Building Materials Distributor

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