Case Studies: Wholesale Distribution

WPC provides, calibrates, services and repairs the high quality industrial process control equipment for many of oil and gas companies in Western Australia (WA). As WA’s resources industry grew over the subsequent years WPC’s business boomed too. For WPC, the result of this growth was that its simple start-up business systems were no longer suited to the organisation’s more comprehensive information requirements.

Established in 1995, Best Bar is a leading Australian steel reinforcement supplier, delivering a diverse range of reinforcement solutions to the civil, commercial and residential construction industries. Best Bar needed to automate and speed inventory handling to reduce miscounts, increase accuracy and enhance customer satisfaction.

A privately owned Australian family business supplying the plumbing and electrical trades, Nova Distributors wanted to implement a business management tool that would allow increased internal efficiencies, creating a positive flow on effect to their diverse and growing customer base.

High Class Communications is an independent IT hardware wholesale distributor with dedicated sales and technical personnel, providing service at both the pre-sales and post sales stages. They were looking for an inventory and invoicing software that allows integration with accounting package and online shopping cart.

Favorite Plastics is a privately owned family business which has been trading since 1997 servicing Australia from the Hunter Valley. With over 1,500 inventory items and an ever growing number of custom products, Managing Director Justin Yates recognised that the business needed to manage business operations more efficiently and have greater business control.