Cumberland Diversified Metals Case Study
Project at a Glance
About Cumberland Diversified Metals (CDM):
CDM is a distributor of specialty metals with particular strength in prime and secondary stainless steel and aluminum. CDM prides itself on knowledge of current market conditions, allowing the company to be competitive when buying and selling to customers in the U.S., Canada, and Mexico.
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ERP Consulting
ERP Implementation
ERP Customization
ERP Migration
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The Challenge:
CDM was trying to manage their business information with one computer terminal using Excel spreadsheets. This legacy process was inefficient and could not meet the needs of the rapidly growing company. CDM needed a dynamic solution that could grow with their business and be accountable to their valued customer base.
About The Visionary:
The company has grown exponentially in product offerings, market share, and most importantly, its valued customer base. Adatasol was approached by CDM's CFO to implement a new ERP solution to combat their inefficient legacy processes that were unable to meet the needs of the rapidly growing company.
The Vision:
The vision of the CFO was to create a customized ERP solution that provided a one-stop-shop for all of CDM’s information needs. This included contact management, purchasing, sales, and accounting.
Adatasol’s Solution:
Adatasol installed a cost-effective system that allowed CDM to grow efficiently and enhance its revenues. The Adatasol system has expanded and improved in concert with CDM’s growth; the system is a key element in CDM’s success.
Services We Delivered for Cumberland Diversified Metals
This project required Adatasol to replace a single-terminal Excel-based operation with a scalable ERP solution capable of growing alongside a rapidly expanding specialty metals distribution business.
ERP Consulting
We worked directly with CDM's CFO to analyze the company's existing Excel-based processes, assess scalability limitations, and design an ERP architecture covering contact management, purchasing, sales, and accounting — built to support the company's growth trajectory.
Implementation
We managed the full deployment from system configuration through user training and go-live, ensuring CDM's team could operate confidently from day one and scale the system as the business continued to grow.
Customization
We tailored the ERP system to CDM's specific workflows for specialty metals distribution — including custom pricing structures for prime and secondary metals, customer-specific terms, multi-currency support for US, Canadian, and Mexican transactions, and purchase-to-sale tracking.
Migration
We migrated CDM's business data from Excel spreadsheets into a structured ERP platform, mapping customer records, product catalogs, pricing data, vendor information, and transaction history to ensure a seamless transition with zero data loss.
ERP for Manufacturing and Distribution
Cumberland Diversified Metals demonstrates a pattern we frequently see in growing manufacturing and distribution businesses — a company that has outgrown its spreadsheet-based processes and needs a scalable ERP system to maintain operational control while expanding its customer base and product offerings. A unified ERP platform replaces fragmented tools with centralized management of purchasing, sales, inventory, and accounting.
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