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Life Interiors: Leveraging IoT Integration for Competitive Advantage

Celigo

Technology Category	Application Infrastructure & Middleware - Data Exchange & Integration Application Infrastructure & Middleware - Middleware, SDKs & Libraries
Applicable Industries	Consumer Goods Retail
Applicable Functions	Sales & Marketing Warehouse & Inventory Management
Use Cases	Inventory Management Picking, Sorting & Positioning
Services	System Integration
Challenge	Life Interiors, a leading home furnishing distributor in Australia, faced a significant challenge as it expanded its operations and locations. The company was struggling with a lack of visibility between departments due to the siloing of information. This led to inefficient internal communication, with emails regarding stock levels, order statuses, customer information, and lead times being difficult to track and prone to human error. The company needed a solution that would integrate their NetSuite ERP data with Magento’s ecommerce platform. However, without an IT team, the solution needed to be simple and user-friendly, enabling a line of business user to quickly connect sophisticated workflows between seemingly incompatible platforms. Life Interiors, being leaner than their more established competitors, required a cost-effective solution that could level the playing field and be flexible enough to onboard new applications that would become more prominent in their future data flow schematas. Read More
About Customer	Life Interiors is a leading home furnishing distributor in Australia, co-founded by Geoff Karam and Basil Karam. The company sources and imports quality contemporary furniture from around the world and has grown to be one of Australia’s largest home furnishing distributors in just twelve years. With $15 million dollars in sales and over 20,000 orders per year, Life Interiors’ business and operations management processes span a multitude of platforms and apps. The company operates without an IT department and relies on integration tools to transform their standard NetSuite platform into a powerful hub from which they control their entire operation. Read More
Solution	Life Interiors turned to Celigo’s NetSuite-Magento integration solution, which proved to be less costly, more flexible, and scalable than other available tools. The solution allowed Life Interiors to orchestrate inventory across different channels, manage order status, customer information, inventory, pricing, and lead times. The successful integration of their operations led Life Interiors to explore other possible integrations. They used Celigo’s iPaaS solution to integrate their supplier management systems, connect their online store, and provide a reliable, accurate snapshot of the supply chain at any given moment. They also used Celigo’s integration solution to work with Google Local to power their inventory local shopping functionality, manage their Trade Portal, and even manage marketing campaigns. Read More Log in to view content
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Technology Category

Application Infrastructure & Middleware - Data Exchange & Integration

Application Infrastructure & Middleware - Middleware, SDKs & Libraries

Applicable Industries

Consumer Goods

Retail

Applicable Functions

Sales & Marketing

Warehouse & Inventory Management

Use Cases

Inventory Management

Picking, Sorting & Positioning

Services

System Integration

Challenge

Life Interiors, a leading home furnishing distributor in Australia, faced a significant challenge as it expanded its operations and locations. The company was struggling with a lack of visibility between departments due to the siloing of information. This led to inefficient internal communication, with emails regarding stock levels, order statuses, customer information, and lead times being difficult to track and prone to human error. The company needed a solution that would integrate their NetSuite ERP data with Magento’s ecommerce platform. However, without an IT team, the solution needed to be simple and user-friendly, enabling a line of business user to quickly connect sophisticated workflows between seemingly incompatible platforms. Life Interiors, being leaner than their more established competitors, required a cost-effective solution that could level the playing field and be flexible enough to onboard new applications that would become more prominent in their future data flow schematas.

About Customer

Life Interiors is a leading home furnishing distributor in Australia, co-founded by Geoff Karam and Basil Karam. The company sources and imports quality contemporary furniture from around the world and has grown to be one of Australia’s largest home furnishing distributors in just twelve years. With $15 million dollars in sales and over 20,000 orders per year, Life Interiors’ business and operations management processes span a multitude of platforms and apps. The company operates without an IT department and relies on integration tools to transform their standard NetSuite platform into a powerful hub from which they control their entire operation.

Solution

Life Interiors turned to Celigo’s NetSuite-Magento integration solution, which proved to be less costly, more flexible, and scalable than other available tools. The solution allowed Life Interiors to orchestrate inventory across different channels, manage order status, customer information, inventory, pricing, and lead times. The successful integration of their operations led Life Interiors to explore other possible integrations. They used Celigo’s iPaaS solution to integrate their supplier management systems, connect their online store, and provide a reliable, accurate snapshot of the supply chain at any given moment. They also used Celigo’s integration solution to work with Google Local to power their inventory local shopping functionality, manage their Trade Portal, and even manage marketing campaigns.

Impact #1	The integration of Celigo’s NetSuite-Magento solution has given Life Interiors a competitive edge over much larger, traditional competitors with far greater resources. By prioritizing scalability and processes early on, even before they become issues, Life Interiors has made it much smoother to integrate new applications when the time comes because the solution is already in place. The company has taken the edge by including integration considerations in their future business strategy. Implementing Celigo’s solutions are straightforward and well-supported, so much so a line of business user can get it up and running in minutes. It is cost-effective and allows them to take on companies fifty times their size.

Impact #1

The integration of Celigo’s NetSuite-Magento solution has given Life Interiors a competitive edge over much larger, traditional competitors with far greater resources. By prioritizing scalability and processes early on, even before they become issues, Life Interiors has made it much smoother to integrate new applications when the time comes because the solution is already in place. The company has taken the edge by including integration considerations in their future business strategy. Implementing Celigo’s solutions are straightforward and well-supported, so much so a line of business user can get it up and running in minutes. It is cost-effective and allows them to take on companies fifty times their size.

Benefit #1	Life Interiors has grown from an eBay vendor to become a bona fide competitor of juggernauts like Australian Geographic and Accent Group in just over a decade.
Benefit #2	Life Interiors manages over 20,000 orders per year and $15 million dollars in sales.
Benefit #3	The company has grown to be one of Australia’s largest home furnishing distributors in just twelve years.

Benefit #1

Life Interiors has grown from an eBay vendor to become a bona fide competitor of juggernauts like Australian Geographic and Accent Group in just over a decade.

Benefit #2

Life Interiors manages over 20,000 orders per year and $15 million dollars in sales.

Benefit #3

The company has grown to be one of Australia’s largest home furnishing distributors in just twelve years.

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Life Interiors: Leveraging IoT Integration for Competitive Advantage

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