Case Study: Killer Bee Bait achieves streamlined multi-location inventory control and automated EDI order processing with Acctivate

Killer Bee Bait - Customer Case Study

Killer Bee Bait, a manufacturer and distributor of fishing lures and bait that grew from about $50,000 in sales to nearly $4 million and sells in over 380 stores, was struggling to manage more than 3,000 SKUs across multiple cold‑storage locations, international components and new in‑house manufacturing. Using separate accounting and warehouse systems created manual, error‑prone processes for multi‑location inventory, costing and order tracking, so the company selected Acctivate’s inventory management solution (integrated with QuickBooks) to address these challenges.

Acctivate provided centralized multi‑location inventory control, advanced costing including landed cost, reorder alerts, manufacturing/component tracking, EDI automation and Shipping Workstation integrations. The result was real‑time visibility into inventory and customers, more accurate product costs, automated EDI that saves “hundreds of hours” of sales‑order entry annually, shipping integrations that save about 20–30 hours per week at peak, and the ability to meet big‑box fulfillment requirements — enabling Killer Bee Bait to manage thousands of SKUs and support continued growth with tailored reporting and strong vendor support from Acctivate.

Killer Bee Bait

Brent Gutierrez

President