Case Study: Nobel Learning Communities achieves real-time reporting, $200K savings and scalable growth with Oracle NetSuite

NetSuite Helps Education Company Save Money While Growing its Business

Nobel Learning Communities, a West Chester, PA–based education company operating pre-schools through middle schools, was hampered by legacy software (Sage), no wide-area networking and a complex revenue model that produced two-week‑old financials. Managing about 150 schools, the company faced high equipment and network costs, lengthy server-based implementation timelines, and could not scale or launch a planned online business unit.

Nobel moved to NetSuite ERP’s cloud architecture (implemented in 45 days), giving managers real-time dashboards and drill-down KPIs and the CFO per-school or aggregated reports in 2–3 clicks. The change saved roughly $200,000 in capital/network/maintenance costs, supported growth to 190 schools without adding IT headcount, cut billing and invoice processing times (150-student invoicing from 4.5 to 2 hours; invoice processing from three days to one via ACH), and reclaimed about 1,000 developer hours annually through easy workflow scripting.

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