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Cin7's Inventory Management Solution Empowers Heart Water's Sustainable Business Model

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Technology Category	Functional Applications - Inventory Management Systems Sensors - Utility Meters
Applicable Industries	Packaging
Applicable Functions	Warehouse & Inventory Management
Use Cases	Intelligent Urban Water Supply Management Inventory Management
Services	System Integration
Challenge	Heart Water, a sustainable water brand based in Austin, Texas, faced significant challenges in managing its inventory. The company, which uses a unique patent-pending technology to harvest rainwater for bottling, was struggling to break into a market dominated by established brands from giant corporations. To compete, Heart Water needed an inventory system that provided modern selling tools and could handle multichannel selling seamlessly. The company sells both direct to customer (D2C) and wholesale (B2B), requiring a system that could keep track of production, batches, and SKUs regardless of the sales channel. Prior to implementing a solution, Heart Water was managing inventory with a combination of QuickBooks Online and an Excel spreadsheet, a method that was proving to be inefficient and inadequate for their growing needs. Read More
About Customer	Heart Water is a sustainable water brand based in Austin, Texas. The company uses a unique patent-pending technology to harvest rainwater straight after it falls, without it ever touching the ground. This makes Heart Water one of the few water brands that can claim to be genuinely sustainable, utilizing both rainwater collected at the point of manufacture and sustainable packaging. Despite having a superior product, Heart Water faced significant challenges in breaking into a market dominated by established brands from giant corporations. To compete, the company needed an inventory system that provided modern selling tools and could handle multichannel selling seamlessly. Read More
Solution	Heart Water found the solution to their inventory management challenges in Cin7, a cloud-based inventory management system. Cin7 provided Heart Water with the inventory clarity they needed, enabling them to track production, batches, and SKUs across multiple sales channels. The system's inherent flexibility and scalability were key factors in Heart Water's decision to implement Cin7. The system can grow with the business, and new functionalities can be added or brought online as necessary. Cin7 also integrates with other business-critical SaaS systems like Shopify, ShipStation, and accounting software like QuickBooks Online, providing efficiency gains and process transparency. This visibility into operations and profit margins is crucial for any product seller looking to grow their business. Read More Log in to view content
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Technology Category

Functional Applications - Inventory Management Systems

Sensors - Utility Meters

Applicable Industries

Packaging

Applicable Functions

Warehouse & Inventory Management

Use Cases

Intelligent Urban Water Supply Management

Inventory Management

Services

System Integration

Challenge

Heart Water, a sustainable water brand based in Austin, Texas, faced significant challenges in managing its inventory. The company, which uses a unique patent-pending technology to harvest rainwater for bottling, was struggling to break into a market dominated by established brands from giant corporations. To compete, Heart Water needed an inventory system that provided modern selling tools and could handle multichannel selling seamlessly. The company sells both direct to customer (D2C) and wholesale (B2B), requiring a system that could keep track of production, batches, and SKUs regardless of the sales channel. Prior to implementing a solution, Heart Water was managing inventory with a combination of QuickBooks Online and an Excel spreadsheet, a method that was proving to be inefficient and inadequate for their growing needs.

About Customer

Heart Water is a sustainable water brand based in Austin, Texas. The company uses a unique patent-pending technology to harvest rainwater straight after it falls, without it ever touching the ground. This makes Heart Water one of the few water brands that can claim to be genuinely sustainable, utilizing both rainwater collected at the point of manufacture and sustainable packaging. Despite having a superior product, Heart Water faced significant challenges in breaking into a market dominated by established brands from giant corporations. To compete, the company needed an inventory system that provided modern selling tools and could handle multichannel selling seamlessly.

Solution

Heart Water found the solution to their inventory management challenges in Cin7, a cloud-based inventory management system. Cin7 provided Heart Water with the inventory clarity they needed, enabling them to track production, batches, and SKUs across multiple sales channels. The system's inherent flexibility and scalability were key factors in Heart Water's decision to implement Cin7. The system can grow with the business, and new functionalities can be added or brought online as necessary. Cin7 also integrates with other business-critical SaaS systems like Shopify, ShipStation, and accounting software like QuickBooks Online, providing efficiency gains and process transparency. This visibility into operations and profit margins is crucial for any product seller looking to grow their business.

Impact #1	Implementing Cin7 resulted in immediate benefits for Heart Water. The company gained increased visibility into their inventory, knowing where it was at any moment. This process transparency is crucial for efficiency and growth. The integration of Cin7 with other business-critical SaaS systems like Shopify, ShipStation, and QuickBooks Online also resulted in significant efficiency gains. Furthermore, the flexibility and scalability of Cin7 mean that as Heart Water grows, the software will be able to keep up, empowering the company on their mission to make pure drinking water more sustainable and accessible for all.

Impact #1

Implementing Cin7 resulted in immediate benefits for Heart Water. The company gained increased visibility into their inventory, knowing where it was at any moment. This process transparency is crucial for efficiency and growth. The integration of Cin7 with other business-critical SaaS systems like Shopify, ShipStation, and QuickBooks Online also resulted in significant efficiency gains. Furthermore, the flexibility and scalability of Cin7 mean that as Heart Water grows, the software will be able to keep up, empowering the company on their mission to make pure drinking water more sustainable and accessible for all.

Benefit #1	Increased inventory clarity and tracking across multiple sales channels
Benefit #2	Improved process transparency and visibility into operations and profit margins
Benefit #3	Efficiency gains from integrating with other business-critical SaaS systems

Benefit #1

Increased inventory clarity and tracking across multiple sales channels

Benefit #2

Improved process transparency and visibility into operations and profit margins

Benefit #3

Efficiency gains from integrating with other business-critical SaaS systems

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Cin7's Inventory Management Solution Empowers Heart Water's Sustainable Business Model

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