Case Study: Dixie Iron Works triples profits with AccountMate ERP

Manufacturer Implements Best-of-Breed ERP Solution and Triples Profits Over Three Years Without Increasing Overhead

Dixie Iron Works, a manufacturer of valves, fittings, chokes, manifolds, and pumps for the oil and gas industry, needed a better way to manage bottlenecks, emergency orders, and disconnected shop-floor and accounting systems. Its legacy MES and DOS-based financial software could not communicate, leaving data re-entry and outdated reports, while the company also wanted scheduling that fully supported the theory of constraints. AccountMate was part of the financial foundation the company evaluated as it looked for a more integrated, affordable ERP approach.

Dixie Iron Works implemented a best-of-breed solution built around AccountMate financial software, combined with Tamlin Software’s Manufacturing Conductor shop floor system and a theory-of-constraints scheduling package. The integrated setup gave the company real-time visibility across manufacturing, purchasing, payroll, and accounting, cutting scheduling time to 15 to 30 minutes and improving bottleneck management. With AccountMate, Dixie Iron Works tripled profits over three years without adding overhead staff, doubled inventory turns to 12 per year, improved due-date performance to 65%, and increased sales by 20% while keeping costs in check.

Dixie Iron Works

Gerard Danos

Owner