A UK print machine company was facing increasing costs and inefficiencies related to purchasing and managing electrical components from various suppliers. Routeco proposed a solution to consolidate components, create online catalogues and kits, and manage inventory and delivery to reduce order lines, invoices, and on-site stock. This resulted in 90% reductions in order traffic and lines to book, as well as £50,000 savings in inventory and £45,000 in specific customer stock for the customer building 30 machines per year.

1. Case History : UK Print Machine Company
Packaged Solutions Strategy

2. Case History : UK Print Machine Company
Customer Issues Proposed Solution Results (average build of 30 machines per year)
 Increasing cost of electrical  Routeco examine purchasing history, convert  90% reduction in Order/Invoice traffic
materials components to latest technology/lowest cost
 90 line items to book to stores instead of 3000+
 Engineering team heavily involved  Create web based catalogue of all electrical order lines and 10,000+ piece parts
in supply chain issues requirements by customers part number
 Complete panel suite quote and order can now be
 Large range of manufacturers’  Customer creates 15 kit spread sheet variants achieved in 10 minutes
products and associated and loads to web site as quotations
 £50,000+ reduction in stores inventory
obsolescence issues  A combination of 3 particular kit variants will
 Vendor managed stock for machine build
 Time taken to raise quotations/ make a complete system
consumables
orders  Customer selects appropriate quotes and
 23 suppliers consolidated to 1
 Number of orders raised converts to orders as single part numbers
 45 manufacturer product brands consolidated to
 Number of invoices and invoice  Routeco local branch pick and pack to
19
queries customer requirements
 £45k specific customer stock held by Routeco
 On-site inventory  Deliver 1 line item kit/kits to shop floor on
required dates  £50k cash cost reduction for customer
 Stores capacity
 Routeco send 3 invoices
 Time taken to kit machine build
from stores
 Maintaining large number of
accounts
Routeco Limited, Davy Avenue, Knowlhill, Milton Keynes MK5 8HJ Tel: 01908 666777 www.routeco.com