Building Materials Distributor
A distributor of choice for construction contractors

Sectors
Energy, utilities & resources
Context
Company overview
Over the last decades, the company has become a distributor of choice for construction contractors. The company has a distribution center covering over 2 million square feet. Thousands of different products are distributed, and hundreds of orders are processed daily. The distributor uses a fleet of about 100 trucks to fulfill its daily orders.
Challenge
- A large distribution center with several expansion projects underway
- A large fleet of trucks loaded at night and sent to deliver materials to construction sites in the morning
- The right materials need to be delivered to the right place, due to the number of orders and a wide range of products, this represents a major challenge in the construction industry
Solution
- Enabling full inventory visibility
- Reduced headcount required for warehouse operations
- Optimized trucks movement and loading operations
- Increased accuracy in order picking
- Increased control over building materials leaving the site
- Optimization of the distribution center space
- Interacting with the ERP to obtain all supplier and customer orders on a regular basis
- Management of product files, sites, location, receptions, movements in the warehouse, returns and UPS interfaces
Results
- Trucks are now able to deliver quickly and orders rarely contain errors, improving the efficiency of the delivery system and construction sites
- Delivery errors have been reduced to less than 1%, an improvement for the distributor and an excellent indicator in the building materials industry
- The quality of service is greatly improved
- GPS tracking of trucks increases the number of deliveries made
- Ability to serve a constantly growing customer base