Time Manufacturing (Epicor)

Managing 5,000–10,000 Direct Material Parts with Limited Supplier Visibility

“We reduced our visibility of demand from the next 18 months to the next six months.”

Raul Gutierrez

Strategic Procurement Manager

Time Manufacturing produces aerial lifts and bucket trucks used by utilities and service providers. Managing a complex direct materials supply base with 5,000–10,000 purchased parts, the company faced challenges getting accurate, timely confirmations from suppliers so that MRP could drive production plans reliably.

Learn how Time Manufacturing used SourceDay to boost production attainment to 98%, improve demand visibility by 67%, and streamlined supplier confirmations with real-time Epicor ERP integration.

“We set a goal to produce a specific number of machines each day… we started maybe at 85% and in the last six months we are up to 98% production attainment.”

Raul Gutierrez

Strategic Procurement Manager

From Email Chaos to Reliable, Real-Time Collaboration

Before

• Unreliable Supplier Confirmations Buyers manually sent POs after each MRP run and waited for responses on price, quantity, and due dates — often unsure if suppliers even received the order.
• Reactive Production Planning Without timely confirmations, ERP data couldn’t be trusted. Planners worked around uncertainty, reacting to shortages instead of preventing them.
• 18-Month Backlog & Planning Uncertainty Inconsistent supplier responses made it difficult to align supply with demand, extending the production backlog and limiting visibility into near-term risk.
• Time Lost Chasing Updates Procurement teams spent hours following up on acknowledgments rather than reviewing MRP outputs, adjusting demand, or managing true exceptions.
• Three-Way Match Friction Fluctuating pricing and unconfirmed PO changes led to invoice discrepancies, delayed payments, and strained supplier relationships.

After

• Real-Time PO Collaboration Suppliers confirmed orders directly in SourceDay, with accurate price, quantity, and due dates flowing into Epicor within minutes.
• Reliable ERP & MRP Data With up-to-date confirmations, planners trusted the system data driving production schedules and purchasing decisions.
• 98% Production Attainment Improved confirmation accuracy and visibility enabled Time Manufacturing to consistently hit daily production targets.
• Reduced Planning Horizon Risk Clearer insight into confirmed supply reduced effective uncertainty from an 18-month backlog to a six-month, manageable horizon
• Stronger Supplier Engagement With 80% of suppliers active in SourceDay, communication improved, performance became more transparent, and collaboration became proactive instead of reactive.

Real-Time PO Collaboration

Raul Gutierrez and the procurement team at Time Manufacturing adopted SourceDay to replace manual email follow-ups with structured, real-time PO collaboration. Integrated directly with Epicor ERP, SourceDay enabled suppliers to confirm price, quantity, and due dates in one platform, with approved updates syncing back into the ERP within minutes — giving buyers immediate visibility and restoring trust in the data driving MRP and production plans.

Who We Are

SourceDay

SourceDay provides PO Collaboration solutions to manufacturers, distributors, retailers and supply chains all over the world. We do more than save time and money; we transform procurement’s value proposition within the company.

Time Manufacturing (Epicor)

Time Manufacturing produces aerial lifts and bucket trucks used by utilities and service providers.