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Sage 100 ERP Knits Seamless Solution for Sweater.com

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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
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. Read More
About 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. Read More
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. Read More Log in to view content
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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

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.

About 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.

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.

Impact #1	The company has seen efficiencies in every area of the company. Processes are quicker, and it's easier to get reports, export data, and access inventory maintenance files.
Impact #2	The system’s EDI interface has streamlined the flow of information from customers and trading partners to the warehouse.
Impact #3	The ability to write better reports has been a significant improvement. The company has written hundreds of reports in Sage 100 ERP with SAP Crystal Reports, mostly related to sales orders. This has provided incredible flexibility.

Impact #1

The company has seen efficiencies in every area of the company. Processes are quicker, and it's easier to get reports, export data, and access inventory maintenance files.

Impact #2

The system’s EDI interface has streamlined the flow of information from customers and trading partners to the warehouse.

Impact #3

The ability to write better reports has been a significant improvement. The company has written hundreds of reports in Sage 100 ERP with SAP Crystal Reports, mostly related to sales orders. This has provided incredible flexibility.

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Sage 100 ERP Knits Seamless Solution for Sweater.com

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