Case Studies

How the Woodstream Corporation Reduced Technology Spend by 5%

Woodstream Corporation's Results at a Glance

5% Overall Cost Reduction

Reduced Woodstream's total technology costs by approximately 5% company-wide

$100k in Datacenter Savings

Migrated Woodstream's on-premise data center to a cloud environment, saving more than $100,000 annually

$200k in Yearly Phone Savings

Modernized the phone environment generating $180k - $200k per year in savings

What This Client Said:

“What stood out most was the combination of strategic advisory support and tangible savings. Bluewave helped us modernize key parts of the environment while simplifying the architecture and reducing costs along the way.”

– Melissa Oldfield, CIO, Woodstream Corporation

From Cost Savings to Strategic Partnership

Woodstream Corporation is a privately held manufacturer and marketer of branded pest control, animal care, home and garden, wild bird feeding, and professional pest control products, with a long history of growth and innovation.

Bluewave’s initial role with Woodstream began with only a small amount of service in place, including one or two circuits and some wireless support. Over time, Bluewave became a trusted extension of the team, helping Woodstream evaluate partners, manage negotiations, modernize key areas of the environment, and offset the cost of transformation with tangible savings.

Industry: Manufacturing and consumer products

Need: A simpler, scalable environment and support model after a major ERP implementation, without adding internal complexity.

Constraint: Limited room for error and needed every partner and infrastructure decision right-sized for the business.

Bluewave Role: Evaluated right-fit partners, managed negotiations, guided modernization across communications, infrastructure, and cloud, and offset transformation costs with measurable savings.

Modernize with Clarity, Not Complexity

The Challenge & Opportunity

A More Modern and Cost-Effective Environment

For Woodstream, this wasn’t a single isolated project. As the company’s technology needs evolved, the broader goal became modernizing the environment while keeping it simpler, more scalable, and cost-effective.

As a smaller organization, Woodstream had limited room for error when selecting outside partners or making major infrastructure decisions. The team needed to evaluate solutions carefully and ensure each decision was right-sized for the business.

That made it especially important to have a trusted advisor who could provide practical, unbiased guidance and help the team get those decisions right the first time.

The Bluewave Solution

As Woodstream’s needs evolved, Bluewave’s role grew from an initial cost-savings conversation into a broader advisory partnership supporting modernization across multiple areas of the environment.

Helped Woodstream rethink desk-side and infrastructure support by shifting to the right partner model, reducing internal dependency, improving scalability, and expanding coverage at a lower cost.
Brought forward recommended partners, managed evaluations and follow-up, negotiated on Woodstream’s behalf, and advocated for the business before executive conversations took place.
Supported major modernization efforts, including moving the phone environment from desk-based systems to a Teams-supported model and transitioning an on-premise data center to the cloud.

Taken together, these efforts show that Bluewave’s value went beyond sourcing options. The team provided strategic, vendor-agnostic guidance focused on what best fit Woodstream’s business as its technology needs continued to change.

A Relationship Build on Trust and Strategic Guidance

At the center of the relationship was trust. As the relationship grew, so did Bluewave’s role in supporting Woodstream’s broader technology strategy. The result was a stronger support model, a simpler and more modern environment, and a long-term advisory partnership grounded in tangible business value.