Family-Run Chemical Business Takes on the Globe

GE Chaplin was founded in 1988 as a manufacturers’ representative/sales agency by Gregg Chaplin. Now a family-run business operated by Chaplin, his son Shane and a team of 13, the company has since grown to become a global distributor of specialty chemicals, gradually expanding into 20 niche segments of the market.


COMPANY

GE Chaplin

LOCATION

Flemington N.J.

INDUSTRY

Wholesale distribution

REVENUE

$60 million

EMPLOYEES

10

NUMBER OF USERS

8

OTHER SOLUTION CONSIDERED

SAP

SYSTEMS REPLACED

QuickBooks, Fishbowl

NETSUITE PRODUCT IMPLEMENTED

NetSuite SuiteSuccess Manufacturing Emerging Cloud Service

IMPLEMENTATION PARTNER

Providence Consulting Group

LOCATION

Scottsdale, Ariz.

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“With NetSuite, everything in the office has gotten more streamlined. From our PO process to materials to sales orders, everyone is much more efficient.” Shane Chaplin, Vice President, GE Chaplin

Specialised Distributor Increases Efficiency with NetSuite

Diversification fuels growth
Steadily expanding the chemicals and materials the company distributes to include paint, inks, plastics, lubricants, petroleum catalyst and powdered metallurgy industries, GE Chaplin has relied on a technically experienced sales staff to expand and become a global importer/exporter with three warehouses in the United States.
QuickBooks, Fishbowl fall short
As the company diversified its product line, it also expanded its supplier network around the globe. Tracking inventory at five domestic warehouses and multiple international 3PLs using spreadsheets and Fishbowl software, while using QuickBooks to manage financials, quickly became a nightmare.
Global, real-time inventory management
GE Chaplin selected NetSuite over SAP and implemented it with assistance from NetSuite partner, Providence Consulting Group. With NetSuite, GE Chaplin has improved its raw materials processing and achieved real-time inventory management at 3PL warehouses across the globe.
Poised for continued expansion
As remote sales teams have mastered the new system, they are able to close deals with more confidence in inventory and the entire team is able to access NetSuite anywhere, anytime, while capabilities create the possibility of expanding into manufacturing in the future.

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