Ergofast Increases Service Levels by 12%

Ergofast, based in Sweden, is a leading provider of fasteners to the construction industry in the Nordics.

✓ The challenge: Ineffective forecasting and excess inventory

Ergofast faced a challenge within purchasing. Their forecasting process was based more or less on forecast patterns of expected sales from their sales force, which resulted in unpredictable variability and inefficient replenishment.

The manual process for replenishment was also very time consuming for the company’s purchasing planners and resulted in large levels of excess inventory, poor demand forecasting and unsatisfactory customer

✓ The solution: Add EazyStock to their Visma Business ERP

Ergofast was especially seeking to achieve a high target service level and keep up with demand.

EazyStock is a partner of Visma Business and quickly integrated to Ergofast’s ERP. EazyStock receives all the necessary data for inventory forecasting and optimization.

✓ The result: Better service levels and lower inventory

Ergofast quickly achieved a 12% boost in their service levels while managing to reduce their total inventory by 22%. Plus Ergofast reduced the amount of time spent on planning.

“With support from EazyStock, our staff is more efficient and more accurate in our daily inventory planning tasks.”

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