Case Study: Ian Macleod Distillers Limited achieves 35% stock reduction and enterprise-wide visibility with Epicor Tropos ERP

Ian Macleod Distillers Limited - Customer Case Study

Ian Macleod Distillers, a family-run whisky producer in Broxburn, Scotland that now makes over 15 million bottles a year, faced growing pains from acquisitions and an increasingly complex supply matrix. The business was running three non‑integrated legacy systems across distilling, bottling and finance, which caused poor visibility, manual stock accounting, frequent inventory anomalies and limited ability to scale.

Ian Macleod implemented Epicor Tropos ERP (including the Whisky Workbench) to unify production, warehousing and financials into a single platform. The solution delivered real‑time reporting and forecasting, eliminated stock irregularities, enabled “manufacture to order,” improved margin and cost control via CODA ledgers, and cut stocked goods by 35% (about £750k), while giving the company a scalable foundation for continued growth.

Ian Macleod Distillers Limited

Mike Younger

Finance Director, Ian Macleod Distillers Limited