Customer Case Studies

See how some of our customer use Invendia to drive results.

Managing Consignment Inventories

A manufacturer and distributor of small engines and parts managed their dealer’s inventory through a consignment process. But the company was being burdened with ever increasing dealer inventories and decreasing customer service. With multiple product lines, totaling 400 stock keeping units (SKUs) and a dealer network of over 40 dealer locations, the company took an annual inventory count and found that they had the wrong inventory at the wrong locations. Inventory that moved well at one location was sitting unused at other locations and visa-versa. In the longer term, this meant the company would be facing massive write-downs... [read more]

Replenishment - Improving services levels

This manufacturer of pipe and pipe fittings possessed multiple product lines, totaling 500 stock keeping units (SKUs). With a dealer network of over 60 dealer locations, the company was facing poor customer service at the dealer level because dealers were using paper based tools that were incapable of managing inventory and simple re-order points... [read more]

VMI - Coordinating Third Party Logistics

A manufacturer of specialty metal products managed their dealer’s inventory through a 3^rd party carrier network. But the company was finding that their carrier was not providing the company with enough demand visibility and lead time to manufacture effectively. No only that, but their carrier was complaining about the higher than expected cost of rushing product to customers as well as the increased number of customer complaints... [read more]