Case Study: Century Fence achieves major time savings and higher profitability with DocuWare

Fencing manufacturer increases employee productivity & profitability with mobile document management software

Century Fence, a family-run fencing and pavement-marking company founded in 1917, needed to reduce its reliance on paper, speed up workflows, and give field superintendents remote access to project documents while integrating with existing ERP and accounting systems. With subcontracted, short-duration installations and project folders active through quoting, staging, installation and billing, the company required searchable, transparent records and a mobile solution that kept teams working without returning to the office for paperwork.

Century Fence deployed DocuWare Cloud, rolling it out from accounting to full project documentation and then mobile tablet access for superintendents. Integration with the ERP and Intelligent Indexing automated document matching and retrieval, enabling electronic invoice approvals and seamless collaboration across locations. The result: a dramatic cut in cost-approval time for superintendents (from four hours to 30 minutes per week), elimination of paper transfers, improved productivity and profitability, and better capture of early payment discounts.

Century Fence

Matt Powell

VP of Business Development