Case Study: Samuel Kirk achieves real-time profitability and tighter stock and pricing control with Kerridge Commercial Systems' K8

Samuel Kirk - Customer Case Study

Samuel Kirk (Builders Merchants) Ltd is a family-owned business founded in 1947 with 14 employees supplying DIY and building materials to trade and retail customers. The company struggled with a text-based trading and accounting system that demanded excessive manual intervention, offered poor stock control and management reporting, and made pricing difficult. To address these issues they engaged Kerridge Commercial Systems and implemented K8 in 2005.

Kerridge Commercial Systems’ K8 delivered integrated trading, stock and accounting functionality, giving Samuel Kirk real-time information, consistent pricing and discounting, controlled timber purchasing/sales, credit account controls and special order management. The result was greater efficiency and better customer service, maintained margins with fewer costly pricing errors, improved cash flow with fewer debt issues, and a clear, up-to-date view of profitability and spending.

Samuel Kirk

Kirk Alerdice

Branch Manager and Founder’s Grandson