Case Studies | Consumer goods designers, importers, distributors improve business performance

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Learn how other consumer goods designers, importers and distributors from a range of industries have improved their business performance using Apprise Software's ERP and supply chain management solutions.

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A-America
Allure Bridals
Carolina Pad
Catalina Lighting
Modus Furniture International
Revere Mills
Sportcraft Ltd.
The Henry Wine Group
Travelon
Trish McEvoy

Apparel & Textilesback to top
Allure Bridals	As a leading fashion forward designer of bridal and formal wear serving independent retailers, Allure Bridals sought to improve its customer service through real-time visibility into inventory status and availability, which it achieves through Apprise® Distribution and our eBusiness solutions. Download the complete case study.


Health & Beautyback to top
Trish McEvoy	A leading designer and distributor of fine cosmetic products that sources largely overseas, Trish McEvoy has reduced stock-outs, improved on-time product delivery, increased inventory accuracy, and reduced chargebacks by 98% since deploying Apprise® Distribution. Download the complete case study.


Home Furnishingsback to top
A-America	A long-time importer and distributor of wooden home furnishings, A-America was faced with new challenges as competitors began to source overseas. To remain competitive, it needed new systems and tools that would provide tighter integration and improved efficiencies, and the ability to deliver real-time access to information. Through Apprise® Distribution, A-America has improved demand forecasting accuracy and garnered a 67% improvement in warehouse picking efficiencies. Download the complete case study.



Modus Furniture International	A leading designer and distributor of contemporary home furnishings, Modus Furniture faced challenges associated with leased warehousing and disparate financial and operational systems. With Apprise® Distribution, Modus consolidated onto one system to achieve improved inventory visibility and efficiency gains in all aspects of its warehouse operations - improving inventory accuracy by 15 percentage points in the first year. Download the complete case study.


Housewares & Giftwareback to top
Revere Mills	A leader in the home textiles industry, Revere Mills' business changed rapidly as manufacturing shifted overseas and sales shifted to mass merchandisers and other large retailers. With Apprise® Distribution, Revere Mills has integrated and automated its processes and achieved a 50% gain in operating efficiencies while improving retailer compliance. Download the complete case study.


Luggage & Travel Accessoriesback to top
Travelon	A value-added designer and importer of luggage and travel accessories supplying both retailers and distributors, Travelon required tighter system integration to achieve better insight into its sales, product line, customer, and supplier performance. Through Apprise® Distribution, Travelon has gained a better understanding of product costs, product line profitability, sales performance, and customer trends and profitability, enabling it to improve margins and business efficiencies. Download the complete case study.


Sporting Goods, Toys & Noveltiesback to top
Sportcraft Ltd.	An innovator in sporting good design, Sportcraft is a leading manufacturer and distributor serving the mass merchant and sporting goods retailer markets. As sales shifted to large retailers, its systems lacked the flexibility required to address the emerging compliance standards of its customers. Utilizing Apprise® Distribution, Sportcraft is able to simplify its business processes, improve efficiencies and scale its operations, while having the tools needed to meet complex retailer requirements such as RFID. Download the complete case study.


Wine & Spiritsback to top
The Henry Wine Group	One of the largest importers, wholesalers and brokers of fine wines, The Henry Wine Group required a solution with industry specific functionality that could also automate its manual work processes, scale to meet future growth, and integrate all aspects of its operations for better visibility. With Apprise® Distribution, Henry Wine achieved cross-functional visibility and real-time access to inventory, pricing and other information. Inventory reservations, restrictions, and other requirements were handled right out of the box, reducing costs and the need for customizations. Download the complete case study.


Other Consumer Goodsback to top
Catalina Lighting	A marketer, designer and distributor of residential and commercial lighting products that serves specialty retailers and mass merchandisers, Catalina Lighting sought to consolidate its various financial and operational systems to a single, fully integrated ERP solution that would best support its distribution centric operations. With Apprise® Distribution, Catalina is able to integrate its wired and wireless warehouse operations, EDI, and other compliance requirements and improve efficiencies in accounting, order entry, warehouse operations, and more. Download the complete case study.



Carolina Pad	A fashion forward designer, developer and distributor of school and office supplies to Target, Wal-Mart, Staples and other retailers, Carolina Pad faced new challenges as their manufacturing shifted offshore to the Asia Pacific region. With Apprise® Distribution, it has improved global workflows and collaboration, enhanced ease of use, improved data visibility, and gained efficiencies throughout its operations. Download the complete case study.

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