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Sage 100 ERP Mops in Profits for Smart Inventions

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Technology Category	Functional Applications - Enterprise Resource Planning Systems (ERP)
Applicable Industries	Retail
Applicable Functions	Business Operation Sales & Marketing
Use Cases	Inventory Management Supply Chain Visibility
Services	System Integration
Challenge	Smart Inventions, a company that sells household cleaning products, was facing a challenge with its outdated Novell system. The DOS-based network was losing data, limiting the number of simultaneous users, and was not easily expandable to handle the volume of orders the company was processing. The company was processing up to 4,000 orders a day and the system was not able to keep up with the demand. Additionally, the company had five different divisions, each with different commissions, pricing, and royalties, which added to the complexity of the situation. Read More
About Customer	Smart Inventions, Inc. is a company that specializes in direct response television. The company is based in Paramount, California and has one location. The company has 80 employees. Smart Inventions became successful after an award-winning TV infomercial for a product called Smart Mops. The company was founded by Jon Nokes and Thomas Persson, who saw the potential in the Smart Mop, a simple hand-held cleaning product that could pick up any type of spill in one swipe, without getting the hands wet. The company also has several other products such as Smart Wipes, Smart Nails, and Lazer Mouse. Read More
Solution	Smart Inventions decided to implement Sage 100 ERP, a Windows-based system that had all the modules the company needed, including credit card management, bar coding, and order scanning. The system was installed in all five divisions of the company: mail order, retail, wholesale, export, and shows and fairs. Sage 100 ERP now tracks every aspect of the ordering process. The system imports several thousand orders in one batch, which takes about two minutes. The orders are then automatically invoiced, a purchase order is created, and the product is prepared for shipping. All the modules are linked, and a customer can call any time for an up-to-the-minute report on the current whereabouts of a purchase. Read More Log in to view content
Contents

Technology Category

Functional Applications - Enterprise Resource Planning Systems (ERP)

Applicable Industries

Retail

Applicable Functions

Business Operation

Sales & Marketing

Use Cases

Inventory Management

Supply Chain Visibility

Services

System Integration

Challenge

Smart Inventions, a company that sells household cleaning products, was facing a challenge with its outdated Novell system. The DOS-based network was losing data, limiting the number of simultaneous users, and was not easily expandable to handle the volume of orders the company was processing. The company was processing up to 4,000 orders a day and the system was not able to keep up with the demand. Additionally, the company had five different divisions, each with different commissions, pricing, and royalties, which added to the complexity of the situation.

About Customer

Smart Inventions, Inc. is a company that specializes in direct response television. The company is based in Paramount, California and has one location. The company has 80 employees. Smart Inventions became successful after an award-winning TV infomercial for a product called Smart Mops. The company was founded by Jon Nokes and Thomas Persson, who saw the potential in the Smart Mop, a simple hand-held cleaning product that could pick up any type of spill in one swipe, without getting the hands wet. The company also has several other products such as Smart Wipes, Smart Nails, and Lazer Mouse.

Solution

Smart Inventions decided to implement Sage 100 ERP, a Windows-based system that had all the modules the company needed, including credit card management, bar coding, and order scanning. The system was installed in all five divisions of the company: mail order, retail, wholesale, export, and shows and fairs. Sage 100 ERP now tracks every aspect of the ordering process. The system imports several thousand orders in one batch, which takes about two minutes. The orders are then automatically invoiced, a purchase order is created, and the product is prepared for shipping. All the modules are linked, and a customer can call any time for an up-to-the-minute report on the current whereabouts of a purchase.

Impact #1	Detailed order, sales, and inventory tracking
Impact #2	Streamlined automation from order to fulfillment
Impact #3	Precise reporting and immediate status checks

Impact #1

Detailed order, sales, and inventory tracking

Impact #2

Streamlined automation from order to fulfillment

Impact #3

Precise reporting and immediate status checks

Benefit #1	The system can import several thousand orders in one batch in about two minutes
Benefit #2	The first $8 million television ad yielded $45 million in mop sales

Benefit #1

The system can import several thousand orders in one batch in about two minutes

Benefit #2

The first $8 million television ad yielded $45 million in mop sales

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Sage 100 ERP Mops in Profits for Smart Inventions

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