Case Study: Ryobi South Africa doubles stock turns and increases sales with Netstock

Ryobi powers up their inventory planning with NETSTOCK

Ryobi South Africa, a distributor of more than 150 industrial and domestic power tool models, struggled to plan for strong seasonality because their ERP sales reports gave limited inventory insight. Facing frequent stockouts of fast sellers and overstocks of slow movers, Ryobi lacked supplier performance visibility and item classification, so they relied on sales history and gut instinct — prompting them to engage Netstock and its inventory visibility and seasonal forecasting capabilities.

Netstock implemented a full inventory-visibility platform with a seasonal forecasting engine and automated recommended orders, enabling supplier tracking and early stockout alerts. As a result, Ryobi doubled their stock turns, increased sales year on year, and realized at least R500,000 per year in productivity savings while freeing staff time for other tasks — demonstrating clear, measurable ROI with Netstock.

Ryobi

Richard Stevens

Financial Director