SHERWIN-WILLIAMS AUTOMOTIVE FINISHES LEAN STOCK™ INVENTORY SYSTEM INCREASES PROFITS BY MINIMIZING WASTE

April 2010

Warrensville Heights , Ohio – Maintaining proper inventory stock levels is critical for maximizing profitability and growth potential.  With this in mind, Sherwin-Williams Automotive Finishes unveiled its new inventory management tool, Lean Stock™ Inventory System, to help collision shop owners and managers improve productivity, product availability and consistency.  With a greater control of inventory, shops will ultimately lower inventory dollars, better manage shelf life of products and have less waste and increase profits.  

Lean Stock™ Inventory System provides both structure and definition by giving shops the resources to barcode entire inventory.   The inventory manager scans the barcodes on the kanban trigger to place replenishment orders through the sherwin-automotive.com web site.  The order is promptly delivered, verified by the inventory manager for accuracy and then restocked in a timely manner.  This kanban inventory system delivers what the technician needs, when they need it, where they need it to consistently complete quality repairs.

Customers have responded positively to the consistency of the new inventory management system.  Ordering and delivery is so consistent.  They know exactly where the product should be and it is actually located there. 

The system provides a simple, easy-to-operate mechanism for ensuring that inventories remain at optimal levels.  With Lean Stock™ Inventory System the technicians always have the correct products at their fingertips and shops can reduce their inventory costs as well as drastically minimizing repair process variation.   Angelo Papotto, Owner of Suburban Collision Centers agrees, “This is all we need to do?  This is so easy!  Scanning our own inventory is quicker and easier than I imagined.” 

Lean Stock™ Inventory System customers have reported immediate results in operating efficiencies.  Jim Hill, owner of Master-Tech Paint & Collision says, “I am responsible for my own inventory.  There is no need to overstock.  The correct product arrives on time daily!”

To learn more about the Lean Stock Inventory System, visit www.sherwin-automotive.com/en/Markets/Collision-Repair/LeanStock.aspx or call (800) 798-5872.