StockWise® Inventory Management Solutions for Building Service Contractors
Eagle Cleaning Corporation - Worchester, MA
Eagle Cleaning Corporation is a rapidly growing Building Service Contractor (BSCs) servicing the New England area. Like most BSCs, they were utilizing multiple distributors to fill their janitorial supply and equipment needs. This practice resulted in an inefficient ordering system with less than ideal control of inventory. The central stock room contained a good deal of dead inventory and stocking levels of active inventory did not always adequately meet demand. Emergency orders were not uncommon.
Eagle Cleaning looked to HD Supply to help them reduce their operating costs and improve the overall productivity of their business.
The Solution
The HD Supply team recommended implementation of the StockWise® Supplyware™ inventory management program.
Supplyware inventory management software improves the controls on inventory to reduce carrying costs, decrease product shrinkage and stock outs. Available to use with today's smart mobile devices, the Supplyware program was designed to address the daily challenges that are faced managing product inventory in multiple locations, providing visibility to inventory and creating efficiencies—all in a cost-effective way.
Supplyware is compatible with all products, regardless of vendor, and creates suggested replenishment orders on your schedule.
By reducing stock and procurement spending for frequently purchased items and providing effective and efficient tracking of products throughout the supply chain process, Supplyware significantly reduced inventory and administrative costs.
Supplyware allows an accelerated inventory check-in and check-out processes with its easy-to-use barcode scanning software application. The reporting of inventory is then automated, helping to reduce human errors in the inventory management process.
With reports that show product availability and use by person and location, Supplyware allows you to monitor inventory levels from a corporate-wide to the store room level.
"With HD Supply Supplyware program, minimum-maximum inventory levels have been established and cycle counts were utilized to reduce stock outs by 90%. Bar code scanning with mobile devices is utilized to ensure order entry and order processing accuracy is above 98%."
Jeff Johnson
President and Owner of Eagle Cleaning Corporation
Supplyware software was installed to track and manage the movement of supplies from the stockroom to job site locations. In addition, the HD Supply team professionals implemented product standardization that helped streamline inventory and stockroom activity.
The Results
Eagle Cleaning Corporation has positioned itself to continue to grow by significantly reducing the time and resources required to manage their supply needs. The stockroom is organized to maximize efficiencies with the fastest moving items closest to staging area. Minimum-maximum levels have been established and cycle counts are utilized to reduce stock outs by 90%. Bar code scanning with mobile devices is utilized to ensure order entry and order processing accuracy is above 98%. Supplyware software collects and stores data, analyzes usage and suggests orders that can be manually adjusted.
"Supplyware has been very helpful with ordering supplies as well as keeping track of who the supplies are being issued to. It has also cut down time recording supplies issued/received."
Jeff Johnson
President and Owner of Eagle Cleaning Corporation