60% Reduction in Excess Inventory and ROI in Under Six Months
Auveco used StockIQ to automate inventory planning and improve service levels while managing thousands of SKUs across North American distribution — all without relying on manual spreadsheets.
Auveco is a U.S.-based manufacturer and distributor specializing in automotive body hardware and specialty fasteners. With thousands of SKUs and multiple distribution points, its supply chain supports automotive and industrial customers across North America.
Thousands of SKUs across legacy and newly acquired product lines
Multi-country sourcing across North America and Asia
Large long-tail inventory catalog
Centralized planning team managing replenishment decisions
The Challenge
Balancing Stockouts and Excess Across Thousands of SKUs
Auveco faced inconsistent demand across B2B distribution channels while managing a large and highly technical SKU catalog. Their legacy ERP system contained critical data but offered little usable visibility for planning and sourcing decisions. Their lean team needed a smarter, automated way to forecast demand, prevent stockouts, and reduce excess inventory.They faced:
Demand volatility across B2B channels
Irregular sales patterns across thousands of SKUs
Complexity from mergers and newly acquired product lines
Spreadsheet-heavy workflows and limited inventory visibility
The StockIQ Solution
Automated Planning and Clear Inventory Insights in One Platform
With StockIQ, Auveco automated key planning workflows and gained visibility into demand, stock positions, and supplier performance. The forecasting engine, service-level recommendations, and replenishment tools helped the team plan confidently without the burden of manual work. Key capabilities used:
Service-level forecasting alerts
Inventory stratification
Stockout risk monitoring
Supplier performance insights
The Results
60% Reduction in Excess Inventory
With StockIQ, the team achieved meaningful operational improvements, including:
60% reduction in excess inventory
Service levels above 95%
Stockouts reduced to under 7%
ROI achieved in under six months
They could now:
Anticipate stockouts early
React quickly to demand changes
Place reorders with confidence
Focus replenishment on the most profitable items
“I would recommend StockIQ to everybody who has inventory. The preparation they put into our implementation put us in the perfect spot to succeed when we went live. We’re almost two years in now, and we still get help and support as easily as when the implementation began. Sometimes they even know there’s an issue before we do.”
— Josh Wood
Technology + Team Fit
Built for Planners. Backed by Experts.
Auveco implemented StockIQ with Dynamics GP in 2020, then migrated to NetSuite with equal ease. The team was able to navigate the platform quickly and achieved value almost immediately.
“StockIQ has been so easy to use; we can just point and click our way around. We were ready to go by the second day of training, so the ROI has been full throttle from the drop of the hat. Between the time I save and hitting lost sales we used to miss, it paid for itself in the first six months and has been doing that over and over ever since.”
See How StockIQ Can Help You Optimize Inventory and Forecast Smarter
Whether you’re managing thousands of SKUs or scaling a lean team, StockIQ helps you plan with clarity and deliver results.
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