Acumatica Case Studies Fast Growing Global Beauty Care Unleashes Growth with Acumatica

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Fast Growing Global Beauty Care Unleashes Growth with Acumatica

Acumatica

Technology Category	Platform as a Service (PaaS) - Data Management Platforms Platform as a Service (PaaS) - Connectivity Platforms
Applicable Industries	Retail E-Commerce
Applicable Functions	Logistics & Transportation Sales & Marketing
Use Cases	Supply Chain Visibility Inventory Management
Services	System Integration Software Design & Engineering Services
Challenge	Global Beauty Care, a wholesale beauty product distributor, was facing challenges with its legacy financial system. The system was unable to accept digital orders or invoices, leading to manual data entry for every transaction. It also lacked connectivity to other applications and did not provide the agility the company needed to handle orders from large retailers. The lack of visibility into financials led to a lot of time spent on manual calculations, such as determining how much was owed to an overseas vendor, which often resulted in errors. The biggest challenge was processing orders from its largest customer, whose 40+ distribution centers placed orders every Thursday. The orders needed to be routed within a couple of hours, causing the entire company to halt other operations and focus on order entry. Read More
About Customer	Global Beauty Care is a wholesale beauty product distributor that was founded eight years ago in a New York City basement. The company uses advanced technology and quality ingredients to create a full line of innovative skin care products to help repair, replenish and refortify the skin. The extensive product line appealed to customers of all age groups and sales took off. Today, its skincare, facial wipes, and retinol creams can be found in Walmart and other major retailers that collectively boast more than 60,000 stores globally. The company's rapid growth and expansion into large retail markets necessitated a more efficient and agile financial system. Read More
Solution	Global Beauty Care implemented Acumatica, a modern financial system that provided a connected and modern technology platform to support rapid growth. The company needed a technology platform that had a strong and growing ecosystem of innovative solutions, continually evolving technology and a robust support system that would enable their growth as they expanded operations. They also needed end-to-end control and visibility to all aspects of their supply chain, strong inventory and order management capabilities, integrated EDI, and landed cost/container management solutions that were fully integrated into an ERP. Under guidance from MIBAR, Global Beauty Care implemented Acumatica’s Distribution and Financial systems, combined with SPS Commerce and PC Bennett’s container management solution. Acumatica seamlessly connects to Global Beauty Care’s online store SPS Commerce and Ship Station, which allow the company to process orders without manually transferring data and ship items efficiently and quickly, increasing customer service. Read More Log in to view content
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Technology Category

Platform as a Service (PaaS) - Data Management Platforms

Platform as a Service (PaaS) - Connectivity Platforms

Applicable Industries

Retail

E-Commerce

Applicable Functions

Logistics & Transportation

Sales & Marketing

Use Cases

Supply Chain Visibility

Inventory Management

Services

System Integration

Software Design & Engineering Services

Challenge

Global Beauty Care, a wholesale beauty product distributor, was facing challenges with its legacy financial system. The system was unable to accept digital orders or invoices, leading to manual data entry for every transaction. It also lacked connectivity to other applications and did not provide the agility the company needed to handle orders from large retailers. The lack of visibility into financials led to a lot of time spent on manual calculations, such as determining how much was owed to an overseas vendor, which often resulted in errors. The biggest challenge was processing orders from its largest customer, whose 40+ distribution centers placed orders every Thursday. The orders needed to be routed within a couple of hours, causing the entire company to halt other operations and focus on order entry.

About Customer

Global Beauty Care is a wholesale beauty product distributor that was founded eight years ago in a New York City basement. The company uses advanced technology and quality ingredients to create a full line of innovative skin care products to help repair, replenish and refortify the skin. The extensive product line appealed to customers of all age groups and sales took off. Today, its skincare, facial wipes, and retinol creams can be found in Walmart and other major retailers that collectively boast more than 60,000 stores globally. The company's rapid growth and expansion into large retail markets necessitated a more efficient and agile financial system.

Solution

Global Beauty Care implemented Acumatica, a modern financial system that provided a connected and modern technology platform to support rapid growth. The company needed a technology platform that had a strong and growing ecosystem of innovative solutions, continually evolving technology and a robust support system that would enable their growth as they expanded operations. They also needed end-to-end control and visibility to all aspects of their supply chain, strong inventory and order management capabilities, integrated EDI, and landed cost/container management solutions that were fully integrated into an ERP. Under guidance from MIBAR, Global Beauty Care implemented Acumatica’s Distribution and Financial systems, combined with SPS Commerce and PC Bennett’s container management solution. Acumatica seamlessly connects to Global Beauty Care’s online store SPS Commerce and Ship Station, which allow the company to process orders without manually transferring data and ship items efficiently and quickly, increasing customer service.

Impact #1	With Acumatica, Global Beauty Care executives gained an instant view of the company’s status in real time.
Impact #2	Acumatica has eliminated manual entries with automation, which has sped financial processing.
Impact #3	Acumatica seamlessly connects to Global Beauty Care’s online store SPS Commerce and Ship Station, which allow the company to process orders without manually transferring data and ship items efficiently and quickly, increasing customer service.

Impact #1

With Acumatica, Global Beauty Care executives gained an instant view of the company’s status in real time.

Impact #2

Acumatica has eliminated manual entries with automation, which has sped financial processing.

Impact #3

Acumatica seamlessly connects to Global Beauty Care’s online store SPS Commerce and Ship Station, which allow the company to process orders without manually transferring data and ship items efficiently and quickly, increasing customer service.

Benefit #1	Saved more than 9 man-hours of time previously spent manually entering orders.
Benefit #2	Avoided additional headcount needed with increased transactions.
Benefit #3	Saved money and avoided expensive per-user licensing enabling more users to access the system.

Benefit #1

Saved more than 9 man-hours of time previously spent manually entering orders.

Benefit #2

Avoided additional headcount needed with increased transactions.

Benefit #3

Saved money and avoided expensive per-user licensing enabling more users to access the system.

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Fast Growing Global Beauty Care Unleashes Growth with Acumatica

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