Inventory Optimisation

HobbyCraft, with head offices in Bournemouth, are the UK´s leading retailer of craft products.

• 20% stock reduction
• Improved availability
• Confident stock management

Based in Apeldoorn, The Netherlands, Dijkgraaf-Reinders supplies a complete range of food and non-food items to restaurants, cafes, schools and healthcare organisations.

• 30% less missed orders
• 10% inventory decrease
• Increased delivery reliability

Hemmink offers a growing range of approximately 15,000 articles, of which 20% is held in stock.

• Service level increased from 95% to 99%
• Stock value dropped by 20%
• Reduced backorders from 10% to 1%

Founded in 1976 under the name Jensen Parts and Services Ltd.

• reduction in stock days
• availability improvement
• More responsive to changes in demand

With ever increasing demand, managing the inventory was becoming an increasingly labour intensive task.

• €100,000 inventory decrease
• Service level increased to 95%
• 20% inventory value reduction

The implementation of the inventory optimisation software, Slim4, has resulted in an inventory reduction of 10 percent. In addition to this, availability has also improved considerably and HG International now achieves service levels in excess of 99 percent.

• inventory reduction
• service levels
• time saved

For ABS All Brake Systems, maintaining consistently high levels of availability is critical.

• increase availability
• Reduced inventory cost
• Less risk of obsolescence

Ensuring customers receive a fast, efficient and dependable delivery is what separates Ideal bathrooms from its competitors.

• Greater accuracy in demand anticipation
• Enhanced Supplier Management
• Optimised Assortment Management

Fabory is a multinational wholesaler of fasteners, whose strength lies in the breadth of its range.

• 98% Service levels achieved
• Potential €4 million savings
• Enhanced visibility

Find out how Brymec optimised supply chain processes to attain a 99.

• 99% service level on its top 1000 products
• 10% stock turn increase
• Transparency over future inventory requirements

Wildkamp offers a very varied range: from colossal drums and pipes of more than six meters long, to screws and rings of only a few millimetres.

• stock reduction
• service levels
• Efficient store replenishment

As the business continued to enjoy consistent growth, keeping control of the inventory became an increasingly complicated undertaking for the team at MediReva.

• time savings
• reduction in backorders
• decrease in lead times

Pharmaceutical supplier, Mediq, has implemented a new planning concept to optimise replenishment of their 250 strong chain of pharmacies across the Netherlands, 27 of which are franchises.

• decrease in overall stock levels
• increase in service level
• reduction in SKU´s

As the world’s leading manufacturer of lead-acid batteries, GS Yuasa’s broad assortment encompasses everything from high performance automotive and motorcycle batteries to reliable industrial and leisure power products.

• 99% Availability during high season
• Cost reductions and time savings achieved
• Excess stock managed effectively

Over the last 35 years we Ultra Finishing has gained a wealth of experience supplying the leading names in bathrooms.

• Enhanced visibility
• Improved forecast accuracy
• Forecast accuracy