From family-owned food manufacturers to multi-site distributors, these are the operations that traded manual counts and tribal knowledge for real-time inventory control — in their own words.
Those numbers only mean something with the operations behind them — the stories below are where they came from.
Challenge: Before implementing wisys in August 2011, GPA Acquisitions struggled to manage inventory across its sites. There was no reliable way to see stock levels or track where an order sat in the shipping cycle.
Solution: wisys WMS integrated fully with GPA's Macola ERP. Wireless Motorola infrastructure gave every site real-time inventory visibility and order-location tracking, and perpetual cycle counting replaced the annual physical inventory.
Results: Over a two-year period, GPA cut inventory discrepancy to 0.045% and saved $1 million in reduced inventory levels. It now ships 95% of orders same-day at a 96% pick-rate efficiency.
"We chose to work with WiSys because of their complete integration into our ERP – Macola Software. Their wireless Motorola infrastructure provided us with complete visibility into inventory levels at all sites and the exact location of orders throughout the shipping cycle." Manny Martinez, Director of IT, GPA Acquisitions
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Watch: wisys customer testimonial — GPA Acquisitions
A system that said inventory was in stock — until someone walked all 8 aisles to check — became same-day counts, half-day bank audits down to 1–1.5 hours, and a week-long year-end shutdown cut to 3 days.
"wisys has already paid for itself and then some! Customer service is very pleased."Joy Campbell, IT Manager
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Rather than force a standard system on employees, wisys built pick/pack/ship tools around Bob's Red Mill's own workflows — and gave every product a serial lot the moment it leaves the warehouse.
"There are not many things you can't do with the product. It is amazing."Bryan Emerson, IT Director
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Minute-level lot tracking across retail, industrial, and end customers used to take five or six steps in Macola. Now it's one, through the wisys Agility grid — with inventory accuracy up to 99%.
"The investment that we put into WiSys has paid us back many times over."Chemaid Laboratories
Guesswork on ingredient counts once risked scrapped batches and expedited shipping. Now the team knows exactly what's on hand before it plans a production run.
"We are light years ahead of where we were before WiSys."Kyle Cash, Senior Associate
Faber-Castell traded hand-written inventory logs for real-time visibility from dock to put-away, with compliance-driven customer labeling built directly into the workflow.
"WiSys will continue to be a valued business partner... to help support our commitment to record real-time transactions wherever possible."Michael Smith, IT Director
Nine Line ran its warehouse on tribal knowledge until a direct SAP Business One integration gave every item a home — with user-defined fields and label control built for its own product lines.
"What impressed us with WiSys was that it could integrate directly into SAP B1 seamlessly."Jordan Nearhoof, Director of Fulfillment
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From receiving to the CEO's take on ROI, Camco Chemicals put its wisys rollout on camera — mobile scanning, cycle counting, and the team running it day to day.
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See how DFL Colombia brought wisys Agility WMS online across its operation.
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Tweezerman's IT Director walks through what changed on the warehouse floor after wisys went live.
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Consensus International sells and supports SAP Business One across North America. It now works with one warehouse management vendor exclusively, to serve the small and mid-sized customers everyone else was leaving behind.
"In the small and medium-sized companies, the number of solutions out there available are not as flexible as what wisys brings... there was nothing in the middle."Mauricio Castrillon, President, Consensus International
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Acterra is an SAP Business One partner in Hungary. It adds wisys for real-time warehouse control, including a kanban picking workflow that replaced paper at one electronics manufacturer.
"As a result, the process that previously required two people per production line, now two people is enough for four production line."Csaba Kriston, Managing Director, Acterra
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"wisys has already paid for itself and then some! Customer service is very pleased."
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