Case Study: The Hammock Source achieves faster reporting and self-service data insight with Fortra Sequel Data Access

The Hammock Source Gains Productivity and Data Insight with Sequel Data Access

The Hammock Source, a North Carolina maker and retailer of hammocks (formerly Hatteras Hammocks), faced a classic small‑business IT challenge: a five‑person IT team supporting accounting, operations, supply chain and retail systems had no time for time‑consuming, manual reporting. Extracting data from IBM i and their HarrisData ERP required custom RPG reports built from scratch whenever users wanted different views, creating delays and bottlenecks for business users and executives.

They implemented Sequel Data Access to connect their data warehouse and HarrisData ERP, build prototype reports quickly, and deliver dashboards with prompted views and drill‑down. The result: business users can handle about 90% of special report requests themselves, IT delivers reports much faster, printing is reduced, and the company gains faster insight, higher productivity and better ROI.

The Hammock Source

Max Valdman

IT Manager