Case Study: Able Manufacturing achieves 98% inventory accuracy and near-JIT operations with Epicor CMS

Able Manufacturing - Customer Case Study

Able Manufacturing, a custom job-shop in Joplin, Missouri supplying large OEMs across industries, faced a critical systems challenge: a 15‑year‑old, highly customized ERP with manual, batch processes that lacked EDI, integrated MRP, barcoding and real‑time inventory visibility—making it difficult to schedule production, track thousands of parts, and support growing, short‑run complex assemblies.

Able implemented Epicor CMS for full integration of EDI, MRP, barcoding, shipping and time & attendance, running nightly MRP and ordering directly from BOMs. The result: inventory accuracy rose from 85% to 98%, annual physical counts dropped from four to one, inventory levels moved to near just‑in‑time, production capacity increased (managing dozens of cabs per day), and real‑time data eliminated many urgent overnight shipments.

Able Manufacturing

Jim Schwarz

President and CEO