Business Challenge

• constant out-of-stock problems

• lack of commonality in form design from one location to another

• the financial loss of the consolidated buying advantage

The Whitlock Solution

• Whitlock went on a plant discovery tour, collected all printed materials.

• Consolidated like items and recorded usages.

• Utilizing Whitlock’s online tool we built an custom website and populated it with all items that included a thumbnail (photo of the form) with each part description.

Result/Impact

• Cost savings. The company saved 27% in the first year, with a 98.5% on-time delivery record!

• Time savings. The estimated time savings system-wide is two to three hours per week per plant and an additional ten hours per week at the administrative level. That is a savings of 6,000 to 7,000 hours per year.

• Reduced inventory levels. Additionally, now that all items are stored at a central warehouse and shipped as needed, perpetual inventory levels are estimated to have dropped by almost 80%.