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From delayed transactions and negative inventory to real-time manufacturing visibility and stronger quality control
Food Manufacturing
All-natural sauces, salsas, ketchups, and mixers
Delray Beach, Florida
11-50
eWorkplace Apps Process Manufacturing and Quality Management with Acumatica Manufacturing Edition
Founded in 2011, Tabañero Holdings is a U.S.-based condiment manufacturer known for its premium hot sauces made with fresh vegetables and flavorful ingredients. In addition to its signature hot sauce portfolio, the company manufactures BBQ sauces, taco sauces, and provides co-packing and private label services for a wide range of customers.
As operations expanded, the company needed a manufacturing solution that could improve inventory accuracy, enforce disciplined production processes, strengthen quality management, and provide real-time operational visibility.
"Shifting over to Acumatica and using eWorkplace app, it's forced a habit change where we're posting the POs timely, we're receiving them timely. We're creating the batches, we're planning it first, then creating the batches, and then posting the batches when they're completed and moving it to finished goods, and then we're able to ship when it's supposed to be shipped, and then also invoice when it's been shipped. So, timeliness has increased substantially."
Under the previous ERP system, inventory controls were largely disabled, allowing negative inventory balances and delayed transaction posting. As a result, inventory records often fail to reflect actual stock levels. "Nothing was ever done timely, and I would always have negative inventory. I had no idea what I actually had if I opened up my system." - Paul Bernstein
Production activities - including purchasing, receiving, batch creation, production posting, shipping, and invoicing - were not consistently executed in sequence, reducing operational efficiency and visibility.
Production costing required manual calculations, making it difficult for management to evaluate profitability and pricing decisions in real time.
The operations and quality teams required a more structured quality management system that could strengthen inspection processes throughout manufacturing.
With eWorkplace Apps Process Manufacturing running inside Acumatica, Tabañero established disciplined manufacturing workflows that require timely execution of every production step - from purchasing through finished goods and invoicing.
By enforcing timely transaction posting throughout purchasing, receiving, manufacturing, and shipping, the company significantly improved inventory accuracy and operational confidence.
"Using eWorkplace and Acumatica, I have a much better idea of what I actually have. As we're changing our habits, it's becoming more and more consistent."
— Paul Bernstein, Corporate Controller, Tabañero Holdings
Tabañero manufactures multiple finished goods from a single production run. Super Batch functionality enables different package sizes to be produced efficiently from one parent batch while maintaining production visibility. "The ability to do a Super Batch... 5-ounce bottles, 8-ounce bottles, 64-ounce containers... it's allowed us to have much more flexibility while understanding the production numbers at the end of the day." - Paul Bernstein
Production Review reporting provides immediate visibility into manufacturing costs without requiring manual calculations. "It tells me how much each unit costs. I don't have to do the math anymore, and I can look at it in real time." - Paul Bernstein
The solution enables users to move seamlessly between screens, work across multiple tabs, and efficiently review transactions throughout the manufacturing process. Its audit-friendly design also provides greater transparency and simplifies operational oversight. “Before we went with Acumatica and eWorkplace, we looked at Microsoft Dynamics 365 and NetSuite. Those ones seem to be more cumbersome. And frankly, at the end of the day, we're going to end up being more expensive in the long run. What sold me on you going with this route of Acumatica with eWorkplace was the overall simplicity of the interface and the overall ease of which you can move screen to screen based off of where you are in the process and having multiple tabs open and being able to check your work that way. But it was very audit friendly.” - Paul Bernstein
The eWorkplace Apps Quality Management Suite helps strengthen production quality by providing structured quality processes that are fully integrated into manufacturing operations.
"The quality team really liked the QMS. We're actually using that to make our quality process a bit stronger."
— Paul Bernstein, Corporate Controller, Tabañero Holdings
Beyond the software itself, Tabañero highlighted the implementation experience and responsiveness of the eWorkplace Apps team as a major contributor to project success.
The fact that you guys know your system, beyond inside and out makes it easier for everybody to learn and accept its use really quickly. Knowing that the people that are training us are, we feel fully confident that we're getting everything we need from them.
— Paul Bernstein, Corporate Controller, Tabañero Holdings
"Timeliness has increased substantially."
— Paul Bernstein, Corporate Controller, Tabañero Holdings
Manufacturing, quality checks, and traceability were managed manually through paper documents and spreadsheets, resulting in heavy labor effort and limited visibility. “The biggest issue we had previously is we were on paper and just based off of spreadsheets. There was a lot of manual labour and effort involved in that,” says Jeff.
“Trying to do recall testing was quite manual. It involved referring back to paper records and spreadsheets and trying to piece together traceability,” says Jeff.
Traceability and mock recall exercises required searching through paper files and spreadsheets, making the process slow and inefficient.
As a dairy processor, butterfat levels in milk and cream fluctuate naturally. Recipes must be dynamically adjusted to maintain consistent product quality.
“Our recipes are essentially the same formula, but the inputs vary due to butterfat levels. eWorkplace helps us adjust those recipes dynamically based on butterfat levels,” says Jeff.
With short shelf lives inherent to dairy products, managing lot assignments and expiration dates required stronger system controls.
By implementing Acumatica with eWorkplace Apps Process Manufacturing & Quality Management Solution, Royal Crest Dairy digitized its manufacturing operations, bill of materials (BOM) calculations, and lot assignments. “With the move to Acumatica, we went digital, and eWorkplace Apps was instrumental in enabling that on the manufacturing side,” Jeff Hunter.
Material usage calculations are now automated within the ERP, and suggested materials are generated directly from defined BOMs. “The calculating of material usage in our BOMs was quite manual before. Now we have those calculations made within Acumatica itself,” says Jeff.
The company now benefits from automated lot tracking and significantly improved recall readiness. “Traceability is much improved with eWorkplace where it’s all digital and automated,” Jeff Hunter.
Quality controls are integrated across receiving, production, and batch processing, with configurable mandatory or optional tests.
“The flexibility with quality is really helpful — whether tests are mandatory or not, and the different trigger points during receiving or production,” says Jeff.
Quality checks ensure bacterial safety, correct mix formulations, and compliance at every stage.
Royal Crest Dairy produces many SKUs from a single parent batch. The Super Batch functionality enables efficient management of these relationships.
“Super batches is a really helpful feature for us. We have many SKUs produced off the same parent batch,” says Jeff.
Beyond technology, the eWorkplace Apps’ approach was a key factor in success. “The eWorkplace team was great to work with. They were willing to seek to understand our needs and made an onsite visit to configure the system the best way for us. They were very supportive, flexible, and willing to adjust to help us achieve our desired solution,” Jeff Hunter.
“Being on an ERP now brings greater accountability between departments. We know who’s transacting what, and there’s more visibility to the data,” says Jeff.
“I’ve never had an implementation where the person training us couldn’t answer something. The responsiveness was incredibly timely, the follow-up was great, and working with you guys has been a breeze.“ – Paul Bernstein
"If you're manufacturing, you need eWorkplace Apps because those guys really know their stuff."
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