Boutique Bicycle Company Undergoes Business Transformation with SAP in First Makeover Series

WALLDORF, Germany, Sept. 8 /PRNewswire/ -- In the first of a series of episodes, online viewers will be able to witness the business transformation of Torelli Bicycle Co., a North Hollywood, Calif.-based boutique importer and distributor of specialized racing and road bikes. The entire process – from planning and business process mapping, to go-live, to the company's first experiences using its new software – is being documented by InformationWeek over the next few weeks as part of its "SMB On Location Makeover" series, co-sponsored by SAP AG (NYSE: SAP). This implementation is being supported by SAP channel partner Navigator Business Solutions.

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InformationWeek will follow the transformation at Torelli step by step via weekly updates, blogs, videos, interviews and feature stories. To help streamline business processes, pave the way for future growth, and help focus more on its core business and customers, the bike-maker is implementing the SAP® Business One application.

Torelli Bicycle, now entering its 30th year in business, runs a frame-building operation, in which it designs and builds custom road bikes and frames for professional racers and biking enthusiasts, as well as a parts and accessory business. The small shop of four full-time employees has experienced consistent growth, but its current computing systems and business processes were not keeping pace. The solution will help Torelli integrate its entire business across financials, sales, customer relationships, inventory and operations.

The InformationWeek documentation of Torelli Bicycle's implementation is the first in a real-time, multimedia series that will showcase real-world technology deployments of enterprise resource planning (ERP) offerings to small and midsize businesses (SMBs). To follow in Torelli's tracks as it plans, implements and runs SAP Business One, visit InformationWeek SMB On Location Makeover.

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