Founded in 1987, Brasforma is a Brazilian company that currently employs around 350 people and has an annual revenue of approximately R$100 million.
With nearly four decades of history, the company needed to evolve its management to keep pace with growth and maintain competitiveness in the market.
The challenges faced
Before adopting Oracle NetSuite, Brasforma faced challenges typical of the industrial sector:
- Financial management: efficiently controlling all accounting and tax operations was a critical need.
- Cost optimization: fundamental to maintaining healthy margins and a sustainable business.
- Operational efficiency: reducing bottlenecks and improving the flow of internal processes was a constant objective.
The choice of Oracle NetSuite
For over four years, Brasforma has implemented Oracle NetSuite. The ERP system has become the core of all the company's information and processes, integrating everything from the back office to the production line.
For Brasforma, accounting is not just a department: it is the heart of the business, responsible for recording and processing all the information that supports the operation.
In this context, NetSuite was considered the most robust system on the market, guaranteeing reliability and security.
Features used by Brasforma
The company makes extensive use of NetSuite in virtually all sectors:
- Back office and finance: accounting, tax management and invoice issuance.
- Customer Service (SAC): Integration of customer service (post-sales) into the system.
- Production: control of the production chain, production orders, and monitoring of the factory floor.
- Purchasing: all acquisition processes.
- CRM: complete view of the customer portfolio and dashboards for commercial decision-making.
- Factory operation: detailed view of workforce commitment by sector, reducing unnecessary movement within the factory.
Results and improvements achieved
Adopting NetSuite has brought significant gains to Brasforma:
- Inventory management: complete confidence in the generated reports.
- Global best practices: the ERP incorporated international benchmarks, raising the level of corporate governance.
- Flexibility and customized reports were key factors in choosing NetSuite, providing valuable insights for the business.
- Time savings: the expectation is to reduce employee time by up to 30% by eliminating Excel spreadsheets for manual controls.
Brasforma's recommendation
For managers and business owners who still have doubts about which ERP to choose, Brasforma's testimonial is clear: NetSuite is a sure choice due to its advanced structure and ability to support companies that want to grow steadily.
Want to understand how NetSuite can help transform your business management, just like it did for Brasforma? Talk to Active and discover the path to a more efficient, strategic, and future-proof operation.
