The UK furniture wholesaler is a supply chain partner to retailers, with customers including Next and Dunelm plus many others.
Julian Bowen is backed by Swedish investment company, Storskogen, and offers customers service from design to doorstep. By adopting Slimstock’s supply chain planning platform, Slim4, the business aims to enhance product availability, underpinning its growth objectives.
Mark Pickup, Buying Director at Julian Bowen, said, “We recognised very quickly that Slimstock would be the perfect partner to help us make a step change in our supply chain planning capability as the retail marketplace evolves rapidly.”
Slimstock will collaborate with Julian Bowen’s planning team to fine-tune demand planning, inventory management and replenishment workflows. Optimising warehouse space is also a key focus for this initiative, allowing further scope for growth without the need for costly relocation.
“We are already a market leader in our sector but, as a growing business with strong development plans, we see this partnership with Slimstock as a key enabler to improve our customer offering and work ever closer with our factory partners,” said Morgan Hay, Finance Director at Julian Bowen.
As part of the project, Slimstock will help Julian Bowen manage its rapidly growing product catalogue and design led innovation, while driving greater efficiency throughout the supply chain, and with an emphasis on the end customer delivery and satisfaction.
