IT GPH TAKE IT EASY WITH EASYSTOCK
Independent Aberdeenshire-based builders merchants GPH Builder Merchants has picked EazyStock to advance inventory management operations.
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PH currently use the ERP, Epicor BisTrack, to replenish stock levels. With EazyStock
connected, the company will also be able to optimise stock levels to achieve improved levels of product availability. EazyStock takes a daily feed of ERP data and automates critical yet manual inventory management tasks. These include demand forecasting, stock classification and calculating reordering parameters, such as reorder points, reorder quantities and safety stock levels.
Using EazyStock, GPH aims to maximise product availability and improve operational efficiency. GPH Builder Merchants managing director Grant Shewan, says: “EazyStock provides stock optimisation, rather than just replacing stock when it sells. This will improve our competitiveness with greater stock availability, reduce inventory investment with lower stock levels and increased efficiency.”
By reducing the volume of slow- moving inventory items, GPH will also be able to lower overall stock levels and release cashflow, whilst
saving time when purchasing, thus improving operational efficiency. Shewan adds: “EazyStock has smart functionality that most ERPs lack, such as the ability to forecast for seasonality, promotions and new stock items. It can also deal with items with spike sales or intermittent sales. We hope this new software will save us time creating orders and help to navigate the challenges by demand ebbs and flows in the future”.
Peter Drakeley, head of customer success at EazyStock says: “GPH aims to maximise
customer service levels and sales by upping their stock availability targets. “EazyStock will achieve this using powerful algorithms to dynamically generate optimised order
recommendations. We look forward to a great partnership”. BMJ
BLUE ROCK BAGS BLUEBAY BUILDING PRODUCTS
Specialist distributor of building materials Bluebay Building Products has taken on a 26-user Intact iQ system from software solutions supplier Blue Rock Systems.
luebay has been established for over 17 years with a strong brand recognition and a wide presence throughout the UK, from a network of four branches.
All of Bluebay’s stocked products are delivered directly to their customers, mainly via their own fleet of vehicles from their strategically positioned network of depots throughout the UK.
The company needed to move away from the existing Xeres system in order to support its recent and future growth. The Intact iQ system enables Blluebay to offer a dedicated delivery scheduling service and electronic proof of delivery through its native app service Intact Access. The main priority was to automate routine tasks to increase productivity, and also improve on their already enviable customer service levels.
Nigel Howell, managing director of Bluebay Building Products said: “We have partnered with Blue Rock for many years now on the Xeres system so the familiarity and continuity was very important to us. This combined with their experience in Intact iQ within the building supplies sector will provide us with a fundamental progressive step as our business grows. This made it the right move for Blue Bay.
“We all look forward to working with Blue Rock over the coming months to get the Intact iQ system working for us – we’re all looking forward to the benefits it will bring.” BMJ
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www.buildersmerchantsjournal.net August 2021
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