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RBA Furniture Solutions

Established in 1994 as a design firm, RBA pivoted to sustainable furniture sales, repurposing excess for clients like Nike. Their expertise in decommissioning and refurnishing large spaces is evident in the 2006 King County project. Incorporated in 2007, RBA Furniture expanded offerings to include architectural walls (Avalara 2017) and continued their social focus with the King County Children's Center (2019). Adapting to the pandemic, they manufactured COVID screens in 2020.

Industry

Manufacturing

Location

Seattle, Washington (US), United States

Implemented by

Case on Odoo

The context

A growing sustainable furniture specialist seeking clarity on its ERP strategy

RBA Furniture Solutions is a Seattle-based furniture manufacturer and reseller that grew from a design firm into a specialist in sustainable furniture sales, decommissioning and refurnishing large spaces for clients such as Nike, public institutions and corporate offices.

Over the years, RBA expanded from design to furniture sales, large-scale decommissioning projects, architectural walls and even COVID screen manufacturing. This evolution made their operations more complex and led them to adopt Odoo, but they still needed a clear assessment of how well their ERP setup matched their real business processes and long-term ambitions.

RBA needed confidence that their ERP investment would scale with their expanding services, that Odoo could effectively support their operational reality, and that any future improvements would be planned with a clear budget, scope and timeline.

Their needs

Validating their Odoo ERP and aligning it with a growing, diversified business

RBA wanted to be sure that Odoo could support their end-to-end operations and asked Captivea to review their environment, confirm feasibility, clarify the way forward and provide a reliable budget and timeline before committing further.

  • Reassurance about the feasibility of using Odoo as the backbone of their operations.
  • Proof that Captivea clearly understood their business model and specific processes.
  • A confirmed budget and detailed plan describing how the project would be carried out.
  • A realistic, agreed timeline for implementation and change management.

The proposed solution

A structured analysis of the existing Odoo environment to guide future improvements

Captivea began the project with a complete analysis of RBA’s Odoo environment, running business discovery workshops by theme, team and domain. From these sessions, Captivea created formal deliverable documents, presented the findings, and incorporated RBA’s feedback. This structured approach clarified feasibility, budget, implementation steps and timing, and laid the groundwork for optimizing the Odoo apps used across finance, sales, marketing, communication, supply chain and customization.

The first step of this project is to perform a complete analysis of the client's Odoo environment.

Analysis objectives

  • To be reassured on the feasibility
  • Show that we understood their business
  • To confirm a budget
  • To know and confirm how we will do it
  • Know the timeline

Analysis processes

  1. Business discovery
  2. Workshops by theme / group of people / domains
  3. Create the deliverable documents
  4. Present it
  5. Handle feedback

Odoo apps deployed

The Odoo suite on this project

All Odoo applications, activated at the pace of the client's needs.

Inventory & Manufacturing

Productivity

Technical

The results

Benefits & returns on investment

What the client gained, day after day, once the solution went live.

Time saving

  • Centralized organization of financial documents
  • Generate quotes in a few clicks
  • Quick sharing of documents
  • Simplified supply management
  • Automation of intervention schedules

Productivity gain

  • Centralized management of leads and customers, increasing sales team efficiency
  • Smoother order processing with real-time stock tracking
  • Clear visualization of performance and key indicators
  • Quick access to employee information

Increase in sales

  • Improved client satisfaction through faster project delivery
  • Better time management that helps allocate resources to the most profitable projects
  • Identification of additional needs through ticket analysis

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