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Case Study: Martel Instruments achieves scalable growth and real-time production control with Kerridge Commercial Systems' K8 Manufacturing
A Kerridge Commercial Systems Case Study
Wide-ranging system benefits gained by specialist manufacturer
Martel Instruments, a Durham-based specialist manufacturer of printers and printing solutions serving automotive, industrial, medical and other sectors, faced growth constraints from manual recording and stand-alone PC tools that left them without reliable management information, duplicated effort and limited business controls. To address this, they selected Kerridge Commercial Systems and its K8 Manufacturing ERP to provide a flexible, supported, integrated solution tailored to their needs.
Kerridge Commercial Systems implemented K8 Manufacturing, going live four months after order, and Martel gained real-time visibility, barcode-tracked processes, back-trace capability and MRP-driven planning for component lead times up to 20 weeks. The system helped expand the product range from 200 to around 500 lines (≈3,000 variants), improved stock and cash control, sped exception reporting and freed management time—measurable improvements that Martel credits with enabling further growth and competitiveness.
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Martel Instruments
Andrew Hockaday
Operations Manager