Case Study: Chrome Battery achieves $300K annual savings and 22% sales growth with SkuVault Core

How Chrome Battery achieved $300,000 in annual savings with SkuVault Core

Chrome Battery, an online retailer of rechargeable and replacement batteries, was growing quickly but was still managing its warehouse with Excel spreadsheets, which led to frequent out-of-stocks, quality-control issues, and rising shipping costs. They engaged SkuVault Core’s inventory management/WMS (integrated with ChannelAdvisor and ShipWorks) to get real-time stock visibility, ordering forecasts, and a formal warehouse management process.

SkuVault Core implemented a WMS with auditing and user accountability, seamless ShipWorks integration for pick/pack/ship, and tighter marketplace integration, which reduced oversells, mis-shipments, and manual errors. As a result Chrome Battery “hardly runs out of stock,” improved quality control and fulfillment efficiency, saw a 22% sales increase in 2014, and reported shipping savings of over $225,000 that year (with shipping automation plus SkuVault saving about $300,000 annually).

Chrome Battery

Dale Petruzzi

Chief Executive Officer