Case Study: Steps To Literacy achieves 25–30% inventory reduction and ships orders up to two weeks faster with Fishbowl Inventory

Steps to Literacy Dramatically Increases Efficiency with Fishbowl Manufacturing

Steps To Literacy, a Bridgewater, NJ–based educational resource catalog offering 26,000 products, struggled in 2009 with an inventory system that couldn’t keep up with rising demand or manage thousands of bill-of-material configurations. To reduce inventory costs, speed production and deliveries, and gain better SKU visibility, Steps To Literacy turned to Fishbowl Inventory and implemented its Fishbowl Manufacturing solution.

Fishbowl Inventory’s Fishbowl Manufacturing gave Steps To Literacy real-time inventory visibility, automatic reorder points and streamlined purchase orders, letting the team see parts needs days earlier and manage work orders more efficiently. The result: inventory levels fell 25–30%, workforce costs dropped about 20% while capacity was retained, shipments moved an average of five days earlier (and up to two weeks in peak season), and cash flow improved.

Steps To Literacy

Michael R. Lloyd

Operations Manager