Name of Company: Southern Hunt Club
Country: United States
Number of Odoo Users: 17 Active Users (2 Consultants)
Industry: Outdoor Recreation (Hunting Accessories)
Company Size: 15 Employees
Name of Implementation Partner: Bista Solutions
Services Offered: Sales, Invoicing, CRM, Inventory, Accounting, Purchase, Manufacturing, Studio, Discuss, Calendar, Dashboards, Barcode, and a Shopify Odoo Connector
Overview
When Southern Hunt Club found Bista Solutions for their Odoo integration needs, they had high expectations. Not only did they want to centralize their islands of information, they wanted to make their day-to-day operations run as smoothly as possible. This meant having a platform that could perform consistent tracking and allow for complete centralization.
As a 3-time best Odoo Gold Partner in the United States, Bista Solutions was able to successfully integrate the Odoo ERP into Southern Hunt Club’s organizational structure and produce some positive outcomes for the company.
Buck Gardner & Rolling Thunder Game Calls
Based in Memphis, Tennessee - Southern Hunt Club is an outdoor recreation holding company with two subsidiaries: Buck Gardner Calls and Rolling Thunder Game Calls. Both subsidiaries manufacture game calls (devices that mimic animal calls for recreational hunters). These devices include duck calls, turkey calls, goose calls, and so much more.
With quality being their calling since 1996 - Southern Hunt Club is famous for selling top-notch products at competitive prices.
Daily operations of manufacturing and shipping consist of: CNC, product cutting, milling and lathing duck calls, laser engraving, pad printing, hand-tuning, and other necessary tasks.
Key Challenges & Requirements
Southern Hunt Club used Quickbooks to manage their system, and it wasn’t long before they realized that the software was more of an accounting platform - not an all-in-one ERP system.
As a manufacturing company that also handles distribution, this was a problem. Furthermore, all their processes were spread out on different platforms, which made it difficult to track information, and ultimately hindered their decision-making.
What the company needed, on the other hand, was simple enough.
Southern Hunt Club wanted to implement a platform that could do what Quickbooks couldn’t. This meant their ideal ERP solution needed to track cost of goods sold (COGs), labor, and everything in between - all in one platform. Centralization was key in this situation. In addition to that, the company wanted something that was both affordable and scalable.
The Implementation
While searching for the right ERP solution, the team at Southern Hunt Club discovered Odoo, and instantly knew they had found what they were looking for.
Not only was Odoo an all-in-one platform (housing multiple modules under one roof), but the software was also affordable and scalable - just like they wanted. Odoo recommended Bista - and as John Dicken III, Director of Operations, claims, “Our experience with the Bista implementation team was really nothing but positive.”
The Bista Solutions team worked around Southern Hunt Club’s schedule. The actual implementation consisted of the following modules: CRM, Sales, Purchase, Inventory, Manufacturing, Accounting, and Barcode. There were other minor additions, as well, such as: fully-customized reports under Inventory and integrating Shopify into Odoo.
Working with the Bista team
According to John, he had really high expectations from the get-go. Fortunately for him, the Bista implementation team not only met, but in some instances, exceeded all of his elevated expectations. The team was the epitome of professionalism. They were fast, responsive, and knew exactly what they were doing every step of the way.
Furthermore, during the implementation process, the Bista team was available after-hours and on weekends, even though the project was already live. No matter what, Southern Hunt Club will receive continuous and on-going support. The Bista Team was readily available for their needs long before they even signed the support contract!
Bista Solutions received a "seal of approval" from John, as he stated that he would recommend Bista to anybody who was looking for an Odoo implementation. Needless to say, Southern Hunt Club had a great experience working with Bista Solutions.
Benefits of an Odoo ERP implementation
Southern Hunt Club and its subsidiaries are reaping numerous benefits because of their Odoo implementation. Now, with all their business processes centralized, the company is able to access information on one platform, as well as accurately analyze that information to make more-informed business decisions.
Even though they went live in April 2021, the Bista implementation team has consistently been there to help them whenever they need it - however they need it.
As for how John personally feels about Bista Solutions - well, he ended the testimonial by saying, “10/10 - Highly Recommend!”
About Southern Hunt Club
Southern Hunt Club is an outdoor recreation holding company with two subsidiaries: Buck Gardner Calls and Rolling Thunder Game Calls. Both subsidiaries manufacture game calls (devices that mimic animal calls for recreational hunters). They are known to produce and sell top-notch products at competitive prices.
Learn more at buckgardner.com or rollingthundergamecalls.com
About Bista Solutions Inc.
Bista Solutions is an Odoo Gold Partner in the United States, and was the winner of Odoo Best Partner in 2015, 2016, and 2018
Bista Solutions Inc. is a digital transformation firm that helps companies digitize their business processes with enterprise application implementations. Founded in 2007, Bista has implemented software enterprise applications for companies in various verticals, such as manufacturing, retail, auto parts, telecom, promotional products, arms & defense, and cannabis.
Learn more at bistasolutions.com
About Southern Hunt Club
Southern Hunt Club is an outdoor recreation holding company with two subsidiaries: Buck Gardner Calls and Rolling Thunder Game Calls. Both subsidiaries manufacture game calls (devices that mimic animal calls for recreational hunters). They are known to produce and sell top-notch products at competitive prices.
Learn more at buckgardner.com or rollingthundergamecalls.com
About Bista Solutions Inc.
Bista Solutions is an Odoo Gold Partner in the United States, and was the winner of Odoo Best Partner in 2015, 2016, and 2018
Bista Solutions Inc. is a digital transformation firm that helps companies digitize their business processes with enterprise application implementations. Founded in 2007, Bista has implemented software enterprise applications for companies in various verticals, such as manufacturing, retail, auto parts, telecom, promotional products, arms & defense, and cannabis.
Learn more at bistasolutions.com
