COMMCO Latest Company to Switch From SAP R/3 to NetSuite OneWorld

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Wed Nov 4, 2009 9:02am EST

Cloud Business Suites Leader Earns Another SAP Convert and Enables COMMCO to
Run Core Business Functions Easier and at Much Lower Cost





SAN MATEO, Calif., Nov. 4 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- NetSuite Inc. (NYSE: N), a
leading vendor of cloud computingbusiness management software suites, today
announced that COMMCO LLC (www.commco.com), a Kansas City-based distribution
and light manufacturing company and a leading home improvement millwork
distributor, is the latest company to successfully switch from SAP R/3 to
NetSuite OneWorld, going live on time and on budget, and providing the Kansas
City-based company substantial savings. 

In an effort to modernize its business operations and eliminate the high cost
of maintaining and upgrading SAP's complex, on-premise software, COMMCO
transitioned to NetSuite and now relies on NetSuite's cloud computing platform
for its core operational needs, including Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP)
functionality such as inventory management, ordering, fulfillment, EDI
communications, corporate financials, and reporting; and Customer Relationship
Management (CRM) functionality such as sales and customer service management. 

Franklin Christopher, President and CEO of COMMCO, provides an insightful
overview of his company's move from SAP R/3 to the NetSuite Cloud in a
recently recorded webinar accessible here: www.netsuite.com/commco. 

According to Christopher, SAP's offerings fell far short of the NetSuite cloud
solution and Christopher calculated it had only 30 percent the functionality
of NetSuite. "NetSuite Professional Services provided us with a smooth
transition that included teaching us how to create our own reporting so that
the average employee could customize their own role-based dashboards and
reports going forward," Christopher said. "SAP wanted our business, but our
knowing that NetSuite's entire focus is on SaaS and the depth of functionality
they offered compared to SAP Business ByDesign made the choice easy." 

COMMCO, based in Kansas City, Missouri, distributes moulding to the home
improvement market, including high-profile nationwide retailers such as
Lowe's. The eight-year-old company's 120 employees account for $45 million in
annual revenue. Previously, COMMCO was owned by another company, which ran its
business on SAP R/3. After being sold to new owners some years back, COMMCO
was grandfathered in to its former parent's instance of the SAP operating
system. But with COMMCO's prior parent company considering new options, COMMCO
was forced to choose between continuing its own instance of SAP and managing
it with a smaller staff, or selecting a next-generation enterprise solution. 

NetSuite OneWorld proved to be the right choice for COMMCO. The company could
not justify continuing to use SAP R/3 which would have cost in excess of $1
million, so COMMCO looked for SaaS options which could be implemented quickly,
allowing a prompt transition off of its former ERP system. COMMCO considered
SAP's SaaS product Business ByDesign, but declared NetSuite OneWorld the
superior solution and the one more easily tailored for a remotely located,
growing business like COMMCO. 

NetSuite OneWorld provides COMMCO management with instant access to
customizable analytics, with no need for consulting fees to prepare new
reports. Because NetSuite OneWorld is cloud-based, COMMCO does not need to
manage and maintain complex software on desktops and laptops, nor does it need
to build a server room with all the associated costs and resources. NetSuite
helps COMMCO maintain its critical customer relationships with home
improvement powerhouses such as Lowe's, at a cost far less than that of a new
SAP implementation. 

As a SaaS pioneer, NetSuite has perfected the delivery model for today's
always-on, business-anywhere enterprise. Anytime, anywhere access enables
companies to run lean, without a need for centralized facilities, while
providing instant scalability for enterprises expanding into new markets and
opportunities.

Unlike an SAP implementation, which can drag on for months or even years and
cost millions up-front, NetSuite solutions can be deployed worldwide in a
matter of weeks. Because upgrades are carefully and centrally managed,
business no longer need be disrupted while technologists try to adapt
yesterday's customizations to today's feature patch. And for those companies
already deeply reliant on SAP solutions looking to embrace the advantages
offered by SaaS, NetSuite OneWorld for SAP offers seamless integration for
subsidiaries and corporate divisions which need their own enterprise-grade
capabilities while maintaining transparency with the central system of record.
For more information about NetSuite OneWorld for SAP, please visit
www.netsuite.com/oneworld.

For more information about NetSuite, please visit www.netsuite.com.

NOTE: NetSuite and the NetSuite logo are registered service marks of NetSuite
Inc.  

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SOURCE  NetSuite Inc.

Mei Li of NetSuite Inc., +1-650-627-1063, meili@netsuite.com
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