis.
Enabled perpetual inventory tracking, reducing reliance on manual stock counts and spreadsheets.
Automated bank reconciliation through Plaid integration, saving time and reducing manual effort.
Improved operational efficiency by digitising core business processes across finance, manufacturing, inventory, and quality management.

From my perspective, UnifyXperts is doing a great job and has been a pleasure to work with because your team is always available, knowledgeable, and cooperative. I look forward to continuing our productive relationship the entire team at UnifyXperts.

Andrew Weiss

Owner and C.E.O.

Implemented by

UnifyXperts

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