ISSUE
Product Dimensions and Attributes

SOLUTION
Perfect Item Master

StarTech.com cut Kardex System scope and cost 33% with accurate product dimensions and attributes.

Our key to success was getting our item master data right before the Kardex System went live. We only exceeded projections because every item had a perfect home in the system.

Justin HemmDirector of Operations

CASE STUDY

StarTech.com offers 80,000 products to IT professionals. Company leaders wanted to move forward with a Kardex inventory system to speed up their pick and pack process. The issue was that they were not storing good data in their product item master list.

Kardex system installation requires product attributes like, foldable, stackable, nestable, fragile, modularity, country of origin, as well as accurate dimension data. Accurate data allows each Kardex machine to optimize storage locations.

We helped StarTech.com capture item dimensions and attributes to create a Perfect Item Master in packchain. Over a three-month period, every product had physical dimensions and attributes. This created the right foundation for automated inventory storage.

Our combined work resulted in an entire Kardex machine being removed from the project scope. Project costs dropped $780k, and that helped StarTech.com achieve a 120% ROI in the first year with the system.

Efficiency Gains

120

%
Project Return on Investment

Savings

$

780,000

Project savings from original scope