NetSuite for Manufacturing
The #1 ERP for Manufacturing Companies
Why NetSuite is Ideal for Manufacturing Companies
NetSuite’s ERP helps growing manufacturers control, coordinate, and manage every aspect of their operations in a single, cloud-based solution. This makes it an indispensable tool for manufacturers looking to streamline their processes and ensure all parts of their operations are interconnected and efficiently managed.
NetSuite provides manufacturers with the critical software needed to run a modern business, including:
- CRM
- Human Capital Management
- Inventory
- Supply chain
- Shop floor control
- Quality Control
- Planning & Scheduling
- WMS
- More
Start improving your manufacturing business by contacting ScaleNorth today.
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Manufacturing Industry Success Stories
Voluspa
Discover how Voluspa partnered with ScaleNorth to optimize NetSuite, streamline operations, and gain stronger system support.
Watch the VideoView The Full StoryBaubleBar
Learn how ScaleNorth helped BaubleBar recover a struggling NetSuite rollout and build a stable, future-ready ERP environment.
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See how ScaleNorth optimized NetSuite for T-H Marine, improving financial visibility, integrations, and operational efficiency.
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See how ScaleNorth stabilized Pulmac’s accounting with outsourced NetSuite services, restoring reliability, visibility, and financial control.
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FASTENation replaced disconnected systems with NetSuite, improving manufacturing efficiency, financial visibility, and order automation.
Watch the VideoView The Full StoryKissler & Co.
ScaleNorth helped Kissler & Co. stabilize NetSuite, improve reporting accuracy, and create a roadmap for long-term operational efficiency.
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NetSuite Implementations for Manufacturing
At ScaleNorth, our manufacturing industry experts can build NetSuite around the way you procure, assemble, and ship. Our consultants can tailor the platform so that your unique business gains predictable production runs and reliable financial visibility.
Why Manufacturers Choose ScaleNorth for NetSuite Implementation
Exclusive NetSuite Focus
Our organization doesn’t service any other ERPs than NetSuite. We’re all in on the NetSuite platform and its surrounding ecosystem, and have intricate knowledge of manufacturing related features, configurations and workflows.
Real Industry Experience
Our team includes specialists with client-side manufacturing backgrounds who understand the unique needs of the industry. Rather than just setting up NetSuite, we can bring real world experience to the table and consult your team on best practices, successful solutions we’ve previously built and more.
Technical & Financial Acumen
ScaleNorth’s consultants are some of the most qualified in the industry. With our consultants averaging 8+ years of NetSuite experience and more than half being CPAs, you’d be hard pressed to find a more experienced team of consultants anywhere.
Built for Scale
Our implementation approach gives you a stable and flexible system that supports long term growth without bottlenecks. Paired with post go-live support from our NetSuite Managed Services Program, your organization will be primed for seamless growth.
NetSuite Consulting and Managed Services
Your manufacturing environment changes often. New product lines, new machines, new vendors, and new volume targets all create pressure on your system. ScaleNorth provides ongoing optimization, admin support, and enhancement work so NetSuite stays aligned with your factory floor, supply chain, financial operations and more.
Why Manufacturers Choose Our Managed Services Program
Manufacturing Know How
We have a deep bench of manufacturing subject matter experts who know how to speak your language. They can advise on best practices and lessons learned from configuring and managing NetSuite for manufacturers of practically any size and type.
Continuous Optimization
We'll assist your business with NetSuite optimization, workflow creation, new fields and modules, location (inventory/warehouse) setup, scripting & development and more to make sure you're always optimized, informed and efficient.
Improved Visibility
We'll set you up with advanced searches, dashboards, custom reports and more to improve financial visibility and manufacturing operations.
Integration Support
Our integration experts can integrate NetSuite to your MES, WMS, 3PLs, and other third-party tech for enhanced efficiency and data integrity.
