How Flutterbee Education Delivered 10,000+ Orders Faster—and Got More Books Into the Hands of Kids
Updated Sep 23, 2025
When four nonfiction publishers came together to form Flutterbee Education Group, they shared a vision: to fuel literacy and learning in classrooms across the country. But behind the scenes, their disconnected systems were slowing them down—and delaying how quickly books got into kids’ hands.
The Problem: Scaling Literacy with Manual Tools
Flutterbee publishes over 13,000 SKUs across five million units of inventory—everything from books on community helpers to curriculum-aligned texts about animals, science, and history. But with five separate ERP systems and no automation, the team struggled with:
- Manual purchase order handling
- Delayed school and distributor shipments
- 3x longer month-end close cycles
- No integration with 3PLs or banking partners
- Limited forecasting and reporting
“We were operating in silos. Managing five disconnected ERP systems made every process harder, slower, and more error-prone than it needed to be.”
— Gabe Kaufman, COO, Flutterbee
The Solution: Automation with Celigo + NuageSync
With a tight three-and-a-half-month implementation window, Flutterbee selected Celigo as its iPaaS platform—and NuageSync as the integration partner—to migrate everything onto NetSuite and automate core workflows.
The results:
- 10,000+ EDI transactions automated in 6 months
- Single PO model simplifies ordering for schools
- 3x faster month-end close
- FTP-based integrations with 3PLs and EDI partners
- Seamless flow of sales, inventory, and financial data
The Impact: More Books, Brighter Futures
With Celigo, Flutterbee can now get books into children’s hands faster, while giving the team more time to support educators and reach new districts.In August 2025, Flutterbee partnered with Bernie’s Book Bank to make a historic donation of 850,000 children’s books—the largest one-time gift in the nonprofit’s history. This extraordinary contribution will place free, high-quality books into the hands of 106,250 children, sparking a love of reading, strengthening literacy skills, and opening doors to brighter futures. Distribution will begin in the fall of the 2025–26 school year.
- Faster order processing = faster learning
- Real-time error resolution with minimal IT involvement
- Scalable infrastructure ready for future publishers, partners, and SKUs
“Our goal is simple: get more books in the hands of kids, faster. With Celigo in place, we’re finally removing the operational roadblocks that slowed us down.”
— Gabe Kaufman, COO, Flutterbee
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