Who is Viking Yachts?
The Viking Yacht Company has celebrated over five decades in business building luxury performance sportfishing and cruising yachts. Started by brothers Bob and Bill Healey in 1964 when they bought Peterson-Viking Builders, a small, struggling New Jersey builder of 37-foot, wooden sportfishing boats, Viking Yachts has grown to become a world leader in semi-custom fiberglass yacht production with over 4,000 Vikings delivered.
Viking Yachts has grown significantly since the 1960’s, becoming a world leader in semi-custom fiberglass yacht production. They have achieved this milestone by dedicating themselves to ensuring the quality of their manufacturing operation. Viking commits to producing 90 percent of each boat in house. The remaining 10 percent of products and materials are sourced from suppliers that need to have access to accurate order data if they’re going to help keep Viking’s customer base happy.
Business Challenges
While Viking’s top line was headed in the right direction, their systems, teams, and processes were struggling to keep up with demand – especially where the company had to interface with their suppliers. Although they had already invested in a Syteline ERP, the Viking Yachts leadership team recognized the importance of keeping their data up to date and making it accessible to suppliers.
Benefits
Viking turned to SourceDay and The Copley Consulting Group for assistance, taking advantage of their newly formed partnership to complete the integration between their Syteline ERP and SourceDay. Through a fully managed implementation, Viking Yacht’s suppliers will be onboarded to SourceDay to digitize supplier collaboration for the entire PO lifecycle, from acknowledgement to receipt. This will eliminate the need to negotiate PO changes over email, and buyers won’t have to make manual updates because SourceDay will keep Syteline up to date automatically.
Copley guided Viking Yacht’s digital transformation, and will help implement SourceDay. The project is expected to improve visibility to supplier POs, ensuring Viking has all the parts they need to ship to customers on time, while eliminating waste and excess costs.
Testimonial
“Our company has grown over the last 12 months. Adding SourceDay to our business will protect our investment in Syteline by ensuring supplier data is always up to date so that our production and planning teams have all the parts they need to ship on-time to our growing list of happy customers.”
Bob Pharo,
Materials Manager, Viking Yachts