Benefit case study: Rootstock reduces costs for a marine manufacturer

A marine manufacturer generating roughly thirty million dollars in annual revenue deployed Rootstock to replace an aging, on-premises ERP system that could not support its dual manufacturing model, fragmented purchasing processes, or growing channel complexity. The organization evaluated multiple cloud systems but selected Rootstock for its native Salesforce architecture, manufacturing depth, and ability to support both high-volume wire production and complex harness assemblies without custom development. Rootstock’s centralized purchasing, automated work order execution, and real-time visibility enabled the company to operate at more than twice its previous volume without adding headcount, avoiding an estimated $100,000 to $150,000 in annual labor costs and reducing purchasing staff from four buyers to a single part-time resource. The cloud deployment also eliminated cybersecurity and infrastructure risks associated with on-premises systems, allowing a single internal resource to manage ERP and CRM in a unified environment. Lessons learned emphasize approaching Rootstock as a configurable platform rather than a static finance system and investing early in higher-tier vendor support to accelerate time-to-value and sustain continuous improvement.