# Olde Thompson

> Spice maker Olde Thompson took Plex to the plant floor on iPads with a Fuuz app and gateway, label printing included, plus parcel shipping and device data.

Source: https://www.fuuz.com/customers/olde-thompson

Customer story · Food


Olde Thompson, a spice manufacturer founded in 1944, could not reach the plant floor with its Plex ERP on modern tablets. A Fuuz gateway and an app built on the platform made it work, label printing included.

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The challenge

## Where They Started

- Plex could not reach the plant floor on modern tablets such as iPads
- Printing labels from iPads was impossible
- Hundreds of parcel shipments a day
- Weigh scales and handheld scanners to connect
- Customizations lost in the move from a legacy ERP
At a glance

**Company** Olde Thompson

**Industry** Food

**Results** Plex on the plant floor on modern tablets, with labels printing as they should.

The story

## How It Came Together

After moving to Plex, Olde Thompson wanted its plant-floor teams working on modern tablets. Plex could not reach the plant floor on iPads, and printing labels from them was impossible, which stopped the idea at the most basic step.

Fuuz closed the gap from both ends. The Fuuz gateway connects the plant's label printers, scales and devices, and an app built on the platform gives operators exactly the screens they need on iPads, with Plex kept in sync through its APIs. Parcel shipping with UPS and FedEx runs on the same platform.

What they built on Fuuz

## The Solution

### Plant-floor app on iPads

An app built on Fuuz that does exactly what the floor needs, connected to Plex through its APIs.

### Label printing through the gateway

The Fuuz gateway lets iPads print labels to the plant's printers.

### Parcel shipping

UPS and FedEx shipping on the platform.

### Scales and devices

Automated data collection from scales and devices.

### Integrations

Third-party API integrations.

Results

## What Changed

Plex on the plant floor on modern tablets, with labels printing as they should.

Kept their processes instead of adapting to the software.

Shipping and shop-floor work on one platform.

> “We didn't need to adjust our processes to fit the software.”

Marcus Merchant, IT Director, Olde Thompson

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