Case Study: a leading food service distributor reduces inventory loss with TekLink reporting

Minimizing Inventory Risks with Innovative Reporting

TekLink worked with a leading food service distributor in the USA that needed better visibility into products nearing expiration. Because many distributed products had limited shelf life, the customer struggled to track at-risk inventory, which often led to write-offs and lost revenue.

TekLink built a Tableau-based reporting solution that unified source master data and let users switch between risk metrics such as total cost, expiration-date discrepancies, and items closest to expiry. The tool improved visibility into warehouse risk, helped reduce spoilage, and cut the time needed to retrieve and analyze data by 50%, with early trials indicating nearly $500,000 in potential loss reduction in one market.