Limited inventory accuracy
Without accurate inventory information, projects could experience delayed fulfillment or finish with excess inventory.
Case Study · Manufacturing
JIM’S SUPPLY UNLOCKS GREATER INVENTORY VISIBILITY AND NEW GROWTH OPPORTUNITIES WITH SAP BUSINESS ONE
- 13 Years Using SAP Business One
- 5 Business Areas Connected through one ERP
- 100% Batch-Level Traceability
About the customer
A LONG-STANDING AGRICULTURAL MANUFACTURER & DISTRIBUTOR
Founded in 1959, Jim’s Supply Co., Inc. has become a leading supplier serving agricultural customers throughout the western United States. The company supplies custom roll-formed trellising, field worker equipment, fabricated products, and solar structures from its 28,000-square-foot manufacturing facility in Bakersfield, California.
As operations grew, Jim’s Supply needed better visibility into inventory, purchasing, sales orders, and production activities. Its primary objective was gaining accurate, current inventory information to improve fulfillment, reduce excess inventory, and give employees greater confidence in day-to-day decision-making.
Today, SAP Business One supports Sales, Purchasing, Accounting, Inventory, and Production across the organization, while Softengine WMS+ provides batch-level traceability to help Jim’s Supply meet increasingly demanding customer requirements and pursue new business opportunities.
The challenges
INVENTORY BLIND SPOTS WERE MAKING FULFILLMENT MORE DIFFICULT
Before SAP Business One, Jim’s Supply relied on physical documents, spreadsheets, and a pre-internet-era MRP system. One of the company’s biggest challenges was understanding how outstanding sales orders, purchase orders, and current inventory counts worked together to ensure timely customer fulfillment.
Incomplete availability information
Teams lacked a complete picture of inventory availability, reducing confidence in day-to-day decisions.
Purchasing & production visibility
Jim’s Supply needed accurate, current inventory counts to support better purchasing, production, and fulfillment decisions.
Disconnected Order & Inventory Data
Teams needed clearer visibility across sales orders, purchase orders, and current inventory counts.
The solution
One ERP connecting five core business areas
SAP Business One supports Sales, Purchasing, Accounting, Inventory, and Production at Jim’s Supply, connecting five core business areas through one ERP platform.
Centralized information gives employees better access to the information required for purchasing, production, fulfillment, and project execution.
The solution
Batch-level traceability with Softengine WMS+
Softengine WMS+ provides Jim’s Supply with batch-level traceability for raw materials, integrating warehouse management directly with SAP Business One.
The integration makes carrying critical batch information more convenient and cost-effective while helping Jim’s Supply support customers with higher traceability standards.
The solution
Automation across critical business processes
Using SAP Business One’s Service Layer, Jim’s Supply automated repetitive processes while maintaining ERP and accounting accuracy.
Automation includes price list updates, sales document workflows, and production document workflows—reducing manual effort while preserving data integrity.
The solution
A long-term ERP environment built around evolving needs
Jim’s Supply has partnered with Softengine throughout multiple stages of its ERP journey. Softengine helped guide the organization toward solutions that fit its evolving environment, from hosting SAP Business One on-site to migrating to an off-site environment.
Softengine has also provided ongoing support for custom reporting, document templates, technical troubleshooting, and helping internal developers debug ERP processes.
The results
BETTER INVENTORY VISIBILITY, TRACEABILITY & NEW BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES
With SAP Business One and Softengine WMS+, Jim’s Supply has improved inventory accuracy and visibility across purchasing, production, fulfillment, and project execution. Batch-level raw material traceability has helped the company meet stricter customer requirements and opened opportunities with customers that were previously out of reach.
At the same time, automation across price list updates, sales documents, and production workflows has reduced manual effort, while centralized ERP data has made it easier for teams to manage projects and resolve issues.
13Years
Using SAP Business One
100%
Batch-Level Traceability
$M+Opportunity
Opened Through Traceability
“Softengine has been very accommodating of our particular needs, which is the most substantial reason we would recommend them as an ERP provider.”
The Softengine Advantage
Why companies choose Softengine
For more than two decades, Softengine has helped small and mid-market companies modernize operations, connect systems, and turn ERP into a foundation for profitable growth.
25+
Years implementing ERP for SMB
200+
Successful implementations
98%
Client retention rate over 5+ years
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