Good360 Grows Its 'Goods for the Greater Good' Mission with Oracle NetSuite
Social Impact
Company
Good360
Location
Alexandria, VA
Industry
Nonprofit
Applications Replaced
Microsoft Dynamics NAV
Solutions
NetSuite Financials
Inventory Management CRM
IMPLEMENTATION PARTNER
NetSuite Professional Services
“NetSuite gives us the transparency and scalability we need to grow
quickly and internationally with less overhead.” Good360
Customer Success
Replacing a Microsoft Dynamics NAV (Navision) application, NetSuite gives Good360 critical
transparency into financials, inventory, donors and recipients that help it maximize "goods
for the greater good" social impact.
Time and cost savings in IT and business administration free limited resources for more
effective program development and execution.
NetSuite gives Good360 a seamless, scalable environment to expand its programs and impact
towards distributing $1 billion a year worth of apparel, toys, computers, office supplies
and more to charities such as shelters, schools and foster care programs.
Real-time data on demand across core processes eliminates delays and inefficiencies in
distribution of goods, totaling $350 million in fair market value in 2012.
NetSuite's award-winning financial management platform helps Good360 strengthen
accountability with 125 corporate donors such as Home Depot, Bed Bath & Beyond, Walmart,
Hilton and IBM.
Good360 uses NetSuite CRM for donor management with Fortune 500 companies and other
contributors, and to manage relationships with recipient organizations.
NetSuite Inventory Management delivers new visibility and control in distributing goods to
more than 35,000 charitable organizations.
Moving from on-premise systems to the cloud enables Good360 to eliminate two in-house
servers and avoid the expense of a full-time IT staff person.
NetSuite is driving further efficiencies for Good360, which is ranked by Forbes magazine as
one of the most efficient charities in the U.S. while distributing $7 billion worth of
products over 30 years.
Challenges
Lack of real-time information and reporting obscured visibility into financials and
operations, resulting in guesswork and delays.
Microsoft Dynamics NAV lacked international capabilities needed for planned expansion to
Australia and elsewhere in the world.
Good360 found it costly, difficult and time-consuming to upgrade Microsoft Dynamics NAV,
with a need to redo customizations that would not carry over to a new version.
Solution
Free and discounted licensing available through Oracle NetSuite Social Impact program was far more
cost-effective than competing SAP, Sage and Microsoft applications considered by Good360.
NetSuite's multi-currency, multi-lingual support and global financial consolidation offers
important capabilities for expansion into Australia and other countries.
Connectivity solution from NetSuite partner Celigo supplies integration between NetSuite
back office and Magento-based website that accepts donations and product requests and
supports social collaboration.