Bergerat Monnoyeur
Equipment and Machine inventories
About Bergerat Monnoyeur
Since 1929, Bergerat Monnoyeur has been the main dealer of Caterpillar machines and equipment in France, offering a nationwide presence with 1,000 technicians in 40 workshops. In 2022, the company was awarded the Best Managed Company label. It is a business line of Monnoyeur, a family-owned group operating in 23 countries with a global turnover of €2.6 billion.
After a first success with the Purchasing Department, where WizyVision was used to inventory 25,000 work clothes, the Supply Chain team came to us for equipment and machine inventories.
Challanges
For proper asset valuation at year-end closing, Bergerat Monnoyeur performs an annual inventory of all machines and equipment. On average, it requires 1.5 man-days in each of the 40 workshops, plus 30 man-days for the HQ Supply Chain team for data cleaning and data reconciliation.
The Supply Chain team wanted to deploy, within a few weeks, a solution that would save time, collect accurate data, and secure asset valuation.
Solutions
WizyVision set up a one-hour workshop with the Supply Chain team, followed by an on-site test. After two iterations (one for equipment and the other for machines), the solution was validated and deployed.
The Supply Chain team exported data from the ERP, and WizyVision imported it into the mobile app, so that frontline teams could easily check the available data.
Results
The inventory was made available to all 40 workshops within one month, as requested.
On inventory day, frontline teams mainly updated the available data with photos of each asset, and for the first time, they allocated a unique barcode to every piece of equipment.
The Supply Chain team collected the updated data as soon as the inventory was completed and could then focus on data reconciliation with the ERP.
Benefits
15% of assets that were not yet available in the ERP were easily recorded with WizyVision.
The company saved 50% of the inventory workload:
- 33% in all 40 workshops – 1 man-day instead of 1.5 before
- 66% at HQ – 10 man-days instead of 30 before
- In one inventory, the ROI was well over 300%.
It is now planned to switch to a WizyVision-based rolling inventory by managing the ins and outs of stock.
Key Takeaways
- WizyVision helped Bergerat Monnoyeur meet its expectations within a month.
- Bergerat Monnoyeur managed to obtain the most accurate asset valuation ever.
- Bergerat Monnoyeur saved 50% of the workload allocated to this time-consuming task.
