CASE STUDY

WWW.ACUMATICA.COM • © Copyright 2013 Acumatica CONTACT SALES • +1 888 228 8300 sales@acumatica.com

Acumatica provided us with a web-based solution that we could install on-premise. This provided on-the-go access to data without locking us into a SaaS provider.Jay Cheng • CEO, J. Goodin

COMPANY

• Founded:1985• Location:Brea,CA,USA• Industry:FashionJewelryManufacturer• Overview:Distributorandmanufactureroffashionjewelry.

CHALLENGES - REQUIREMENTS

• Integratewithon-premisesystemsusingrobustcustomizationandimporttools

• Involvemultipleorganizationswithoutcomplexsetupandadditionalfees

• Managedifferentdistributionprocessesincludingmake-to-orderandsellfrominventorysolutions

KEY RESULTS

• ImportprocessscaledquicklytomatchJ.Goodin’sgrowingbusinesswithoutresortingtobatchprocessing

• Positionedthecompanyforgrowthbyprovidingascalablesolutionavailabletoover10locationsaroundtheworld

• EliminatedNetSuitelock-inbypurchasingaprivateCloudsolution

BUSINESS CHALLENGE

J.GoodinisamanufactureranddistributoroffashionjewelrythatneededanERPsystem

tomanagesalesorders,purchaseorders,inventory,andaccounting.Thesystemhadto

beefficientinordertoprocessalargedailyvolumeofordersandcustomizableinorderto

supportbothcurrentandfuturebusinessprocesses.

Thenewsoftwareneededtosupportseveralsalesmodelsincludingamake-to-order

processaswellasamake-to-stockprocessfordistributionthroughseveralsaleschannels

suchasAmazon.com,jewelrywholesalers,andretailoutlets.

SOFTWARE HISTORY AND EXISTING SOLUTION

J.Goodin’smanagementteamistechnicallysaavyandbelievesthatsoftwareenables

businesssuccess.Over15yearsagothecompanystartedusingERPsoftwaretohelpgrow

theirbusiness.ThesolutionhelpedJ.Goodingrow,butrequiredCitrixandremotedesktop

solutionstogainaccessfromanywhere.ThecompanypurchasedaNetSuitesolutionin

2005tosolvethisproblem,butslowcomputations,lackofreliability,andshakysupport

ledJ.Goodintolookformoreestablishedcompanies.Afterspendingover$160,000ona

SAPBusinessOnesolution,thecompanydecidedtogowithAcumatica.

J. Goodinwww.jgoodin.com

JEWELRY MANUFACTURER & WHOLESALER GAINS CLOUD AND RETAINS CONTROL

CASE STUDY

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WHY ACUMATICA?

Acumaticadeliveredaweb-based

solutionthatofferedanon-premise

serverdeploymentoption.Thisallowed

J.Goodintopurchasealicense,build

customizations,andavoidbeing“held

captive”bySaaSonlysolutionssuchas

NetSuite.

AcumaticaisCloud-basedsoorder

processingisfast,evenduringpeak

periods.Growth-basedpricingallows

J.Goodintoexpandtheuseofthesystem

toincludeunlimitedusersinoffices

aroundtheworld,includingtheUSA,

Mexico,andChina.

J. GOODIN’S SALES AND DISTRIBUTION PROCESS

Acumaticaautomatesdifferentsales

processsoemployeesaroundtheworld

gainreal-timeaccesstoorderstatus.

Build to OrderWhenacustomeracceptsaquotefor

customjewelry,thesalespersonentersthe

salesorderintoAcumatica.Thesystem

generatesapurchaseorderthatissent

tothemanufacturingfacilities.Theorder

isreceivedintoJ.Goodin’swarehouse

inCaliforniapriortofinalpackagingand

delivery.Allinvoicesandpaymentsare

automaticallygeneratedaccordingto

customerpaymentterms.

Build to StockJ.GoodinstocksinventoryinitsCalifornia

warehousethatissoldthroughanetwork

ofjewelrywholesalers,retailers,and

onlineproperties.Ordersaccepted

fromseveralsourcesareimportedinto

Acumaticaandprocessedthesameday.

CustomizationsJ.Goodin’sdeveloperswilluse

Acumatica’sAPIstobuildareal-time

interfacetotheire-commercesite.By

supportinganon-premisedeployment,the

systemscanbecustomizedandaccessed

fromanywhere.J.Goodincontinues

tobeimpressedwithAcumatica’s

coretechnologyandlooksforwardto

implementingmorefeaturesandmore

users.

MAINTAINING CONTROL

AcumaticadeliversCloudadvantagesand

allowsJ.Goodintoremainincontrol.

Acumatica is fast and efficient. During the holiday season we were able to import hundreds of orders that we previously had to batch using other ERP systems.Jay Cheng CEO, J. Goodin

SAAS-ONLY SOLUTION ACUMATICA

Control over price No Yes

Control over deployment No Yes

Control over upgrades No Yes

Control over support No Yes

Control over customizations No Yes

Savings on software maintenance No Yes