Unrivaled Accessibility
Our managed services clients gain direct access to a dedicated team via live chat, phone, and email during US business hours. No waiting around for support tickets. Reach out to get the help you need, right when you need it.
Outsourced Accounting on NetSuite
Manufacturers deal with unique complexities in their accounting processes. Cost accounting & overhead allocation, inventory accounting, depreciation strategies, tariffs, and supply chain fluctuations to name a few.
ScaleNorth’s CPAs provide outsourced accounting support inside your NetSuite system so you can focus on revenue generating activities instead of the back office. From Staff Accountants to Controllers, we have the resources available to strategically staff your business with the financial talent it needs.
Why Manufacturers Choose ScaleNorth for Fractional Accounting Services
Faster & Cleaner Close
Using in depth NetSuite configuration knowledge, proprietary workflows, and best practices we’ll help reduce the time it takes to close your books.
Industry Accounting Expertise
Our experts have deep experience managing the finances of manufacturing firms. We bring the unique knowledge and skillset your finance department needs.
Scalable Operations
Flexible demand model allows you to expand or contract the level of support you receive, allowing you to seamlessly manage fluctuations in demand due to seasonality, growth, or busy periods like the monthly close.
Affordable Solution
The fractional approach allows you to only pay for what you need, without the additional costs of hiring, overhead, and other expenses incurred with full-time employees.
Proven Expertise
ScaleNorth is a multiple time winner of NetSuite’s BPO Partner of the Year award. We are routinely recognized for our expertise in NetSuite accounting services.
NetSuite Manufacturing Product Features
Why is NetSuite an industry leader in enterprise software for wholesale distribution? When you implement NetSuite manufacturing software, you’ll can gain access to all of these features and more within a single, cloud-based solution.
The platform’s robust features support every aspect of manufacturing operations, including:
Order Management
Access real-time information to automate processes, optimize inventories, reduce shipping costs, and improve customer retention. This agility allows you to coordinate deliveries effectively and maintain customer satisfaction.
Planning and Scheduling
Utilize a suite of planning tools, including traditional calendar views, Gantt charts, and custom dashboards to ensure you always have the right inventory in the right place at the right time.
Supply Chain
Monitor the flow of goods and materials efficiently, ensuring that machinery, labor resources, and materials are optimally aligned to maintain production efficiency.
Procurement
Manage your vendors and purchasing processes centrally. NetSuite helps improve your procurement process with tools that provide real-time visibility, monitor spending, and simplify requests for goods and services.
Shop Floor Control
Achieve real-time updates from the shop floor using NetSuite’s interactive tablet application or traditional barcoding, designed to withstand harsh manufacturing environments.
Quality Management
Define inspection plans, pass/fail criteria, and collect and monitor results in real-time, enhancing your ability to deliver high-quality products.
Why Alphacomm Loves NetSuite
From upstream suppliers to downstream end users, NetSuite gives manufacturers the power they need to scale their business, simplify operations, and improve profit margins.
By consolidating multiple point systems into a single, cloud-based platform, manufacturers like Alphacomm gain the visibility and control they need to grow.
Why NetSuite Is Perfect for Manufacturing
Unified Business View
Access real-time information to automate processes and enjoy a unified view of your manufacturing businesses. Whether you operate one location or several offices, warehouses, and factories, NetSuite ensures that everyone has access to the data they need when they need it.
Integrations
The platform’s natively integrated modules remove the need for most third-party integrations, allowing users to complete order-to-cash and procure-to-pay processes from one application without reentering or exporting information. ScaleNorth’s consultants can integrate other third-party software as needed.
True Cloud
NetSuite’s cloud-based architecture ensures that data is always available in real time, even when users are working remotely. NetSuite features a multi-tenant, vendor-managed cloud solution with endless room to support growth.
Deep Reporting Capabilities
NetSuite’s extensive reporting capabilities allow manufacturers to find answers quickly and easily by using its built-in analytics tools. Users can pull reports on everything and anything they may want to measure or understand.
