Case Study: Railway Furnishers achieves R250k savings and a 90% reduction in purchasing admin with ProcurementExpress.com

How a furniture and appliances retailer in Pretoria saves R250k every year

Railway Furnishers, a family-owned furniture and appliances retailer with 28 stores and a centralized warehouse in Pretoria, was losing control of store-level spending — managers spent 10 hours a week chasing paperwork, bought consumables at inflated retail prices, and the finance team struggled to track receipts. To centralize purchasing controls and stop wasteful spending and fraud, Railway Furnishers implemented ProcurementExpress.com’s cloud-based purchase approval solution and real-time purchasing dashboard.

Using ProcurementExpress.com, store managers now send purchase requests to a procurement manager who consolidates orders with trade suppliers and routes deliveries via the central warehouse; senior management approves orders through the platform. The vendor’s solution cut purchasing administration by 90%, enabled bulk buying and supplier rebates, improved staff and supplier accountability, lowered embezzlement risk, and directly saved Railway Furnishers over R250k in 2019.

Railway Furnishers

Howard Shankman

Chief Executive Officer