A UK print machine company worked with Routeco to address increasing supply chain costs and inefficiencies. Routeco consolidated the company's 23 suppliers and 45 product brands down to 1 supplier and 19 product brands. This reduced order lines from over 3000 to 90, invoices from over 10,000 to 90, and allowed complete machine quotes and orders to be completed in 10 minutes. The new strategy lowered inventory costs by £50,000 and cash costs by £50,000 for the customer.

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

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