Case Study: Egmont achieves 15% reduction in excess stock and improved forecasting with EazyStock

Egmont Reduces Stock Levels by 15% and Improves Forecasting with EazyStock

Egmont, the UK’s largest specialist children’s book publisher managing around 1,200 titles, faced time-consuming manual reporting and unreliable forecasts that left them vulnerable to changing trends, erratic sales and long supplier lead times (up to three and a half months). To automate forecasting and tighten inventory control, Egmont engaged EazyStock to provide a more sophisticated, industry-tailored inventory and demand-planning solution.

EazyStock integrated with Egmont’s production system, distributor WMS and Nielsen POS feeds, uploaded historical sales data and configured automated reprint recommendations, inventory policies and daily tailored reports. The result: Egmont reduced overall warehouse stock by 15% while maintaining availability of core titles, cut the risk of obsolete slow-moving titles, freed the stock-control team from manual spreadsheet work, and now relies on EazyStock forecasts and accurate reprint quantities to drive buying decisions.

Egmont

James Bensberg

Director of Systems & Business Support