Inventory Management Solution for Agricultural Machinery Dealer
A dealer of tractor, harvester and agricultural implements with headquarters in Brazil, required the support of RGIS. The dealership has a network of 20 stores distributed in states across the Midwest and North of Brazil. The company is dedicated to being a reference in excellent business in the agricultural machinery trade, quality technical assistance and spare parts to meet the needs of the field and the producer.
REQUIREMENT
The agricultural machinery dealer required an inventory management solution for parts and accessories, so required RGIS to provide the following:
- Identify missing barcodes
- Ensure all items were barcoded
- Full count of all parts and accessories
- Provide a variance report against current stock file
SOLUTION
The agricultural machinery dealer partnered with RGIS to complete the agricultural equipment inventory management project, and RGIS provided the following:
- Scheduled a team of two experienced RGIS auditors for three days to create and attach missing barcodes
- Scheduled an additional team of 14 experienced RGIS auditors to complete a full stock count of all parts and accessories
- Checked barcode and location of stock items
- Printed missing barcodes and attached where required
- Created variance reports
RESULTS
The agricultural machinery dealer found that by outsourcing the agricultural equipment inventory management project to RGIS, the following results were achieved:
- A total of 50,000 items were accurately counted
- 1,260 items were barcoded
- 31.6% loss of stock identified
- Identified that current in-house procedures had not been followed