Industry: Luxury kitchen and bath products manufacturer
Headquarters: San Luis Obispo, California
Number of Employees: 200 employees
CHALLENGE
Handling increasing number of SKUs from 300 to 2000
Minimal ability to determine when to purchase raw materials from vendors
Lack of control over inventory turns and real-time reporting of their entire operations
Minimal ability to anticipate customer demands and predict inventory levels
SOLUTIONS
SAP Business One provides full visibility into all areas of the business
Material Requirement Planning (MRP) in SAP Business creates recommendation for purchase orders and production orders based on the current status of transactions in the system
Intuitive solution that is easy for customers to do business via a customer portal add-on
Instant reporting that offer an in-depth view of their business operations and customer purchasing behavior
BENEFITS
Ability to anticipate customer demands for increased accuracy of materials and inventory
Supports continued business growth by streamlining warehouse and inventory management of new product SKUs (stock keeping units)
Scalable ERP foundation that supports their entire business operations for future growth
SAP Business One was able to provide us with a MRP system that substantially increased the accuracy of our purchases and allowed us to have better control of our inventory turns.