Manufacturing Plant Cuts Month-End Close Time
Industry: Manufacturing Duration: 4 months Completed: March 2025
A mid-sized manufacturing operation in Gabrovo was spending nearly two weeks closing their books each month. Their finance team manually consolidated data from production, inventory, and sales systems—then cross-checked everything twice because errors kept appearing.
We mapped their existing workflow first. Turns out they had three different spreadsheets tracking the same inventory movements, and nobody was quite sure which version was current. Production supervisors were emailing updates that sat in inboxes for days.
Instead of replacing everything at once, we built connections between their existing systems. Production data now flows directly to their financial software. Inventory adjustments trigger automatic notifications. The finance team reviews consolidated reports rather than hunting through emails.
What Actually Changed
- Month-end closing dropped from 12 days to 4 days by February 2025
- Finance team spends less time on data entry, more time on analysis
- Production supervisors appreciate not having to send the same update multiple ways
- Management gets financial snapshots weekly instead of monthly