September 15th, 2023
FFX Group, the leading online retailer of power tools, has partnered with Slimstock to create better visibility, enhance collaboration, and improve alignment across its end-to-end supply chain.
Over the last 20 years, FFX Group has built a reputation for offering customers a first-class shopping experience. As a one-stop shop for power tools, hand tools, and general construction consumables, the business provides an extensive range of over 80,000 products.
With growing demand across its online store and retail branches, FFX will implement the award-winning Slim4 platform to establish more robust supply chain planning processes.
Explaining the goals of the initiative, Alex Clixby, CIO at FFX highlights: “By providing the supply chain team and wider businesses with robust data-driven insights, the Slim4 platform will help us to automate routine planning tasks, strengthen collaboration, and enhance the accuracy of our demand forecasts.”
A digital platform for supply chain success
Leveraging the power of AI, Slim4’s powerful forecasting capabilities will provide FFX with a more comprehensive overview of its supply chain and enable more effective cross-functional collaboration.
Furthermore, underpinned by responsive exception-based alerts and workflow-driven tasks, Slim4 will allow the online retailer to reduce inefficiencies across its network to achieve fast, sustained, and profitable growth.
Alex Clixby highlights: “After seeing the results other businesses in our space have attained with the Slim4 platform, we are confident that it is an ideal partner to support us on our transformation journey.”
