A 9-plant manufacturer off SAP B1, onto one operating system.

A 9-plant industrial manufacturer moved off SAP Business One onto ERPNext and Holisto IEP in 11 weeks — eliminating ~₹48L/yr of per-user licensing and cutting month-end close from 12 days to 4 across the group.

Timeline: 11 weeks · fixed-scope · phased rollout
Sector: Industrial manufacturer · 9 plants, multi-entity
Result: 9 plants · 1 operating system · 0 licence cliff

Before

SAP B1 running books + inventory; ~₹48L/yr in per-user licences across 9 plants
Every customisation a 4–6 week change request through the SAP partner
BI stitched from three monthly CSV exports in Excel; statutory filings a manual exercise
No real-time view of plant-to-plant stock or inter-entity transfers

What we shipped

ERPNext (manufacturing, stock, accounts) + Frappe Insights for BI, single multi-company instance
Holisto IEP integrating banking, GST, e-invoicing, e-way bill, and customs into the same ledger
Frappe Helpdesk for internal ops tickets under the same SSO and role model as ERP

After

Per-user licence spend: ~₹48L/yr → ₹0
Month-end close: 12 days → 4 days across 9 plants
Customisation turnaround: 6 weeks → 3–5 days, in-house
Plant-to-plant stock visibility: offline → live

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