Lantern Partners AI Brings AI-Powered Business Resource Planning to Estee Manufacturing

Lantern Partners AI partners with leading truck mattress manufacturer Estee Bedding Company to deploy its LanternBRP platform and achieve $4.2M in annual savings.

Published on Feb. 21, 2026

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Lantern Partners AI, a provider of AI-native SaaS solutions for small-to-medium-sized businesses, has announced a partnership with Estee Bedding Company, the nation's leading truck mattress manufacturer. Estee has deployed Lantern's LanternBRP platform, a modular Business Resource Planning solution, to overcome inefficiencies in its legacy ERP system. The company is projected to achieve $4.2M in annual savings by optimizing its bill of materials, inventory, production scheduling, and decision-making processes.

Why it matters

This partnership highlights Lantern Partners AI's efforts to bring modern, AI-powered business management solutions to the mid-market manufacturing sector, which has traditionally been underserved by rigid, fragmented ERP systems. By providing a more flexible, data-driven platform, Lantern aims to help companies like Estee gain a competitive edge through improved operational intelligence and efficiency.

The details

Estee Bedding Company, headquartered in Chicago, IL, has an expansive footprint of 12 facilities and 45 distribution centers nationwide. The company has deployed Lantern's LanternBRP platform to replace its legacy ERP system, which had become a 'bottleneck' and could not keep up with the speed and sophistication of Estee's operations. The LanternBRP platform is designed to unify Estee's data ecosystems, deliver real-time visibility, automate workflows, provide predictive analytics, and integrate with over 150 systems.

  • Lantern Partners AI announced the partnership on February 18, 2026.

The players

Lantern Partners AI

A leading provider of AI-native SaaS solutions for small-to-medium-sized businesses, including the LanternBRP platform.

Estee Bedding Company

The nation's leading truck mattress manufacturer, headquartered in Chicago, IL, with 12 facilities and 45 distribution centers nationwide.

Tim Enright

President and Chief Executive Officer of Estee Bedding Company.

Craig Powell

Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Lantern Partners AI.

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What they’re saying

“Frankly, our former ERP had become a real bottleneck. It couldn't handle the speed or sophistication our operations demand today. LanternBRP™ changes the game completely! We're replacing our processes with their single, coherent platform that lets all our teams operate as one synchronized unit. This is the foundation we need to build the future of our business on.”

— Tim Enright, President and Chief Executive Officer

“Mid-market companies have been asked to operate modern businesses on outdated systems. Our BRP exists to fix that mismatch. We didn't start Lantern Partners AI to sell more software. We started it to give real businesses operational intelligence they can actually use to grow, scale and be competitive.”

— Craig Powell, Founder and Chief Executive Officer

What’s next

Lantern Partners AI plans to continue expanding its LanternBRP platform to other mid-market manufacturing companies, helping them modernize their operations and gain a competitive edge.

The takeaway

Lantern Partners AI's partnership with Estee Bedding Company demonstrates the potential for AI-powered business resource planning solutions to transform the operational efficiency and decision-making capabilities of mid-market manufacturers, enabling them to better compete in today's fast-paced and sophisticated business environment.