Medical garment manufacturer saves $1 million | SupplyChainBrain

Medical garment manufacturer saves $1 million

Demand Solutions
July 1, 2009

Demand Solutions has been helping small and midsized enterprises optimize inventories and reduce costs for 24 years. Medical garment manufacturer Encompass Group is a great case study of how optimizing inventory can have a ripple effect of benefits for an organization. Even with 150-day lead times, Encompass Group saved $1 million in one year with Demand Solutions supply chain planning software. 

Watch the video to hear Encompass Group's bottom-line results, including:

• Increased inventory turns by 20%
• Decreased inventory levels by 10% 
• Increased global fill rates from 92% to 97%
• $1 million saved in one year

Click here to view video.

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