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WIX Filters (a division of Affinia) selects GAINS to profit optimize its manufacturing and distribution operations. "By using GAINS to drive our factory with optimized inventory policies and customer service levels, we were able to reduce set ups by 38%, exceed our targeted customer service levels, and drop over a $2.5 million to our bottom line in the first year. I was amazed at how quickly GAINSystems was able to install and interface their technology to our ERP solution so that we were live and tracking financial benefits in 8 weeks," states the Corporate Distribution Manager.

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Benco Dental, Inc. increases sales by 7% and reduces their inventory investment by 12% during the 2008-2009 economic recession. "By maintaining high customer service levels and lower inventories, GAINS helped us to grow revenues and profits in a down economy," states the VP Marketing of Benco Dental.

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GRACO validates the profit optimization power of GAINSystems' exclusive "Cross-enterprise Analytic Suite," that dynamically optimizes the least cost plans and policies for every item at every location. "Not only have we reduced inventories and operating costs with GAINS, but it has provided us with a fundamental S&OP support solution across the enterprise. The S&OP tools that bolted on to our ERP systems provided data, but GAINS provides accurate and profit optimal analysis. That is critical for both short and long term strategic and executive decision making," states the Vice President, Operations at GRACO.

GAINSystems™ Inc. is a global leader in Supply Chain Planning and Optimization. Our corporate offices are in Oak Brook, Illinois with international branch offices in Switzerland and France. Affiliate offices are located in Australia, Mexico and Croatia.

GAINS™, our advanced supply chain optimization and planning solution, ensures "off-the-shelf" item (SKU) availability at least total annual cost for Manufacturers, Distributors, and Repair Parts/MRO Operations. GAINS achieves least cost service levels by dynamically creating an optimal forecast, optimal inventory policy, and optimal replenishment plans across the enterprise.

Optimality is determined by:

  • Simultaneous analysis of all costs associated with dependencies, error, and demand/supply behavior in the chain.
  • Doing that analysis for every vendor, customer, item, and sub-component in the chain, and
  • Doing it for every location (warehouse, cage, bin, etc.) across the enterprise.

Typical results obtained in the first 12 months of using GAINS include: 

  • 20%-25% reduction in inventory investment.
  • 96%-98% complete order delivery to 1st request date.
  • 4%-7% increase in pre-tax profits.        

Such benefits are incremental to the benefits companies have already obtained through their six-sigma inventory reduction projects and ERP enhancement programs.

 “Best-in-Class” Supply Chain Organizations Have

  • "Off the Shelf"product delivery on Customer Demand
  • Customer Service Levels that Grow Market Share     
  • Optimized Inventory Investment                                     
  • Least Costs Distribution Networks                               
  • "what If" Simulation Tools that are Easy to Use        

Click here for a talk by Ray Barger, Sr. Supply Chain Analyst
at on what it takes to have a “Best-in-Class” Supply Chain