Manufacturing | NetSuite
Radio Flyer Moves from JD Edwards to NetSuite to Modernize Operations
The Client
Radio Flyer is a Chicago based, family-owned toy and electric bike company founded in 1917, best known for its iconic red wagon.
Over more than a century, the company has grown to include scooters, tricycles, go-karts, and bikes, all while staying true to its mission of creating smiles and warm memories for families through high-quality, imaginative products.
To stay competitive and prepare for the future, Radio Flyer sought a modern, scalable cloud ERP platform powered by AI to support expanding supply chain complexity, real-time planning, and future growth.
The Challenge
Radio Flyer had outgrown its aging and heavily customized JD Edwards system. The team was relying on fragmented systems for critical planning processes, including MRP and global supply chain visibility, which created inefficiencies and reduced real-time insight across the organization.
Key challenges included:
- An outdated on-prem ERP system that restricted flexibility and visibility
- Manual planning processes driven by Excel exports
- Limited access to real-time operational and item data
- Increasing complexity in global manufacturing and procurement
- The need for automation to support growth without increasing headcount
The Solution
Terillium managed a full rollout of NetSuite across the United States and China, ensuring localized requirements were met while maintaining consistent global processes.
Radio Flyer now has:
- Unified item and inventory data in a single system
- Real-time MRP for faster, more accurate procurement planning
- Reduced manual processes and reporting effort across supply chain and finance
- Automated AR cash application saving up to 20 hours per week
- E-commerce order automation via Shopify integration
- Global financial consolidation and improved reporting
- End-to-end supply chain visibility
Terillium was the ideal partner to help guide our transition from JD Edwards to NetSuite. Their understanding of our business, built on a decades-long relationship, allowed them to design solutions that fit our exact needs. The result is a modern ERP platform that gives our teams real-time insight, reduces manual effort, and supports Radio Flyer’s growth for years to come.
Tom Cesario, Vice President of IT
+$600K net positive ROI before go-live driven by ~$1.5M in avoided upgrade and re-licensing costs, along with ~15% reduction in annual IT spend and ~$161K/year in eliminated legacy system costs
~70% reduction in EDI processing time and reduction in AP headcount from 1.5 FTE to 0.5 FTE
20% faster AP processing and 50% faster manager approvals, plus 100% elimination of manual financial consolidation and up to 20 hours/week saved in AR cash application