Overview
Discover how a Salesforce Inventory Manager solution transformed inventory management for a non-profit textile recycling organization, streamlining operations from product ordering to business performance analysis.
What You Need To Know
FABSCRAP, a Brooklyn-based non-profit, needed a centralized system to manage and track product orders, availability, transit, and business performance across its diverse network of suppliers and customers.
Why It Matters
Having a centralized platform for efficient inventory management is crucial for maximizing diversion from landfills and engaging the local creative community in reuse efforts.
What HIC Did
HIC Global Solutions implemented a comprehensive Salesforce Inventory Manager, providing real-time stock information, automated order processing, and detailed tracking capabilities.
Overview
Discover how a Salesforce Inventory Manager solution transformed inventory management for a non-profit textile recycling organization, streamlining operations from product ordering to business performance analysis.
What You Need To Know
FABSCRAP, a Brooklyn-based non-profit, needed a centralized system to manage and track product orders, availability, transit, and business performance across its diverse network of suppliers and customers.
Why It Matters
Having a centralized platform for efficient inventory management is crucial for maximizing diversion from landfills and engaging the local creative community in reuse efforts.
What HIC Did
HIC Global Solutions implemented a comprehensive Salesforce Inventory Manager, providing real-time stock information, automated order processing, and detailed tracking capabilities.
About the Client
Based in Brooklyn, FABSCRAP recycles fabric scraps from design and fashion companies in NYC and creates opportunities for reuse. FABSCRAP is a non-profit organization rethinking commercial textile waste by providing convenient pickup of unwanted textiles from fashion, design, and entertainment companies in NYC.
They work with an engaged network of students, artists, crafters, local designers, and industrial processors, and ensure maximum diversion from landfill by utilizing the most current recycling technologies and engaging the local creative community in reuse.
About the Client
Based in Brooklyn, FABSCRAP recycles fabric scraps from design and fashion companies in NYC and creates opportunities for reuse. FABSCRAP is a non-profit organization rethinking commercial textile waste by providing convenient pickup of unwanted textiles from fashion, design, and entertainment companies in NYC.
They work with an engaged network of students, artists, crafters, local designers, and industrial processors, and ensure maximum diversion from landfill by utilizing the most current recycling technologies and engaging the local creative community in reuse.
Challenges Faced
With the business so spread out amongst varied customers, keeping track of what has been sold or ordered became challenging with issues such as
Dispersed Inventory Tracking
Tracking sold or ordered from a vast customer base became difficult.
Inventory Level Discrepancies
Maintaining accurate physical and virtual inventory levels was extremely challenging.
Delayed Shortage Identification
Inventory shortages needed to be highlighted immediately to prevent overselling.
Manual Replenishment Process
Orders to replenish inventory were not processed automatically, leading to delays.
Challenges Faced
With the business so spread out amongst varied customers, keeping track of what has been sold or ordered became challenging with issues such as
Dispersed Inventory Tracking
Tracking sold or ordered from a vast customer base became difficult.
Inventory Level Discrepancies
Maintaining accurate physical and virtual inventory levels was extremely challenging.
Delayed Shortage Identification
Inventory shortages needed to be highlighted immediately to prevent overselling.
Manual Replenishment Process
Orders to replenish inventory were not processed automatically, leading to delays.
Challenges Faced
With the business so spread out amongst varied customers, keeping track of what has been sold or ordered became challenging with issues such as
They were facing issues with
- Dispersed Inventory Tracking
- Inventory Level Discrepancies
- Delayed Shortage Identification
- Manual Replenishment Process
Tracking sold or ordered from a vast customer base became difficult.
Maintaining accurate physical and virtual inventory levels was extremely challenging.
Inventory shortages needed to be highlighted immediately to prevent overselling.
Orders to replenish inventory were not processed automatically, leading to delays.
Solutions Offered
HIC Global Solutions proposed a comprehensive inventory management solution with the following actions on their Salesforce org:
Real-Time Stock Monitoring
Implemented real-time stock-on-hand viewing within Salesforce
Automated Sales Data Sharing
Created a system to automatically send sales data to the warehouse, decreasing processing times
Live Inventory Updates
Enabled up-to-the-minute updates on how orders affect inventory levels
Integrated Cycle Counting
Incorporated cycle counting into daily inventory activities
Track and Trace Functionality
Implemented a system to track products from purchase through production to sales
Solutions Offered
HIC Global Solutions proposed a comprehensive inventory management solution with the following actions on their Salesforce org:
Real-Time Stock Monitoring
Implemented real-time stock-on-hand viewing within Salesforce
Automated Sales Data Sharing
Created a system to automatically send sales data to the warehouse, decreasing processing times
Live Inventory Updates
Enabled up-to-the-minute updates on how orders affect inventory levels
Integrated Cycle Counting
Incorporated cycle counting into daily inventory activities
Track and Trace Functionality
Implemented a system to track products from purchase through production to sales
Solutions Offered
HIC Global Solutions proposed a comprehensive inventory management solution with the following actions on their Salesforce org:
The solutions which we offered to them
- Real-Time Stock Monitoring
- Automated Sales Data Sharing
- Live Inventory Updates
- Integrated Cycle Counting
- Track and Trace Functionality
Implemented real-time stock-on-hand viewing within Salesforce
Created a system to automatically send sales data to the warehouse, decreasing processing times
Enabled up-to-the-minute updates on how orders affect inventory levels
Incorporated cycle counting into daily inventory activities
Implemented a system to track products from purchase through production to sales
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