Reducing Go-to-Market Timing by 8 Weeks

“As a start-up, getting the team’s buy-in on a product management system is critical. We needed one source of truth – and, to get that source of truth, we needed people to use it regularly. Propel provided an easy-to-use interface that helped us get up to speed quickly. It also has the flexibility to make it our own so it can grow with our constantly changing business needs.” – Joe Griebel, Director Physical Product

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Scattered product information causes six-week business delay … 

When Sunday Lawn Care had to track down the raw ingredients of a product for a manufacturer, it required input from three different parties. Sunday needed to determine what had to be purchased (by Sunday or its third party vendor) as well as what was already in stock with its co-filler partner. Manual record-keeping led to miscommunication about who was responsible for ordering materials, and Sunday missed having an essential raw material on hand that was needed for product creation. The result was a six week product delay. Sunday needed to quickly correct course and avoid future product delays with an easy way to document its bill of materials, and create one source for accessing all item records. 

Single source of product truth establishes standardized process and reduces cycle time … 

With Propel, Sunday eliminated miscommunication about product ingredient information, providing collaborative insight into every aspect of the product, in real time, with suppliers and internal teams. Using Propel to manage engineering change orders, Sunday has reduced process time by 15% in just 6 months. By setting up internal rules for requesting new items, artwork numbers and product inserts, Sunday has also streamlined sign off capabilities for the organization, providing approvals with just three signatures so that it could continue to optimize operations. 

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