Case Study: Workspace Commercial Furniture achieves faster month-end reporting, 10% lower stock and 15% shorter lead times with Sage 500 ERP

Workspace Works Wonders Down Under With Sage

Workspace Commercial Furniture, a nearly 100‑year‑old Australian commercial furniture manufacturer with four locations, was hampered by an antiquated UNIX accounting system and manual sales processes that required triple data entry and programmer help to produce reports. Seeking modern reporting, end‑to‑end financials and CRM, Workspace selected Sage and implemented Sage SalesLogix in 2003 and Sage 500 ERP in 2005.

Sage delivered an integrated solution—Sage 500 ERP with manufacturing and MRP modules plus Sage SalesLogix—that automated sales-to-production workflows, inventory planning, barcode shop‑floor time capture, label printing and delivery dispatching. The result: month‑end reporting fell from three weeks to three days, stock holdings dropped by 10%, order lead times shortened by 15%, and sales‑to‑work‑order time shrank from three days to one, with improved product‑level profit margins and factory efficiency.

Workspace Commercial Furniture

Trevor Gould

Managing Director