Case Study: General Air Service and Supply boosts parts fill rates with Thrive Technologies' Thermostock

How a Parts Intensive Wholesaler Keeps Optimal Inventory of Slow-Moving Items

General Air Service and Supply, a welding supply distributor, faced challenges managing its vast inventory of slow-moving parts. Using a manual, hub-and-spoke model, the company struggled to achieve its targeted 80% transfer fill rate, leading to reactive decision-making, wasted time, and a high amount of dead stock. They partnered with vendor Thrive Technologies to implement its Thermostock solution to automate and optimize this process.

Thrive's Thermostock solution used AI and machine learning to automate inventory policies, min/max calculations, and redistribution for General Air. This data-driven approach provided clear visibility into inventory levels and freed up staff from manual tasks. As a result, Thrive helped General Air consistently achieve an 88% fill rate, far exceeding its 80% goal, and drastically reduced the percentage of low-selling SKUs from 97.1% to 50.6% of its total inventory.

General Air Service and Supply

Tara Cunningham

Purchasing Manager