Staying ahead of the curve of business is essential if you’re an entrepreneur or an SME business. Today’s lesson is from the success story of Autoromana, a mid-sized distribution business in the north of Morocco, for Automobile equipment faced numerous challenges that stopped its growth and efficiency.
With thousands of articles ready to sell, inventory management was chaotic, billing processes insertion were slow, and overall operations lacked velocity and cohesion.
That was until the company discovered and converted to Devinstock, a game-changer in business management solutions.
Here’s the success story of how Devinstock transformed the distribution business operations to better serve daily clients.
The Challenges the company faced
Before Devinstock, the company struggled with several operational issues:
- Inventory Management: It was almost impossible to keep track of stock levels, it was a nightmare for employees. The team often faced stock outs or overstock situations, leading to lost sales and increased holding costs. For example, they can not know which items are best selling, and which to sell first or last.
- Billing Processes: The company billing management and delivery system was outdated and inefficient, which cruises the delays in invoicing and payment collection.
This impacted the business cash flow and strained customer relationships.
- Operational Cohesion: Different departments worked in silos, resulting in miscommunication and delays in decision-making. We lacked a unified system to streamline our processes.
Workflow for automotive equipment distribution
Companies in the automotive equipment distribution industry, have similar workflow:
- Client: Mostly mechanic workers or particular people ordering equipment to fix their cars.
- Suppliers: Large distributors which have large warehouses generally imported from Europe, or China.
- The user will have to insert daily multiple delivery receipts from different suppliers and impact the stock to update the warehouse inventory. The items can be sold to client’s by validation delivery notes and impacting the stock.
- The user will be able to create billing docs and settle them with clients and suppliers.
- The user will be able to create a billing receipt for accounting purposes.
Why did the Moroccan company choose Devinstock ?
As the company founder Karim. B. stated “In our search for a solution, we came across Devinstock. It stood out for several reasons: Devinstock offered a tool designed to address our specific needs, from inventory management to billing and more.
The best thing I liked about this platform was easy to navigate, ensuring quick adoption by our team. As a growing business, we needed a solution that could scale with our daily operations and help us to push more. Devinstock fit the bill perfectly.”
The Transformation
After implementing Devinstock, the team offered full migration to our products, contacts, groups, transactions from an older system, this was a life saver. We asked for it and the team delivered it in 24h.
One of the best features we use a 98% of the day is search, it fit perfectly to search in the whole warehouse and get results on click. We witnessed a significant transformation in our business distribution operations. Now we have built in
- Streamlined Inventory Management: With real-time inventory tracking, we gained complete visibility over our stock levels. This enabled us to make informed purchasing decisions, reducing both stockouts and excess inventory. As a result, our inventory turnover rate improved, and we saw a decrease in holding costs.
- Efficient Billing Processes: Devinstock’shelped a lot to be quick on billing, it boosted our invoicing process. Invoices were generated and sent out promptly, leading to faster payment collection. This improved the business cash flow and allowed us to maintain better relationships with our customers.
- Enhanced Operational Cohesion: Devinstock is used by multiple team members daily, it’s centralized onto a single platform, it helps a lot with collaboration and communication. Tasks that previously took hours were now completed in a minute, boosting our overall productivity.
The Results
The results of our transition to Devinstock are impressive, we recommend it to every entrepreneur or business distribution in Morocco or Worldwide:
- The team is more efficient: Our operations now are top notch and skyrocketed, with processes that were once slow now streamlined and automated.
- Cost Savings: We saved significantly on budget compared to the system we were using before, and inventory costs and we reduced manual labor associated with billing and inventory management.
- Customer Satisfaction: We gained more customers by the new billing processes and better inventory management this was converted into higher customer satisfaction.
Mr Karim. B. added
“Our customers, who are mostly mechanic workers, appreciated the instant deliveries and accurate billing, strengthening their loyalty to our brand.”
Devinstock has truly transformed our business distribution operations. It addressed our pain points and provided a solution that not only met our needs but also exceeded our expectations. The platform’s comprehensive features, ease of use, and scalability made it the perfect fit for our growing business.
If your distribution business is facing similar challenges, we highly recommend giving Devinstock a try. The team is super helpful and the platform is top. It’s a decision that can revolutionize your operations and set you on the path to success.