Built-in Flexibility
NetSuite offers a customizable cloud platform that can be tailored to suit the needs of any manufacturing company, no matter how large or small. Using SuiteCloud apps and tools, manufacturers can create workflows that best suit both their own corporate structure and their unique processes at any given time or location throughout the world.
What types of manufacturers utilize NetSuite?
– Building Materials
– Consumer Packaged Goods
– Electronics and Hi-Tech
– Food and Beverage
– Industrial
– Life Sciences
– Medical Devices
– Outdoor Supplies
– More
ScaleNorth’s NetSuite Implementation Process
With experience gained through countless successful implementations, our NetSuite consultants have a proven method to maximize implementation success.
Project Planning
We’ll work with your team to identify the current state of your data, the ideal state for going live on NetSuite, and how we’ll get from A to Z. This phase of the NetSuite implementation will involve discovery, scoping, and solutions architecture.
System Design and Configuration
Based on the agreed upon requirements and vision, ScaleNorth’s team of implementation specialists will setup, configure, and optimize NetSuite.
Data Migration
Whether you’re migrating off of spreadsheets, QuickBooks, or any other collection of systems, we’ll take a secure and low-risk approach to migrating your data to NetSuite. We’ll preserve historical data and adhere to strict security standards.
Testing
To ensure a successful go-live, we’ll work with your team to ensure that all key aspects of the NetSuite implementation are set up and working properly including dashboards, workflows, integrations, logic and more.
User Training
Getting used to a new system can be daunting for some employees. We’ll make sure staff members know what they need to do and how they need to do it so you can hit the ground running with your new ERP.
Go Live
The time has come! We’ll get your business live on NetSuite while ensuring a seamless transition from the old system.
Post-Implementation Support
Post go-live, your team might identify areas for improvement or optimization that were not identified in the project planning phase. Our NetSuite consultants can provide any post-implementation support to get you exactly where you need to be.
“I wanted to give your team 5 stars…When I send an email to the team I get a response within the hour. Please in your best way possible, offer my pleasure and excitement with being able to work with these incredible professionals.”
Anonymous Vice President
Kissler & Co.
We are a Proven, Trusted and Effective NetSuite Partner
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Have questions about NetSuite for manufacturing? Find answers to common queries here.
Why choose NetSuite?
NetSuite provides manufacturers with the tools they need to run their entire organization, all from a single platform. Apart from robust financials, HR, CRM, and project management, it helps manufacturers with procurement, inventory, shop floor control, and more. NetSuite’s Advanced Manufacturing module is built on native NetSuite ERP and comes with an entire suite of functions tailored specifically for manufacturers.
Is NetSuite right for my business?
NetSuite’s cloud-based financials/ERP software suite is the best choice for manufacturers wanting an all-in-one business solution. By incorporating robust manufacturing functionality, along with financials, inventory, and CRM into a single solution, manufacturers can enjoy total operational visibility, accuracy, and enhanced efficiency.
Does ScaleNorth have experience with manufacturers?
Yes, ScaleNorth has a proven track record of successfully implementing and optimizing NetSuite for manufacturing companies across various backgrounds. Our expertise ensures that we understand the unique challenges and requirements within the manufacturing industry, enabling us to deliver tailored solutions that drive growth and efficiency.
Can you help me migrate from an existing accounting platform or ERP?
Yes, ScaleNorth specializes in seamless migrations from existing accounting platforms to NetSuite. Our experienced team will assess your current systems, develop a customized migration plan, and execute the transition efficiently to minimize disruption and maximize the benefits of NetSuite for your manufacturing operations.
How quickly can ScaleNorth start?
ScaleNorth is committed to getting your NetSuite implementation started promptly. We’ll assess your requirements, provide a timeline tailored to your needs, and begin the implementation process swiftly to ensure a smooth transition and rapid realization of NetSuite’s benefits for your manufacturing business.