Sage 100 ERP Knits Seamless Solution for Sweater.com
Customer Company Size
SME
Region
- America
Country
- United States
Product
- Sage 100 ERP
- Ensemble Business Software
Tech Stack
- EDI
- SAP Crystal Reports
- Inventory Management module
Implementation Scale
- Enterprise-wide Deployment
Impact Metrics
- Productivity Improvements
- Cost Savings
Technology Category
- Functional Applications - Enterprise Resource Planning Systems (ERP)
- Functional Applications - Inventory Management Systems
Applicable Industries
- Apparel
Applicable Functions
- Discrete Manufacturing
- Warehouse & Inventory Management
Use Cases
- Inventory Management
- Manufacturing System Automation
Services
- System Integration
- Training
About The Customer
Sweater.com is a garment manufacturer based in Santa Monica, California. The company is headed by industry veterans Bruce Gifford and Dan Jaffe. Sweater.com operates under the label, One Girl Who..., and is known for its superior-quality sweaters that are the height of fashion. The company has been making waves in the apparel industry, landing 500 accounts by the end of its first year. Its sweaters are hot sellers with national retailers like Nordstrom and a thousand other specialty stores. The company operates from three locations and has a workforce of 15 employees.
The Challenge
Sweater.com, a rapidly growing apparel company, was facing inefficiencies due to the lack of integration between QuickBooks and vertical software for apparel industry management. The company was using QuickBooks for its financial management and a separate software for apparel management. This lack of integration was causing inefficiencies across the company. The company needed a solution that could integrate financial management with apparel industry management to improve efficiency and accuracy in financial statements. Additionally, the company required a robust allocation module for both inventory and product costing, which were considered essential for its operations.
The Solution
Sweater.com adopted Sage 100 ERP and Ensemble Business Software in late 2004. The company uses Sage 100 ERP for a wide range of operations including entering orders, creating UPCs, generating purchase orders, tracking receipt of goods, entering sales orders, allocating invoicing, picking, updating invoices, and creating general ledger transactions. Ensemble Business Software enhances Sage 100 ERP with special features for apparel, footwear, and soft goods companies. It provides the ability to create a matrix for products by size and color, all housed under a single part number for easier reporting. Its Distribution Solution lets Sweater.com reduce data entry requirements and organize inventory by style, color, sizes, UPCs, and NRF codes. Its Warehouse Management Solution helps expedite finished goods allocation, multibin processing, picking sheet control, packing list processing, carrier manifest, and ship notice processing. The software also provides EDI capabilities.
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