New private investors helped recycled plastic furniture maker POLYWOOD pump more than
$100 million into new facilities in the past seven years, which doubled its furniture and recycle plastic plant capacities. When the pandemic hit, a 10-fold increase in transactions illuminated the many flaws of its back-office legacy systems. POLYWOOD deployed Acumatica Enterprise Manufacturing Edition, gaining real-time data visibility and operational efficiencies that allowed the company to scale effortlessly.
KEY RESULTS
• Gained a real-time, flexible ERP platform, streamlining operations and eliminating
batch-processing
• Acquired a reliable platform that scales effortlessly as transactions soar
• Connected custom-made manufacturing execution system via flexible platform with open API
• Closed books faster by three days while gaining real-time data visibility
• Eliminated challenges that required office staff to help warehouse staff ship product
• Improved employee productivity with automated processes while eliminating printing of
Excel files
• Streamlined online order processing
• Improved shipping times increasing customer satisfaction
• United siloed applications, creating a single source of data and visibility across the company