illumiNET: Lighting Showroom Software Built on NetSuite

Stop Running Your Showroom on Spreadsheets and Workarounds

Running a lighting showroom is complex—vendor catalogs change constantly, product attributes are messy, orders come from every channel, and margins can disappear fast. When your data lives in disconnected systems, it takes too long to answer basic questions (What’s in stock? What’s the real margin? What should we buy—and when?).

illumiNET gives you one connected system—built for how lighting businesses actually operate—so you can run faster, with clearer visibility, and make decisions with confidence.

The Problem: Lighting Operations Outgrow Generic Software

If you’re managing any of the following, you’ve felt the pain:

  • Vendor integrations and frequent pricing updates that create constant rework
  • Complex product attributes (finishes, styles, bulbs, collections, vendor variations) that don’t fit cleanly in basic systems
  • Multi-channel selling (showroom, designer, B2B, eCommerce, quoted orders) that creates duplicate entry and conflicting data
  • Freight and fulfillment complexity where landed cost and timelines matter

The result is familiar: slower quoting, messy inventory, missed purchasing opportunities, and limited visibility into what’s really happening in the business.

Meet Your Guide: Zastro + illumiNET

illumiNET is developed by Zastro and built directly on NetSuite, the leading cloud-based ERP platform. Instead of forcing a generic ERP to fit lighting, illumiNET adds the industry-specific structure, workflows, and integrations lighting teams need—without relying on spreadsheets or manual workarounds.

The Plan: One System, Built for Lighting

1) Start with a proven cloud ERP foundation (NetSuite)

NetSuite provides a unified ecosystem across key business functions—so your financials, inventory, sales, purchasing, and reporting live together in one platform.

2) Add lighting-specific structure with illumiNET

illumiNET brings a lighting-specific data model, preconfigured workflows, and integrations designed for lighting catalogs and processes.

3) Operate with real-time visibility and control

When everything runs in one system, you reduce overhead, speed up quoting and order processing, and gain cleaner financial and operational data for better decisions.

Learn How Zastro Helped Pace Lighting

After growing more than 4x, Savannah-based Pace Lighting had outgrown its old business software, relying on spreadsheets and workarounds for everything from accounting to order processing. The company partnered with Zastro to implement IllumiNET, a customized version of NetSuite built specifically for the lighting industry.

The results were dramatic: purchase order time dropped 60%, accounting tasks sped up 40%, and sales order creation became 80% faster through an integration with catalog company LightsAmerica—accelerating fulfillment by up to two days. Today, Pace runs its entire operation on one unified platform, delivering big-business efficiency with small-business service.

 

If You’re Already on NetSuite

illumiNET accelerates value with a ready-built architecture designed specifically for lighting, including:

  • Integrations with LightsAmerica and XO Logic
  • A lighting-specific data model
  • Preconfigured workflows
  • Faster deployment, with room to customize

If You’re Not Yet on NetSuite

illumiNET + NetSuite replaces outdated software, disconnected tools, and Excel with one integrated platform.

What changes for your team:

  • Accounting, CRM, sales, purchasing, inventory, and payroll in one system
  • One login, one source of truth, and less duplicate entry
  • Faster onboarding and fewer process breakdowns

What Success Looks Like

With illumiNET, owners, managers, and teams gain:

• Unified inventory across locations
• Clean, reliable financial and operational data
• Smarter purchasing based on real demand
• Reduced administrative overhead
• Faster quoting and order processing
• Better margins through accurate cost tracking

When your entire business runs on one system, everything becomes simpler, more accurate, and more profitable.

Custom-Built illumiNET Features

Below are lighting-specific capabilities built into illumiNET to help your team move faster and reduce manual effort.

Catalog Integration with Major Catalog Providers

Keep product data, pricing, and availability aligned automatically—no spreadsheets or manual updates.

Wish List Automation from Your eCommerce Store

Turn customer wish lists into estimates and orders instantly with accurate, up-to-date data.

Maximize Vendor Incentives with Consolidated Purchasing

Buy smarter across locations to unlock incentives, reduce fees, and improve leverage.

Daily Cash Closeout

Close the books in minutes with automated end-of-day reconciliation and reporting.

ESD Tracking

Provide real-time estimated ship date visibility across the system.

Vendor Bill Creator

Simplify complex vendor billing workflows—even across multiple purchase orders.

Inbound Label Printing

Speed up receiving and reduce errors with automated inbound labels.

Showroom Label Printing

Create clean, consistent showroom labels directly from NetSuite.

Award Estimate System for Margin Protection

Estimate landed costs accurately before awards are finalized to protect margins.

Mobile Delivery App

Give delivery teams real-time access to confirmations, updates, and delivery details.

Amount Due Tracking

Improve collections and cash flow with clear visibility into customer balances.

Drop Ship Purchase Order Automation

Automate drop-ship workflows from fulfillment through documentation and delivery.

Advanced Three-Way Matching Tool

Reduce billing errors with enhanced matching across POs, receipts, and bills.

Advanced Contact Management

Manage complex customer, vendor, and project relationships in one system.

Order Gross Profit Analysis

See true order-level profitability with real-time margin insights.

Ready to Simplify Operations and Grow with Confidence?

Whether you’re already on NetSuite or exploring a modern cloud ERP, illumiNET delivers lighting-specific functionality, faster processes, and the visibility you need to grow.

Talk to Zastro to learn more and get started.