Case Study: Transmission Development cuts lead times 70% and boosts margins with Epicor Vantage

Transmission Development - Customer Case Study

Transmission Development, a 50‑employee manufacturer in Poole, Dorset, produces pulleys, belts, conveyors and medical‑machine components. The company faced persistent production bottlenecks and late deliveries—shipping products at least two weeks past an 8‑week quoted lead time—while inflexible legacy software and limited visibility into costs and capacity forced manual configuration work (about 150 quotes per day handled by four full‑time quoters).

TD implemented Epicor Vista and then migrated to Epicor Vantage with an integrated product configurator, gaining real‑time capacity visibility and automated configuration. The changes cut lead times by roughly 70% (pulleys to about three weeks; Transback to 7–10 days), reduced quoting to a single person at about 30 seconds per quote, and improved margins, profitability and on‑time shipping while eliminating production bottlenecks.

Transmission Development

Chris Cowler

Manufacturer Manager