fr8
How trucking and logistics company optimised transaction time and servicer cost by switching from SAP B1 to ERPNext
About FR8
- Industry: Trucking and Logistics
- Website: www.fr8.in
- Key Facts: India's largest trucking platform operating with ~6500 trucks, 50K+ active users, Marketplace for businesses and truck owners
Challenges
- With business booming during covid (2020), their then system SAP B1 started to break and the server costs were very high
- Peak load time were painfully slow, sometimes leading to 30 min lag (90th percentile) in completing transactions
- Low margin business hence efficiency mattered
- Lack of leadership awareness and belief in open source ERP
Benefits
- Deep evaluation of ERPNext done by leadership team. Everyone agreed looking at the potential savings of >70%
- Implementation was done in 3 months, both ERPs ran for 1 month in parallel before switch
Impact
72% reduction
in server costs
80% reduction
transaction speed during peak time (from 6 min to 30 sec)
Why ERPNext?
No licensing cost
Lower server costs
User-friendly
"Savings in one part, however the speed, ease of use and adaptability of ERPNext has proven to extremely beneficial for FR8"
