Fastener manufacturer reduces quotation turnaround from up to 10 days to two as cloud ERP connects costing, configuration and production planning
TripleFast Middle East has completed its migration to Epicor Kinetic deployed in the cloud, delivering a measurable improvement in one of its most business-critical processes: quotation turnaround time.
The manufacturer of fasteners and engineered components for the oil and gas and petrochemical sectors has reduced the time required to produce quotations from as long as 10 days to approximately two days an improvement of up to 80%.
The change addresses a familiar manufacturing challenge: fragmented costing and disconnected data. Previously, TripleFast relied on standalone spreadsheets for cost calculations before manually transferring information into its ERP environment. With Epicor Kinetic, costing logic and structured part codes are embedded directly into the quoting process.
“The cloud gives us the foundation to keep improving. In manufacturing, precision and predictability matter.” — Ian Hamilton, Finance Director MENA-APAC, TripleFast Middle East
The company has also customised the product configurator to handle complex engineered products. Product specifications such as dimensions and material grades can be entered into the system, which can reference existing part codes or create new ones while applying embedded costing logic.
Beyond quoting, TripleFast has strengthened production visibility by refining bills of operations and incorporating machine times, delivery buffers and need-by dates into scheduling. Real-time dashboards also give sales teams visibility into order status, reducing the need for manual coordination between departments.
“This project was never about a single milestone. It’s about continuous, incremental enhancements into the business,” Hamilton said. “When you refine quoting, improve scheduling accuracy and strengthen data discipline, those gains rapidly compound.”
For manufacturers, the deployment highlights how cloud ERP can move beyond infrastructure modernisation to directly influence commercial responsiveness, production predictability and margin control.
TripleFast plans to extend the platform with financial planning and analysis capabilities, alongside barcode scanning for job completion and inventory management. The longer-term objective is to build a more connected, data-driven manufacturing operation capable of responding faster to the demands of the energy sector.
