Case Study: Halsted achieves enterprise-wide visibility and optimized inventory with Openbravo

Halsted improves operations through enterprise-wide integration and merchandise management agility

Halsted, founded in 1897 and headquartered in Zimbabwe, is a leading supplier of building and plumbing materials with a central distribution centre and eleven branches. Facing the need to improve operational control and reporting across multiple locations and currencies, Halsted sought a modern, modular system that could handle a vast, heterogeneous product mix, support e‑commerce and a mobile workforce—selecting Openbravo with Syntegra Solutions as implementation partner for its fit and low total cost of ownership.

Openbravo delivered enterprise-wide visibility while allowing each branch to manage sales, procurement, warehousing and financials, including integration with fiscal devices, multi-currency transactions and terminal-level cash controls. The rollout enabled hundreds of daily orders, real-time consolidated sales data for better decision-making, tighter user permissions and cash management, and—with a second phase adding advanced warehouse and forecasting—optimized working capital, reduced inventory investment and increased sales by ensuring the right stock is in the right place at the right time.

Halsted

Stuart Knight

Chief Executive Officer