Case Study: FPS achieves 60% fewer out-of-stocks and very high-90% availability with Slimstock (Slim4)

FPS Drive Availability Amid Rapid Growth

FPS, a national distributor (FPS) stocking over 110,000 product lines across 19 UK branches and serving motor factors and retailers, faced growing inventory complexity as it planned to add 20,000 more SKUs. To maintain very high availability while keeping working capital under control, FPS partnered with Slimstock and deployed Slimstock’s Slim4 inventory-planning solution for greater flexibility and visibility.

Slimstock configured Slim4 dashboards, purchase forecasting and planner collaboration tools so FPS could make more informed purchasing and supplier decisions. The implementation cut out-of-stocks by 60%, drove availability into the very high 90%’s, optimized stock turn, and improved supplier reliability and planner efficiency under Slimstock’s solution.

FPS

Steve Malcolm

Inventory and Purchasing Manager