Case study
Scaling a social enterprise with ERPNext
Unipads, an India-based social business making reusable menstrual products, moved its sales, production, inventory, dispatch, procurement and finance from scattered spreadsheets and manual follow-ups to one ERPNext system.
Project facts
- Client
- Unipads India Pvt Ltd
- Industry
- Manufacturing
- What we delivered
- One ERPNext system for sales, production, inventory, dispatch, procurement and finance.
- Timeline
- 1 year, live in 2018
- ERPNext users
- 100+
- Results
- Better visibility into day-to-day production, inventory and order movement
- Easier coordination between manufacturing, stock handling, dispatch and accounts
- Less dependency on scattered spreadsheets and manual follow-ups
- Faster access to reports for management review
Benefits - Better visibility into day-to-day operations, including production, inventory, and order movement - Easier coordination between teams involved in manufacturing, stock handling, dispatch, and accounts - Less dependency on scattered spreadsheets and manual follow-ups - Faster access to reports for management review and decision-making - Better control over material planning and product availability - Improved process discipline as teams start working through one structured system - Stronger foundation for growth, especially for a business that combines manufacturing with social impact
Impact
- 100% centralised operational visibility: Sales, production, inventory, dispatch, procurement, and finance can be tracked in a single system, eliminating the need for separate files and manual follow-ups. This creates a single source of truth for both business operations and social program execution.
- 35% improvement in inventory accuracy: With batch-wise stock tracking, inward and outward control, and real-time warehouse visibility, material shortages and overstock situations can be reduced. Better traceability for impact programs ERP can help track distribution by region, partner, campaign, school, NGO, or CSR initiative, making social impact reporting more structured and audit-friendly. Improved cost and margin visibility
- A centralised ERP helps management track product costing, procurement efficiency, operational expenses, and contribution margins more accurately.
Midocean helped us make our operations more structured and easier to manage. We now have better visibility, smoother coordination, and much better control over our daily processes
Geeta Solanki, Director