Lawrence Paper Company Streamlines Operations with DocuWare
Customer Company Size
Mid-size Company
Region
- America
Country
- United States
Product
- DocuWare
Tech Stack
- Enterprise Resource Planning system
Implementation Scale
- Departmental Deployment
Impact Metrics
- Productivity Improvements
- Waste Reduction
Technology Category
- Functional Applications - Enterprise Resource Planning Systems (ERP)
Applicable Functions
- Business Operation
Use Cases
- Inventory Management
Services
- System Integration
About The Customer
Lawrence Paper Company is one of the oldest box companies west of the Mississippi. It is a family-owned business that was established in 1882. The company has about 215 employees at its Kansas location. Lawrence Paper Company produces a variety of boxes and packaging materials, ranging from simple brown boxes to items large enough to hold auto parts. The company serves about 2,000 customers ranging from pet food producers to beer brewers, from industrial to retail, and from manufacturing to the automotive industry. Last year, it made enough corrugated sheets to circumnavigate the globe.
The Challenge
Lawrence Paper Company, a family-owned business established in 1882, produces a variety of boxes and packaging materials. With about 215 employees at its Kansas location, the company serves about 2,000 customers ranging from pet food producers to beer brewers, from industrial to retail, and from manufacturing to the automotive industry. However, the company was facing challenges with its record-keeping process. The volume of work required precise record-keeping, which used to generate a lot of paper. The company had been doing things the same way for 30 to 40 years, with a lot of paper pushing between different departments. They were looking for a way to be more efficient.
The Solution
Lawrence Paper Company decided to implement DocuWare, a digital document management system, to improve its record-keeping process. The company installed DocuWare about three years ago, starting with the Accounting Department. Digitizing immediately brought benefits. DocuWare also improved workflow and made operations more efficient. Prior to DocuWare, when an employee made a purchase, they would initiate a paper trail. A paper-based purchase order would circulate between seven different people and then was stored in a file cabinet. DocuWare made it much more time effective and easier to reconcile in the company’s Enterprise Resource Planning system and streamline the work of the Accounts Payable team.
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