The Acumatica ERP Podcast

Hitting the Right ERP Note: Eastman Music Company’s Digital Transformation

Episode Summary

Host Lauren O'Hara, Product Marketing Manager at Acumatica, speaks with Ralph Torres, Vice President of Operations at Eastman Music Company, about how Eastman has scaled globally with the help of Acumatica as their operational backbone.

Episode Notes

Host Lauren O'Hara, Product Marketing Manager at Acumatica, speaks with Ralph Torres, Vice President of Operations at Eastman Music Company, about how Eastman has scaled globally with the help of Acumatica as their operational backbone. Ralph shares what it really takes to modernize globally with a robust ERP solution, why simplifying your data structure is the key to a successful implementation, and how his team built the reporting and visibility tools they needed to run a complex, multi-company business.

Timestamps:

00:56 - Ralph's background in music and path to Eastman

08:33 - How Acumatica speeds up employee onboarding

11:43 - Why Eastman outgrew Sage 100

15:42 - Adding new companies with ease

18:04 - What ERP implementation really looks like

31:42 - Dashboards, reporting, and data visibility

37:37 - The value of usage-based pricing

41:32 - Advice for organizations evaluating ERP

43:40 - Lightning round

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