From Spin Cycle to Success: How Odoo Laundered Presso's Business Challenges

Location/Region: Atlanta, Georgia
Industry: Garment care
Apps implemented: Inventory, Manufacturing, Employees, Shop Floor
Software Replaced: Google Drive, Notion, Osano
Number of users: 14
Company size: 20
Hosting type: Odoo.sh

Laundry is a mundane chore that everyone does, and yet for some people, it can still cause issues. Delicate garments can get ruined by the washer and dryer process, a white sock can come out pink due to a stray piece of red clothing, a shirt may pop out two sizes too small. In addition to being error-prone, laundry machines can take up to an hour to complete their cycles, requiring people to be home for long stretches of time to get this simple chore completed. Presso wants to change the way modern garment care is done.

Presso was founded in 2018 by two college students during their senior year at Purdue University. Co-founders Thibault Corens, from Belgium, and Nishant Jain, from India, met as freshmen in 2014, both having never done their own laundry up until that point. They quickly realized not only what a hassle doing laundry can be and how long it can take, but also how finicky the chore really is. Both of them ruined some clothes in the process of figuring out how the college’s particular laundry machines worked. By senior year, they had invented a new way of doing laundry.

Left: Co-Founder Nishant Jain, Right: Co-Founder Thibault Corens

Presso designs laundry machines with robotic technology that clean and press clothes in four and a half minutes. Not only is the process speedy, but the specialized laundering methods result in increased longevity for garments– 8x that of a regular laundry machine. This means no more color fading, shrinkage, or damaged material from harsh washers and dryers. This is due to Presso’s unique system that doesn’t utilize tumbling, meaning much less agitation for clothing. While this high-level of care is typically expensive and hard to access, Presso’s main focus is making its machines available in multi-family units, hotels, and other communal spaces as a self-service option. 

As Presso strives to change the way laundry is done, it has grown and reached levels of success that simply outgrew its old business management software. Enter Odoo as the modern solution for this modernized company!

Before switching to Odoo, Presso was using a combination of Google Drive, Notion, and Osano to manage its day-to-day operations. At the beginning, this system made sense for the company because it was only manufacturing around three laundry machines a year, and therefore wasn’t ready for a full-functioning ERP solution quite yet. However, as the company began scaling up, not having operations automated started becoming an issue. Co-founder Thibault Corens explains that managing inventory in spreadsheets was especially difficult and unsustainable for growth. He and his business partner Nishant began exploring other ERPs options, including Netsuite and Odoo. Ultimately, the pair decided on Odoo due to its simplicity, visual appeal, and high level of customizability. 

Presso went live with Odoo in early 2022. Thibault says that their Odoo implementation went smoothly, especially since it was more building out a new database rather than switching a lot of data over, since at the time, the company didn’t have much information to transfer. With a new ERP in hand, Presso was now prepared to tackle the continuing growth of its business.

Presso is now two and a half years into its journey with Odoo, and the difference in the company’s day-to-day operations is tangible. Thibault says that Odoo's Inventory application has made a huge impact on Presso, especially compared to its previous inventory management system in spreadsheets that left much to be desired. 

In general, the fully-automated nature of Odoo has made Presso much more efficient. The software has also provided the company and its team with tracking capabilities, particularly when it comes to seeing which combinations of laundry machines are out in the field at which locations. Thibault also explains how Odoo has allowed him and his business partner the ability to understand the efficacy of Presso’s manufacturing line. In the future, Thibault sees Odoo helping the company manage maintenance and repairs as well for its machines. 

With Odoo’s support and automated workflows, Presso is excited to change the way modern laundry is done.

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