Easy-Trim Case Study
A tailored service for Easy-Trim Ltd.
The Company:
Easy-Trim is a renowned British manufacturer specializing in high-quality roofing and construction products designed for the merchant market. With a commitment to innovation and excellence, Easy-Trim provides a comprehensive range of solutions that cater to the needs of the construction industry. Easy-Trim products are crafted with precision and durability, ensuring that they meet the rigorous demands of modern construction projects. From advanced roofing systems to essential building components, Easy-Trim is dedicated to delivering reliable, efficient, and cost-effective products that enhance the performance and longevity of any building. Our customer-centric approach and extensive industry expertise make Easy-Trim a trusted partner for merchants seeking top-tier construction materials.
The Need:
Easy-Trim, recognizing the need to enhance their operational efficiencies and service standards, embarked on a quest to upgrade their supply chain capabilities. Recognizing that their existing ERP system, while robust for sales and accounting purposes, lacked the specialized functionality for warehouse management, Easy-Trim sought a modern warehouse management solution (WMS) to bridge the gap. After thorough evaluation, they identified Bridge WMS as the ideal solution to meet their specific requirements. The decision was driven by the need for a system seamlessly integrated with their existing ERP system, ensuring smooth data flow and a unified operational view. Bridge WMS promised to streamline their warehousing processes, optimize inventory management, enhance order fulfilment accuracy, and ultimately, deliver a superior customer experience. By embracing this technology, Easy-Trim anticipated significant improvements in warehouse productivity, reduced operational costs, and greater agility in adapting to the ever-evolving demands of their customers.
The Solution:
Easy-Trim’s adoption of Advanced Bridge WMS has revolutionized their logistics operations. The seamless integration with their existing ERP system eliminates the need for manual paper-based processes, significantly reducing human error and streamlining receipting. Now, Purchase Orders are effortlessly processed through the receipt manager, providing a centralized platform for PO filtering, sorting, amendment, and approval.
Furthermore, stocktaking has been vastly simplified. Bridge WMS empowers warehouse managers to establish cyclic stock counts based on specific parameters, eliminating the time-consuming and error-prone manual counting process. Through Handheld devices, operatives scan locations and products, capturing stock counts that are instantly updated in the Bridge WMS system. This real-time data enables the extraction of variance reports, recount requests, and automated stock adjustments. The seamless integration between Bridge WMS and ERP ensures that stock updates are reflected in both systems, providing a comprehensive and accurate inventory management system.
Streamlining the despatch process is key to efficient warehouse operations, and Easy-Trim’s integration with existing ERPs makes it a breeze. Sales orders created within the ERP system seamlessly update the Bridge WMS Despatch Manager screen, providing a centralized view of all pending orders. This allows store managers to take control, either assigning specific orders to dedicated pickers based on their expertise or leveraging the Bridge WMS system’s intelligent algorithms to automatically despatch the next order based on factors like stock availability, due date, and priority level. This dynamic allocation ensures optimal picker utilization and maintains timely order fulfilment. Once packed, orders are easily dispatched through the Bridge WMS interface with a simple selection and click. The Bridge WMS system then automatically generates the required delivery documentation and seamlessly communicates with the courier software, initiating the label creation process for the packages. This integrated workflow eliminates manual data entry, reduces errors, and accelerates the overall despatch process, ensuring orders are shipped promptly and accurately.
The Benefits:
- Improved stock accuracy
- Enhanced Traceability for Batch Goods
- Barcodes Scanners have improved data input and lessoned human errors
- Transfers of stock into correct locations is more efficient, allowing for optimised warehouse space.
“The improvement in stock accuracy and the traceability were the two biggest reasons that we looked to introduce Bridge WMS and it has delivered on both of those. The system is also vey user friendly and easy to navigate around.” Michael Lister Distribution Co-Ordinator.
“We have seen huge improvements with our warehouse processes and stock accuracy, our year end audits went very well, thanks to Bridge WMS” Karen Peacock—Commercial Operations Director