Reduce Working Capital
The money tied up in maintenance, repair and overhaul stock represents a significant percentage of a production line’s working capital. We can help you release it. First-hand experience of managing our own inventory has shown us what it takes to drive efficiencies and optimise stock holding to ensure that stocking is precisely no more, and, equally importantly, no less than is needed. We make this expertise available to customers of all sizes. Using state-of-the-art stock management processes, we’ll:
- Profile your component inventory, based on current and previous usage
- Rationalise the number of manufacturer brands you use
- Rank your usage, to establish an optimum stock profile
- Negotiate best price from our extensive range of quality suppliers
Customers who have large scale requirements can also benefit from a Brammer Insite™ in effect, your very own Brammer branch on your premises.
Additionally, we’re able to provide training for your maintenance, engineering and production staff. This training can be tailor-made to your needs, but typically covers best practice in stock planning and profiling, as well as briefing them on the application of new products to help keep them up-to-date with developments. We’ll help improve their knowledge and understanding, which in turn will help you build a stronger operational process.
If required, we can even take on the management of your maintenance, repair and overhaul operation, leaving you to focus on your business critical issues.
Tailored solutions for large companies
Brammer’s experience of working with some of the largest manufacturing companies in Europe on a regional, national and pan-European basis means that we are able to offer tailored solutions to meet your requirements. We can offer a single, consistent source of supply across the geographies in which you operate.
Our Key Account customers benefit from:
- Significant cost savings - as we help them to rationalise their supply base, often removing the need to deal with hundreds of suppliers generating thousands of orders per month and drastically reducing all the related transaction costs that this entails
- Improved production efficiency - as a result of Brammer’s unique technical expertise obtained through working across virtually all industrial sectors and as the authorised distributor of all top brands we have state-of-the-art knowledge in how to extend product life, reduce maintenance and increase production uptime
- Considerable reductions in their working capital - particularly in relation to reducing the levels of inventory used on the shop floor and applying a true just-in-time-to-line approach
The big issue for most multi-national companies is having multiple suppliers and the associated purchasing costs. We can help you with purchase agreements that reflect the scale and scope of your needs as a large customer. Our dedicated Key Account team work in partnership with you to optimise your efficiency and cost effectiveness, manage the service we supply on a day to day basis and provide specialist support and solutions across your business.
We saved our customers €29 million in 2010.
Insite™ – a Brammer branch in your plant
Our Insite™ service offers a range of outsourced solutions which enable us to provide you with site-based personnel on a part or full-time basis to assist you with technical support, purchasing and inventory management.
Through the assignment of Brammer personnel, systems and resources on your site, we can develop a close relationship and more detailed understanding of your needs, and we can work together to deliver true production efficiencies and cost savings.
There are many benefits to having Brammer on your site, working exclusively for you:
- Exclusive access to the resources and knowledge of Brammer at your location with the aim of minimising your costs and maximising the production time of your workforce and machinery
- We put at your disposal innovative services, coupled with a wide range of solutions, assessment and technical support
- We employ and train staff, install stock and control systems and advise on most cost-effective products and applications
- We use Brammer employees, products and expertise to provide a fully tailored solution to meet all your MRO needs
- You benefit from reduced stocking costs and transaction costs
The Insite™ programme was introduced in 1999. In the first six months of 2011 alone, 22 new Insites™ were opened, taking our total number of Insites™ across Europe to 244.
The Brammer Insite™ concept is managed and co-ordinated across Europe by a European Insite™ Manager, who is responsible for driving our Insite™ growth across our 15 country territories. We have Brammer employees working in our customer’s sites all over Europe in a whole variety of industries, and for a selection of well-known international brands.
Are you interested in having Brammer on your site on a permanent basis? Then please click here to contact us.
