Case Study: Hausbeck Pickles & Peppers achieves 99.6% inventory accuracy and $500K in write-off savings with Plex Systems

Hausbeck Pickle Company Gains Real-Time Production Visibility and Traceability with Plex

Hausbeck Pickles & Peppers, a Saginaw, MI food manufacturer supplying major fast-food chains and producing roughly 400,000 pounds of pickles or peppers daily, was hampered by paper-based processes, scattered spreadsheets and QuickBooks, and no IT/ERP expertise. Inventory accuracy sat around 70%, traceability through fermentation and production was unreliable, and the company failed a mock audit—making ingredient tracking, costing and compliance urgent priorities.

Hausbeck implemented the Plex Smart Manufacturing Platform (a 100% cloud ERP) in a six-month rollout to digitize production, MRP, quality checks and traceability, with easy tablet-based adoption on the shop floor. The change delivered near-perfect inventory accuracy (about 99.6%), $500,000 in inventory write-off savings, 100% of quality specifications electronically connected to the floor, faster audits and recalls, improved yield tracking, and stronger customer scorecard compliance.

Hausbeck Pickle

Virginia Palinsky

Chief Financial Officer