Case Study: Southern Valve & Fitting USA achieves streamlined operations and $20,000 in IT savings with Microsoft Office 365

Manufacturer Simplifies Processes, Saves $20,000, Trims Vendors with Move to Cloud

Southern Valve & Fitting USA, a 25-person manufacturer and distributor based in Miami with staff in the U.S. and China, faced a fragmented, server-heavy IT environment (Exchange, SharePoint Server, eRoom, Google Docs) and multiple vendors that made collaboration slow and administrative overhead high. Leadership wanted a single, cloud-based platform to simplify IT, speed processes, and free administrative staff for sales.

SVF moved to Microsoft Office 365—migrating email and documents to Exchange Online and SharePoint Online and using Office Web Apps—while piloting vendor/customer access and database integration. The cloud solution enabled anywhere access, shortened purchasing cycles from weeks to days, freed up one to three administrative positions for sales, reduced vendor management time, and cut about $20,000 in server, software, and support costs.

Southern Valve and Fitting USA

Robert Richard

Owner and President