Allied Valve Keeps its Business Pumping with Netsuite

"There is a tremendous growth in North Dakota without sufficient infrastructure. NetSuite lets us take advantage of that boom leveraging iPads and trucks."

—Allied Valve Inc.

Results:

Allied Valve was perfectly positioned to grow overnight from a one-man presence in North Dakota when Bakken Oil boom started
Single business platform powers distribution, service and repair with greater synchronization between departments
Real-time data is a perfect fit for industry's old-school, high-touch sales and service model
Company size has grown 400% with the same IT staff

Challenges:

Rapid growth due to accelerated gas and oil extraction in Montana and North Dakota ("Bakken Oil boom")
Oil boom required rapid growth without relying on scarce physical infrastructure in hot North Dakota markets
Support core wholesale/distribution business as well as field repair and service organizations
Add new product lines without increasing complexity
Needed multisite inventory management and scalable, unified platform

Solution:

Highly customized NetSuite solution supports all business processes and cleanly transitions between upgrades
NetSuite provided unified inventory and service visibility across 6 locations
Multisite inventory scales easily to support new locations and suppliers
Mobile access ensures that everyone from field service to executives share complete clarity
Infrastructure-free NetSuite solution enables Allied Valve to expand immediately to meet new opportunities
Allied Valve runs its entire IT in the cloud leveraging NetSuite and Google Docs