In a survey for our recent special report, "The State of the Distribution Software Industry," available here, we found that many distributors are continuing to invest in warehouse and inventory management software applications. Particularly now, when efficiency and cost reduction is key, distributors are growing smarter about where they invest to ensure they get a sufficient ROI in a time when ROI is an absolute must.

A recent article in Supply and Demand Chain Executive (sdcexec.com) looked at plumbing, HVAC and PVF distributor Bardon Supplies Limited’s decision to move forward with a WMS implementation in 2007; the new warehouse management system was finally in place earlier this year at one of the distributor’s branches, a 30,000-square-foot facility with 13 employees and five delivery drivers.
 
The branch manager said: "It was a not a question of whether we were meeting our customers’ needs. It was a question of, could we meet them more efficiently while simultaneously reducing our warehouse operating costs?"
 
The article on Bardon Supplies is available here.


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