公司规模
11-200
地区
- America
国家
- United States
产品
- Acumatica 4.0
技术栈
- Acumatica Distribution and Financial Management suites
实施规模
- Enterprise-wide Deployment
影响指标
- Cost Savings
- Productivity Improvements
技术
- 平台即服务 (PaaS) - 数据管理平台
适用行业
- 建筑与基础设施
适用功能
- 销售与市场营销
用例
- 库存管理
服务
- 云规划/设计/实施服务
关于客户
New England Tile 是一家总部位于美国康涅狄格州费尔菲尔德的公司。该公司成立于 1995 年,进口和销售用于家庭装修和建筑项目的瓷砖和石材。他们为房主、设计师和承包商提供服务。他们的库存包括 8,000 多种产品。除了原有的瓷砖陈列室外,New England Tile 最近还开设了一家零售店,提供用于室内和室外项目的石材。该公司雇用了 8 名销售、会计和仓库员工,还有一名送货司机。
挑战
New England Tile 是一家瓷砖和石材进口商和销售商,他们使用了 14 年的基于服务器的 Everest ERP 软件,但遇到了问题。服务器快要坏了,公司一直在努力修复。当他们联系 Everest 进行升级时,发现价格已经飙升,而且对所提供的支持水平不满意。他们开始研究其他选择,包括 NetSuite,但发现 NetSuite 的用户界面很原始。
解决方案
经过研究,New England Tile 找到了 Acumatica,这是一个 ERP 系统,它具备所需的一切,并能适应公司不断涌现的需求。他们传输了数据并进行了几个月的测试,然后于 2013 年 4 月开始使用 Acumatica 4.0。他们选择购买永久许可证的 Acumatica 分销和财务管理套件。自从实施 Acumatica 以来,公司的生产力和连接性得到了提高。该系统非常可定制,并改善了客户服务,因为员工可以直接从计算机上打开的销售表单向客户发送电子邮件。
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