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As the SVP of Global Business Development for Sunrise Technologies, Cem Item brings nearly 20 years of experience in business systems experience in the textile, apparel, footwear, home furnishings, retail, and consumer goods industries. He offers a deep supply chain understanding in manufacturing, distribution, and retail operations with knowledge of ERP, CRM, POS, and BI systems. For Sunrise clients with operations across North America, Europe, and Asia, Cem provides thought leadership and guidance throughout the evaluation process of Microsoft Dynamics 365, business system strategy and a vision for digital transformation.
Over the years, we’ve had hundreds of successful go lives with consumer brands, manufacturers, and distributors. With that many implementations under our belt, we’ve been able to gain a different perspective on how modern, cloud-based, business applications better manage complex operations. Even though our clients have very different products and processes, we see the same industry challenges over and over. The good news is we’re able to solve them with modern ERP and CRM applications. We were inspired to share some of the common challenges we see (and fix) after our recent joint presentation with Ultra Consultants. You can watch the recording here to learn more and see a quick overview demo.
Complex Operations Are Cumbersome to Manage With Outdated Legacy Systems
So why do so many organizations try to battle the same challenges with outdated technology? Nearly all businesses have faced the same evolution of technology over the past few decades. Moving from no packaged software to point applications that couldn’t do it all, companies have ended up with a patchwork of integrations and homegrown solutions. As businesses became more complex and global, the Frankenstein infrastructures continued to get more custom, and more painful to manage. Most commonly, we see these legacy systems have a really hard time managing:
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Poll results during the webinar found that 63% of organizations were dealing with friction created by legacy systems. Every organization will likely come to a digital transformation crossroads in which they will be forced to upgrade or implement new enterprise technology to better manage the organization’s complexities. More than 50% are considering the cloud because of the advantages it provides. Curious about how the cloud may benefit you? Check out our cloud eBook for more details.
If you’d like to see a demo of how Sunrise and Microsoft Dynamics 365 can solve some of the challenges outlined above, you can watch the webinar recording here.
Whether you’re exploring your options for new business platforms, or ready to get started, we are trusted business partners for some of the world’s most well-known brands. With over 25 years of experience with the Microsoft stack, we can help you understand all the capabilities Microsoft has to offer.
With all the challenges facing furniture makers today, how can companies stay committed to craftsmanship while growing their brand?
Since Sunrise is headquartered in North Carolina, we are surrounded with reminders of the home furnishings industry. We even have the world’s largest chair. Everyone knows that mid-April and mid-October are terrible times to host out-of-town guests, as every hotel, restaurant, and highway is packed with the 80,000 people attending the High Point Furniture Market (or just “Market” to the locals). And yet, even though the home furnishings industry has such a big role in the economy, both locally and nationally, it is facing increasingly tough challenges.
There are the historical issues, like rising costs, and the ever-present desire to cut costs and increase profitability, but new concerns are working their way into the mix. The effort to keep costs low and profits high has led to increasingly complex, global supply chains.
Changing buyer behavior means potentially expanding into new channels, providing value-added service to brick-and-mortar locations, and an emphasis on exceptional customer service. These challenges are all part of the everyday conversation for furnishings executives – and it’s a lot to keep up with! This is especially true if the organization’s foundational technology is outdated or no longer a good fit for this more complex operational environment.
We’ve compiled nine of these common challenges (and their solutions!) into a new, interactive eBook. Each page addresses an issue that can put a strain on business operations, the underlying technological infrastructure, and ways to address them – before they impact the bottom line. Get your free copy today!
Whether you’re exploring your options for new business platforms, or ready to get started, we are trusted business partners for some of the world’s most well-known brands. With over 25 years of experience with the Microsoft stack, we can help you understand all the capabilities Microsoft has to offer.
Whether your apparel business is manufacturing, distribution, retail, or a mix of everything, there are unique challenges inherent in the industry. These are just a sample of the problems we cover in this interactive eBook.
No two ways about it – apparel is a multi-dimensional product and sometimes it is even configurable! With thousands of potential combinations, you’ve got to have an intelligent management solution.
With long lead times and a complex supply chain, there’s little room for error when forecasting demand. Intelligent allocation is a must to avoid unhappy customers and a ding to the company’s reputation.
Keeping the perfect, balanced ratio of stock is a very fine line to walk. Retail replenishment engines can help but usually, these include a costly implementation and integration to your ERP or merchandising system. What if there was a better, faster, cheaper way?
Sunrise Technologies is a global, gold-certified Microsoft Partner specializing in the implementation and support of Dynamics 365. Sunrise also provides exclusive extensions and capabilities in key industries – apparel, footwear, consumer goods, and home furnishing companies with manufacturing, distribution, and/or retail operations.
