CASE STUDY
Opportunity
A specialty metals company with over $4B in annual sales had fragmented spend across 15 different ERP platforms. Having grown through various acquisitions, their strategic sourcing group was unable to see across inventories nor could they effectively leverage supplier spend categories.
Solution
Wesco integrated supply implemented staffing and e-crib solutions to help the company realize process improvements in the form of reduced PO and invoice generation, increased inventory visibility, and significant labor savings from improved storeroom management.
Savings
Summary
Process Improvement
Three year PO reduction of 65% and invoice reduction of 67%.
Inventory VisibiLity
Increased consigned inventory value >4x across the program.
Labor Savings
Significant monetary savings from reallocating specialized labor from storeroom management.