Thousands of seasonal SKUs, without adding data-entry staff.
Timebomb Trading outgrew a legacy on-premises ERP as its Shopify stores, B2B ordering, shipping, and seasonal SKU volumes expanded. Acumatica connected those channels with finance and inventory, reducing manual data entry and helping the team scale without adding data-entry headcount.
- Company
- Timebomb Trading
- Industry
- Apparel and lifestyle brand distribution
- Sells to
- Canadian retailers and consumers
- Replaced
- On-premises Sage 500/MAS 500
- Solution
- Acumatica Distribution Edition
Company & challenges
Timebomb Trading distributes apparel and lifestyle brands to Canadian retailers and consumers. At the time of the original case study, it operated nine branded Shopify web stores and served more than 500 Canadian retailers through Elastic, its B2B pre-ordering platform. The business also handled orders through its own online store.
Timebomb Trading relied on a legacy on-premises Sage 500/MAS 500 environment that became increasingly difficult to support as transaction volumes and connected applications grew. Shopify, Elastic, and EasyPost shipping required repeated imports, exports, and manual entry instead of sharing data directly with the financial system.
The previous system could crash and take time to restore. Inventory updates arrived only hourly, so fast-moving products could sell out between updates. Employees also entered thousands of seasonal SKUs by hand every few weeks. Limited per-user licenses meant colleagues sometimes had to log out so another employee could use the software.
The solution
Timebomb selected Acumatica Distribution Edition for its cloud access, integration options, and licensing approach. The business connected Shopify storefronts, the Elastic B2B platform, and EasyPost shipping with order fulfillment, inventory, and financial records.
The benefits
Connected orders and mobile sales access
Retailer pre-orders from Elastic and consumer orders from Shopify could flow into the shared business system. Outside sales representatives could access order and inventory information directly instead of calling the main office, giving them a faster view of customer orders and available stock. Shipping updates and tracking details also required less manual re-entry.
Seasonal SKUs and inventory allocation
Automated product-matrix generation reduced the work needed to introduce thousands of new apparel variations each season. The source case study reports that the company avoided adding data-entry employees for a seasonal workload of 10,000 to 20,000 new items. Faster catalog preparation also gave retailers a longer ordering window. Timebomb could prioritize stock allocation for retailer orders and reserve inventory for its e-commerce stores through a virtual warehouse.
More reliable access and operational information
Moving from self-hosted infrastructure to Acumatica gave Timebomb executives greater confidence in system reliability, backups, and remote access. Shared records replaced some separate documents and helped employees find information without repeated calls or data exports.
- Connected Shopify web stores, EasyPost shipping, and the Elastic B2B platform with finance and inventory.
- Automated product-matrix generation for approximately 10,000 to 20,000 seasonal SKUs.
- Reduced manual entry of shipping details and tracking numbers across systems.
- Gave outside sales representatives direct access to orders and available stock.
- Improved real-time inventory visibility and helped avoid adding data-entry staff as volume grew.
Solution stack
Source: Acumatica Customer Success — Timebomb Trading.
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