XL drives efficiencies

Staff -- Industrial Distribution, 8/1/2005

XL Parts, a distributor of automotive parts, announced the results of implementing an advanced inventory management, forecasting and redistribution solution from Custom Technology Solutions. Launched two years ago, the online solution enables XL Parts to control and manage inventory across all distribution locations, and as a result, inventory investment by locations has decreased by almost 16 percent, while revenue and market share have both increased by 40 percent from 2003 levels.

XL Parts makes an extensive inventory of products from its 21 distribution locations available to its installer customers. It faced the challenge of needing to improve internal controls and the performance of its inventory investment. The distributor implemented CTS' application, which has helped XL Parts make more intelligent decisions on procurement, allocation and inventory balancing.