Case Study: Nashua achieves 95% product availability and 50% sales growth with ToolsGroup

Nashua Increases Product Availability by 95% Using ToolsGroup

Nashua, a central warehouse and distributor of office automation systems serving more than 55 dealer franchises, faced manual purchase-ordering, sprawling Excel-based inventory controls and monthly replenishment cycles that took days to produce. These processes left Nashua with poor visibility, about $1M in redundant stock write-offs and product availability around 70%, so the company engaged ToolsGroup to implement Demand Planning & Forecasting and Inventory Optimization to automate forecasting and replenishment.

ToolsGroup deployed automated demand forecasting, inventory optimization and exception reporting so Nashua could run its replenishment report daily, flag redundant items and shorten reaction times from a month to a day. As a result ToolsGroup helped Nashua boost availability from 70% to 90% within weeks and to 95% within five months, halve stock-outs, drive a 50% sales increase and dramatically reduce manual effort and excess inventory.

Nashua

Kathy Allan

Logistics Manager