Case Study: MKM Building Supplies achieves scalable growth and improved customer service with Kerridge Commercial Systems' K8

MKM Building Supplies success with K8 system

MKM Building Supplies, the UK’s largest independent merchant with 40 branches, faced the end-of-life of a legacy “green screen” system and needed a fully integrated, scalable trading platform to support expansion and modernise operations. They selected Kerridge Commercial Systems’ K8 solution to replace the outdated system and partner with a vendor experienced in the distributive trades.

Kerridge Commercial Systems implemented the hosted K8 platform, enabling MKM to use branch roll-out templates, self-manage new branches, deploy tailored K8 Workplace dashboards, and improve stock control and credit processes. The result is a reliable, scalable system with reported 99.9% uptime that supports MKM processing £160m of business annually for over 25,000 customers, while reducing IT overhead and enhancing customer service and management reporting.

MKM Building Supplies

Edward Broderick

IT Manager