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Customer Success Story

911 Supply Migrated 150,000 Records With Zero Business Interruption

Folio3 migrated 911 Supply to a new NetSuite SuiteSuccess Manufacturing Standard account, along with custom workflows for vendor discrepancy tracking and bill verification before payment.

Company

911 Supply

Partner

Folio3

Company Size

11-50

Region

US

ABOUT 911 SUPPLY

A Public Safety Gear and Apparel Retailer

911 Supply is a public safety gear and apparel retailer established in 2007, with two locations in the Pacific Northwest. The company serves law enforcement, corrections, fire and EMS, private security, and military customers with uniforms, custom tailoring, body armor, footwear, tactical gear, outerwear, alterations, heat press, and embroidery.

key outcomes

The Migration at a Glance

After migrating with Folio3, 911 Supply moved 150,000  item records, preserved five years of history, and gained two new procure-to-pay controls, all without a single hour of downtime.

150,000+ records
Restructured under the new item setup

911 Supply's full item catalog moved to a new structure built for future growth.

5 years
Of historical data preserved

Five years of sales, purchase, and financial history moved into the new account.

0 hours
Of downtime during migration

The sales floor, warehouse, and finance team kept working without a pause during the entire cutover.

2 New Controls
Item receipt and vendor payment checks

Vendor errors on item receipts and mismatches on vendor payments now get caught by the system.

The Challenge

An Aging NetSuite Account Falling Behind on Scale

911 Supply was already running NetSuite with SuiteTax, but SuiteTax stopped working with SCIS, putting tax compliance at risk. Moving to a new account meant solving that, along with gaps in item tracking, vendor errors, and bill payment controls.

A Complex Account Migration

Moving to a new NetSuite account meant carrying over years of financial, sales, and inventory data without losing accuracy along the way.

Item Structure Falling Behind

911 Supply tracked items using two matrix options: length, color, and size. This limited how the item management team could track and categorize the catalog.

Vendor Discrepancies Handled by Hand

Errors from vendors had no consistent process behind them. Resolving a discrepancy meant tracking it down manually every time.

No Check Before Payment

Bills went out for payment with no way to confirm the billed items had arrived. A vendor could be paid for goods 911 Supply never received. A control now confirms receipt before payment goes out.

The Solution

NetSuite Rebuilt Around Compliance, Scale, and Accuracy

Folio3 rebuilt 911 Supply’s NetSuite SuiteSuccess Manufacturing Standard setup from the ground up, with a full account migration, a new tax engine, a restructured item catalog and preserved historical data.

Zero-Downtime Account Migration

Record to Report, Procure to Pay, Order to Cash, and Case Management moved to the new NetSuite account without interrupting daily operations. A script built by 911 Supply's previous vendor was also reviewed and optimized as part of the move.

Legacy Tax Engine Configuration

SuiteTax was replaced with the legacy tax engine.

Item Restructuring at Scale

Items were rebuilt on an expanded matrix structure. New inventory items carry vendor-specific custom fields, and a new matrix option, Length, was added alongside color and size where it applies.

Historical Data Migration

Non-posting transactions, such as sales orders and purchase orders, moved into native NetSuite records. Posting transactions were loaded into custom records instead. A NetSuite Analytics report pulls from both, so historical and current data show in one view.

Vendor Discrepancy Workflow

A custom record system tracks and resolves vendor errors, replacing a process that used to be handled by hand.

Bill Verification Before Payment

A custom workflow checks bills against expected data before payment goes out.

Gift Card Process Standardization

The end-to-end gift card process was reviewed and standardized in NetSuite.

Planning a NetSuite Migration of Your Own?

Talk to our NetSuite consultants about moving to a new account, replacing a legacy tax engine, or preserving years of historical data. We’ll review your setup and scope a migration built around your business.

Business Outcomes

A NetSuite Account Built to Keep Up With 911 Supply's Growth

Following Folio3’s NetSuite SuiteSuccess Manufacturing Standard migration, 911 Supply moved off an aging, SuiteTax-based account and onto one built for compliance and scale. Items are organized for growth, years of history are one click away, and vendor payments get checked before they go out.

Migration and Compliance

  • 911 Supply runs sales, checkout, and vendor payments without interruption, even through a full account cutover.
  • Gift card handling was standardized and legacy scripts were optimized as part of the move, so 911 Supply started on the new account with cleaner processes.

Item and Historical Data Accuracy

  • The item management team pulls far more detail per item than color and size ever allowed, across a catalog of more than 150,000 records.
  • 911 Supply runs month-on-month and year-on-year financial comparisons without rebuilding a single year of historical data.

Procure to Pay Controls

  • Vendor errors and payment mismatches get caught before money goes out the door.

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