Empire Bolt & Screw

A premier distributor of threaded products, fasteners, and industrial goods, Empire Bolt & Screw was founded in 1972 in Spokane, Washington. Empire Bolt serves a multitude of industries and maintains a large inventory of standard products and customizations like special bolt finishes, unique screw coatings, or a made-to-print custom machined part.

Needing to streamline company-wide processes, Empire Bolt implemented Distribution One’s software in 2009. In 2018, they upgraded to ERP- ONE+ to utilize new functionality like wireless warehousing as well as the EDI integration with another customer.

As explained by Empire Bolt’s General Manager, “We’ve been using Distribution One software for 10 years, and we’ve experienced continued benefits over that time. Out of the gate, our first cost savings occurred in accounting. What was previously a full-time job went down to just 2 hours a day. This change alone saved us $40,000 in year-over-year labor costs.”

“Most recently, we’ve been using the VMI (Vendor Managed Inventory) Mobile App which has saved us a lot of time in the field. With the app, we are able to get our orders into the system and shipped out the same day to customers 100 miles away. We no longer have to wait for sales to enter orders and can avoid the potential errors from their manual process.” In addition to time savings, using the VMI Mobile App has brought significant cost savings. “It has saved us time in the field as well as time entering
orders. Internally, we’ve saved 410 hours annually in order entry labor costs with ERP-ONE+ which equates to over $10,000 a year. In addition, our time savings in the field is 195 hours (or $5,000).”

“We are in the process of implementing additional improvements for even greater process efficiency. We are very happy with the incredible savings we’ve achieved. We love the system!”

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Empire Bolt has saved 410 hours annually in order entry labor costs with ERP-ONE+.

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“What was previously a full-time job went down to just 2 hours a day. This change alone saved us $40,000 in year over year labor costs.”