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GAINS Australia Inventory Management

Distribution

As a distribution network grows, so does its complexity. Organisations now find themselves having to balance customer service and responsiveness against internal and external costs, whilst solving the puzzle of what to stock, how much to stock and where to stock.

An organisation’s business requirements never remain the same – service levels, product offering, customer base and regulatory environments will all change over time. It is important that the Supply Chain network is fluid enough to adjust to these changes. However, decisions around stocking locations, products, levels and policies are always difficult – simply because getting them will have adverse effects on the organisation. Combined with transport & logistics and inventory & storage costs, the balance between cost and service is often difficult to envision.

Each Supply Chain Distribution network is unique, and GAINS understands that there is not ‘one size fits all’ solution. GAINS will tailor a solution that works for your business, working with a bottom-up approach, where the requirements for each location will be individually analysed and explored.

GAINS is able to assist each node in the network to realise their service level targets, at the lowest possible cost, accounting for restrictions such as:
  • Order size & frequency
  • Vendor lead times & internal transport lead times
  • Transport modes & costs
  • Lot sizing requirements

The result is a highly integrated network, with great visibility on all aspects of the day-to-day management of inventory.

In the distribution sector, we've worked with:

Industrial Distribution
  • CH Briggs
  • Hagemeyer
  • Lawson Products
  • REESE
  • Safelite AutoGlass
  • TVH
  • Vallen
  • Wesfarmers Industrial and Safety
Electrical Distribution
  • Black Hawk Industrial
  • Border States
  • Graybar
  • Mayer
  • McNaughton-McKay
  • Rexel
  • Summit Electric Supply
  • Tamex
Metals Distribution
  • Admiral Metals
  • Atlas Steels
  • Canadian Bearings
  • Metalwest
  • Norfolk Iron & Metal
  • Steel and Pipe Supply
  • TW Metals
  • United Performance Metals
Pharmaceutical/Medical Distribution
  • Benco Dental
  • Clifford Hallam Healthcare (CH2)
  • Symbion Pharmacy Services (formerly Mayne Health)
  • Sysmex
Repair Parts Distribution
  • AAR
  • ABSA
  • Mitsubishi Engine North America, Inc.
  • SDI
Consumer Product Distribution
  • Alliance Data
  • Alumier MD
  • Barco Uniforms
  • Big Rock Sports
  • CMR 
  • Coburn's
  • JP Gould
  • Hillman
  • Jon Don
  • Keefe Group
  • Randa Accessories
  • SAFCO
  • SuKarne
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Click here to see who else we've worked with.
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