Case Study: ARES Tools, a family-owned hand-tool seller, achieves 70% higher on-time delivery and 36% more supplier engagement with SourceDay

How the family-owned specialty automotive hand-tool seller increased on-time delivery by 70% and supplier engagement by 36% with SourceDay - gaining essential peace of mind and optimized PO management workflows in the process

ARES Tool, a family-owned specialty automotive hand-tool seller in Seattle, faced rapid growth and COVID-driven supply-chain disruption that strained its procurement processes. As ARES expanded from 3 to 20 suppliers and roughly 400 to nearly 800 SKUs, its ERP offered no PO visibility, leaving buyers swamped with PDFs, emails, and manual follow-ups — prompting the need for a PO lifecycle management platform like SourceDay.

ARES Tool implemented SourceDay’s PO lifecycle management platform, which suppliers adopted quickly, providing real-time PO and line-item visibility and automated acknowledgments and workflows. After a fast implementation, SourceDay helped ARES Tool achieve a ~70% increase in on-time delivery, a 151% rise in supplier acknowledgments and a 36% increase in supplier engagement, restoring control and operational peace of mind.

ARES Tool

Ian Hull

Supply Chain Manager