Procurement
Why Wolseley?
The extensive distribution network allows Wolseley the flexibilty to provide fit for purpose or bespoke solutions to meet key material supply requirements of customers.
Meeting these requirements allows our customers to grow their business or meet their project objectives;
- Improve exisiting multiple supplier service levels – we make it easier for the engineers to focus on right first time productivity and service
- We aim to provide a scalable model that can grow with the business
- Efficiency that drives economies of scale
- Consistent business processes – to improve customer service levels
- Create a flexible business model – that can grow with and respond quickly to your changing needs i.e. new product areas
Experience , Competence & Existing customers
Wolseley has extensive experience in managing large contracts, our business with local authorities and social housing organisations has been built up over many years, and revolves around the creation of a bespoke solution for each given situation.
The initiative has developed within Wolseley to such an extent that there is now a team of people working within the company solely for the purpose of managing contracts for public sector bodies and their partner contractors.
Examples of existing integrated stores operations include:
- Wakefield and District Housing
- Liverpool City Council (Enterprise Plc)
- London Borough of Lewisham
- Chester & District Housing Trust
- Manchester Working JVC with Manchester City Council
- Housing Hartlepool
- South Staffordshire Housing Association
- Pennine 2000 Housing Association
- Mears (Brighton, Ealing, High Wycombe, Stevenage, Crawley, Chessington)
- Inspace Partnerships Barnsley
- Mitie Property Services Milton Keynes
- City Facilities Management /Asda
- British Gas
This list is not exhaustive and details of further contracts can be supplied.
Wolseley have also recently been appointed as Supply Chain Partner to Walsall Housing Group & Greenwich Council, both with over 20,000 properties each! We will be operating dedicated logistics for the client, becoming operational from April 2008 for WHG and April 2008 for Greenwich.
Wolseley has been chosen over their competition because of their experience and particularly the systems and logistics engine that form Wolseley’s massive infrastructure coupled with advanced e-commerce and well established PDA capability through 3X and O2.
Efficiency cost savings
Wolseley UK embraces the Peter Gershon ‘Releasing resources to the front line’ recommendations. Detailed below are ways in which Wolseley UK can assist in delivering cashable and non-cashable efficiencies
- E Billing
- Consolidated Invoices
- Daily Transactional Data
- B2B Links
- XDA / PDA Compliant
- Reduction of data implementers
- Reduced assets
- Improved service levels (measurable)
- Shared back office cost savings
