Vlint expands its supply chain control tools to support rapid business growth

What once started as a specialist in air filters, Vlint has grown over the past 35 years into a full-service supplier and service partner for everything related to air, climate control and dust extraction systems.

The significant growth that the company has experienced in recent years, and the resulting expansion of its product range, have required a great deal of knowledge and manual work from the inventory management and purchasing team. To manage this growth effectively, Vlint will now be using Slimstock’s supply chain platform.

Based in the Netherlands, Vlint supports both industrial production environments and utility buildings in all aspects of air, climate control and dust extraction systems, ensuring that employees can work in healthy conditions and that installations can continue to function optimally. In addition to a wide range of products, Vlint offers extensive service and maintenance work, which puts extra pressure on product availability.

Vlint aims to be a reliable supplier for its customers, so having the right items available on time is essential for its business operations. Because Vlint also supplies many customer-specific items to order in addition to its stock range, control over the supply chain is crucial. With the help of Slim4, Vlint now has the tools to keep track of the entire supply chain.

Insight provides flexibility

By providing the supply chain team with better insight into the growth and diversity of the product range, sales plans and stock strategies can be better aligned. This enables Vlint to accurately balance supply and demand, optime stock levels and increase delivery reliability.

The AI-driven Slim4 platform also offers effective exception management, providing the team with timely alerts when the forecast threatens to deviate and enabling them to make quick adjustments. This allows Vlint to further optimise its ordering processes and, if necessary, provides the flexibility to switch to in-house production. The supply chain platform also feeds into Vlint’s sales channel, giving customers insight into the status of their orders. This adds an additional service that Vlint can guarantee to its customers.

Choice of Slimstock

The choice of Slimstock’s AI-driven supply chain platform is based on the extensive control and differentiation options offered by Slim4. In addition, the personalised and consultative approach to implementation played a decisive role.