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Sun Bulb Company, Inc

Since 1956, Sun Bulb Company, Inc., located in Arcadia, Florida, has been growing tropical plants and providing plant materials. Its products, distributed in major retailers and garden centres, are renowned for their quality, value, and aesthetics. Through its BETTER-GRO® brand, the company offers orchids, care products, decorative accents, and specialty fertilisers. With three generations of expertise and international partnerships, BETTER-GRO® ensures competitive products combining elegance and functionality.

Industry

Wholesale/Retail

Location

Arcadia, Florida (US), United States

Implemented by

Case on Odoo

The context

Growing wholesale plant specialist constrained by an ageing information system

Sun Bulb Company, Inc manufactures and distributes tropical plants and plant materials under the BETTER-GRO brand to major retailers and garden centres across North America.

Before the project, Sun Bulb Company, Inc. relied on an existing system that had reached its limits and could no longer efficiently support its evolving business, its EDI requirements, and the increasing complexity of its wholesale and retail operations.

The stakes were to secure a reliable, scalable ERP foundation that could support EDI exchanges with major retailers, streamline day-to-day operations, and provide a platform capable of sustaining future growth.

Their needs

A comprehensive ERP to support EDI and future growth

The client engaged Captivea for an Odoo implementation to replace their limited existing system with a comprehensive ERP that could manage their EDI requirements and provide a scalable platform for future growth.

  • Implement a comprehensive ERP solution based on Odoo ERP.
  • Address and streamline EDI requirements with key retail and distribution partners.
  • Ensure the new ERP platform is scalable to support future business growth.
  • Gain clarity and confidence on feasibility, budget, approach, and timeline through a structured analysis.

The proposed solution

A structured Odoo ERP analysis as the first step towards transformation

Captivea began the project with a complete analysis of Sun Bulb Company, Inc.'s Odoo environment, combining business discovery and thematic workshops by group, people, and domain to fully understand their operations. Deliverable documents were created, presented, and refined based on feedback to validate feasibility, budget, and timeline, and to prepare the deployment of Odoo ERP with Accounting, Invoicing, Inventory, Purchase, and Sales integrated into a single, scalable platform.

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 faisability
  • 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 deliverables 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.

Sales & CRM

Inventory & Manufacturing

The results

Benefits & Returns on investment

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

Time saving

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

Productivity gain

  • Centralised management of leads and customers, improving sales team efficiency
  • Smoother order processing with real-time stock tracking
  • Clear visualisation 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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