Case Study: Blevins Inc. achieves 20% faster order fulfillment and centralized inventory management with Epicor Prophet 21

Blevins Inc. - Customer Case Study

Blevins Inc., founded in 1971 and headquartered in Nashville, is a major wholesale distributor of general hardware, plumbing, electrical and repair supplies with 11 full-service locations, roughly 300 employees, and more than 10,000 SKUs across over 12,000 accounts. The company’s legacy software couldn’t produce comprehensive customer histories or tracking reports in real time—reports often took a full night to run—slowing deliveries, order fulfillment and customer service.

In 2006 Blevins implemented Epicor Prophet 21 ERP, reorganized warehouses, trained staff, and centralized customer and item data. The solution sped order fulfillment by about 20%, improved inventory management and demand forecasting to reduce stockouts, and gave centralized, real‑time access to historical and comparative data across all 11 branches—enabling faster, more accurate customer responses with less manual work.

Blevins Inc.

Tim Kentner

Chief Financial Officer, Blevis Inc.