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Download the ebook to get 9 actionable tips to help solve the most common problems faced in the furnishings industry.
Whether your furnishings business is manufacturing, distribution, retail; casegoods, upholestry, or textiles – or a mix of all of the above, there are unique challenges inherent in the industry. These are just a sample of the problems we cover in this interactive eBook.
Home Furnishings may be the definition of a multi-dimensional product and are almost always configurable. With thousands of potential combinations, you’ve got to have an intelligent management solution.
With long lead times and a complex supply chain, there’s little room for error when forecasting demand. Intelligent allocation is a must to avoid unhappy customers and a ding to the company’s reputation.
To grow and compete, many furnishing companies are expanding to new channels – far better for customers but can be a corporate nightmare if each channel is running in a silo. Bring them together to provide a true omnichannnel experience.
Sunrise Technologies is a global, gold-certified Microsoft Partner specializing in the implementation and support of Dynamics 365. Sunrise also provides exclusive extensions and capabilities in key industries – apparel, footwear, consumer goods, and home furnishing companies with manufacturing, distribution, and/or retail operations.
Let us help you implement your great ideas today.
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Whether you’re exploring your options for new business platforms, or ready to get started, we are trusted business partners for some of the world’s most well-known brands. With over 25 years of experience with the Microsoft stack, we can help you understand all the capabilities Microsoft has to offer.
Successful CFOs monitor financials in real time, with big-picture and detailed accuracy
Whether you’re exploring your options for new business platforms, or ready to get started, we are trusted business partners for some of the world’s most well-known brands. With over 25 years of experience with the Microsoft stack, we can help you understand all the capabilities Microsoft has to offer.
Globalization has obviously had a tremendous impact on the way we live, as well as the way we do business. The world is steadily becoming smaller and more interconnected, and this transformation has not been missed by the Consumer Packaged Goods (CPG) industry. In fact, it has probably been one of the most impacted industries given consumers’ never-ending appetite for the latest and greatest gadgets, apparel, footwear, cosmetics, and housewares.
With high volumes, low margins, evolving distribution networks, and high product turnover, CPG companies are realizing that there’s little room for error and all areas of their businesses need to be optimized and operating at the most efficient level possible. These challenges have forced CPG companies to adapt and change the way they do and manage their business, especially when it comes to enterprise technology solutions, like ERP and CRM. Many companies are realizing they can no longer operate successfully with disparate technology solutions and siloed data across eCommerce, Retail, Wholesale, Catalog, and Call Centers–and maybe even across global regions and legal entities with different currency and local regulation requirements.
CPG companies looking to compete on a global scale are standardizing business applications across the enterprise and doing so through a more robust unified cloud platform for ERP and CRM with built-in analytics like Microsoft Dynamics 365 that’s tailored for global manufacturing, retail, and distribution businesses. One huge advantage of the solution is that it can support global business processes and requirements from a single instance of the software. This means multiple currencies, time zones, languages, and compliance with multiple banking and reporting standards can all be managed from one solution, helping to provide consistency and standardization across various business entities around the world.
There is a lot to consider when evaluating solutions and not everyone requires a global ERP, but here are some compelling benefits for choosing a single instance ERP solution:
Are you interested in learning more about what a global single-instance ERP solution can do for your business? Check out these additional resources:
Whether you’re exploring your options for new business platforms, or ready to get started, we are trusted business partners for some of the world’s most well-known brands. With over 25 years of experience with the Microsoft stack, we can help you understand all the capabilities Microsoft has to offer.
Apparel and footwear companies are under tremendous pressure to fill orders faster, reduce operating costs, and increase margins — all while expanding through acquisition or by branching out into new product lines, channels, and global markets.
Making the digital transformation to a single integrated platform is the key to gaining or maintaining a competitive advantage. And in all actuality, it’s the key to your brand’s very survival and protecting the trust and promise given to customers.
This white paper will dive further into industry challenges and explain how Microsoft Dynamics 365 combined with Sunrise 365™ industry extensions can support your brand and consolidate legacy systems, as you navigate the complexities of growth and expansion into new channels, markets, and product lines.
Whether you’re exploring your options for new business platforms, or ready to get started, we are trusted business partners for some of the world’s most well-known brands. With over 25 years of experience with the Microsoft stack, we can help you understand all the capabilities Microsoft has to offer.
This white paper will dive further into common risks of global systems deployments for the apparel and footwear industries, and explain how Sunrise 365™ industry solutions for Microsoft Dynamics 365 Enterprise edition can help improve project success and maximize time to value.
Whether you’re exploring your options for new business platforms, or ready to get started, we are trusted business partners for some of the world’s most well-known brands. With over 25 years of experience with the Microsoft stack, we can help you understand all the capabilities Microsoft has to offer.
