What were the before-and-after inventory variance figures (dollars and percentage) once Deacom was fully adopted?
Silver Spring Foods went from having a variance of up to $300,000 to about $1,000 on their $4 million inventory.
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Summary
See how to stop inventory loss. Join the webinar to learn how Silver Spring Foods used Deacom to achieve 99% inventory accuracy by plugging inventory leaks, eliminating manual workarounds, and improving traceability, QC, and regulatory compliance across batch operations. Corey Thatcher and ECI’s Megan Wheaton will share practical selection and implementation steps, common pitfalls to avoid, and where a single-platform ERP delivers the fastest ROI for batch and process manufacturers. Register for the June 24, 2026, session at 10:00 a.m. PST:
Silver Spring Foods is the world’s largest horseradish producer, with products in popular convenience stores like Walmart and Kroger. In a competitive market, this food manufacturer must worry about demand, regulatory compliance, and quality assurance; the last thing on their minds was losing money to inventory variances. With $4 million in inventory, the company was once complacent about being off by $200,000 — $300,000 on physical inventory.
That was before they discovered Deacom.
Knowing they were losing profits, Silver Spring Foods needed a change from the software they were currently using to a solution that would plug inventory leaks.
Silver Spring Foods evaluated ERP options with a clear checklist:
Deacom stood out as the only solution that met those needs without extra bolt-on customizations.
Hear from Silver Spring Foods’ Corey Thatcher and ECI Software Solutions’ Megan Wheaton, as they share how Deacom transformed Silver Spring Foods’ operations during our webinar: Fireside Chat: How Silver Spring Foods Achieved 99% Inventory Accuracy With ERP
In this concise, experience-driven session, you’ll hear the full Silver Spring Foods story: The business problems they solved, the practical steps they took, and the benefits they achieved by moving to a single, purpose-built ERP.
Learn how their team:
This webinar features practical, experience-based insights from the Silver Spring Foods’ team about what worked, what they would do differently, and the tangible day-to-day improvements they now see.
Expect to walk away being able to:
Deacom is an ERP built for the way batch and process manufacturers work. Instead of workarounds, customizations, and bolt-ons, Deacom encompasses the basic capabilities batch manufacturers need right out of the box. It centralizes formulation and batch processing, lot tracking and traceability, QC/Certificate of Analysis generation, regulatory compliance, and MRP-driven inventory planning to give real‑time batch costing and production visibility.
For manufacturers, like Silver Spring Foods, who are tired of systems that are “good enough,” Deacom provides the full range of visibility and capabilities to transform businesses into high-profit, leak-proof operations.
Recap
Stop inventory loss by joining the webinar. Learn how this food manufacturer used Deacom to plug inventory leaks and reach 99% inventory accuracy, eliminating manual workarounds while improving traceability, QC, and regulatory compliance across batch operations. Hear practical, experience-driven selection and implementation advice from Corey Thatcher and ECI’s Megan Wheaton, and learn where a single-platform ERP delivers the fastest ROI without bolt-ons or costly customizations. Register for the June 24, 2026, 10:00 a.m. PDT session
Silver Spring Foods went from having a variance of up to $300,000 to about $1,000 on their $4 million inventory.
Deacom provides lot‑level traceability, audit trails, Certificate of Analysis generation, shelf‑life management, GHS/SDS label support, and recall reporting, features designed to simplify audits and speed recall response while preserving chain-of-custody details.
Many batch/process manufacturers can realize substantial improvements, but outcomes depend on starting data quality, SKU/lot complexity, multi‑site coordination, and commitment to process discipline. The webinar will discuss which variables most influence outcomes and how to assess fit for your business.
Key pitfalls include skipping data cleanup, under-resourcing training, relying on bolt‑on tools instead of native capabilities, poor stakeholder engagement, insufficient testing, and unclear success metrics. Silver Spring’s session will highlight the pitfalls they avoided (and any they encountered) and best practices to accelerate success.