Case Study: Wist Office Products achieves 10% reduction in employee overhead and 4% higher gross margins with Vormittag Associates' S2K for Distribution

Office supply companies face stiff competition and realize that on-time, next-day delivery is imperative to survival

Wist Office Products, the largest independently owned office supply company in the Southwest, was hampered by an obsolete ERP that forced manual data entry, caused inventory inaccuracies and drove up labor costs while the company continued to guarantee next‑day delivery across tens of thousands of SKUs. Wist selected VAI (Vormittag Associates, Inc.) and its S2K for Distribution (S2K Enterprise) to provide integrated, real‑time inventory management, suggested purchasing and warehouse automation.

VAI implemented S2K’s Suggested Purchasing and advanced warehouse automation (picking and order verification) to automate ordering with dozens of wholesalers and provide up‑to‑date inventory visibility. The result: leaner inventory and streamlined operations, a dramatic decrease in warehouse labor, a 10% reduction in employee overhead, roughly a 4% increase in gross margins, and implementation costs recouped in about two years—while maintaining Wist’s next‑day delivery promise.

Wist Office Products

Ryan Wuttke

Director of IT