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Coricraft Streamlines Inventory Management with Flowgear Integration
Technology Category
- Application Infrastructure & Middleware - Data Exchange & Integration
- Application Infrastructure & Middleware - Middleware, SDKs & Libraries
Applicable Industries
- Consumer Goods
- Retail
Applicable Functions
- Warehouse & Inventory Management
Use Cases
- Inventory Management
- Picking, Sorting & Positioning
Services
- System Integration
The Challenge
Coricraft, a leading South African furniture manufacturer and retailer, faced a significant challenge following a recent acquisition. The company needed to integrate data between the acquired company's system and its own SYSPRO ERP system. The acquired company was generating between 500 and 1000 new product codes per week, necessitating an automated integration system. Additionally, Coricraft had to manage stock movement between its 70 warehouse and store locations, each with its own inventory. This was a labor-intensive manual operation that was time-consuming and inefficient.
About The Customer
Coricraft is a leading South African furniture manufacturer and retailer that has experienced continuous growth since its inception 20 years ago. Starting as a single store, the company has expanded its operations and now has 70 warehouse and store locations. Coricraft recently acquired a company that generates between 500 and 1000 new product codes per week. The company uses the SYSPRO ERP system for its operations and needed a solution to integrate data from the acquired company's system into its own.
The Solution
Coricraft turned to Flowgear, a cloud-based integration platform provider, to address its data integration and inventory management challenges. The company started by synchronizing inventory data between the SYSPRO system and the acquired company. It also used Flowgear to update stock movement between its multiple warehouses and stores. The advantage of the Flowgear platform was that Coricraft could start in one area without incurring high costs and expand it later. The use of Flowgear has significantly reduced the time taken for tasks that were previously done manually, from hours to minutes and in some cases, from days to minutes.
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