A Consistent Stock for Variable Markets
Published 14th October 2024
With the busy Christmas shopping period almost upon us and the January sales following straight afterwards, many businesses are facing huge seasonal demand for their products. Demand that far exceeds the normal sales flow, and which causes major supply chain challenges.
That’s where Redwood supply chain management can really make a difference. Much more than just a retail bedding and mattress supplier, Redwood can take care of your entire stock management and supply chain, ensuring that you have all the products you need to take full advantage of these sales peaks, without incurring unnecessary costs when those peaks have passed.
Saving on storage
One of the biggest difficulties for retailers who have seasonal peaks and troughs in demand is storage. Having enough storage to keep the stock you need for sales and Christmas periods, will usually mean you have excess storage for the rest of the year. Storage is an expensive fixed cost that most companies could do without, especially if they don’t need it for most of the year.
As one of the UK’s leading domestic mattress suppliers, Redwood have the capacity to store your stock in-house, ready for on-demand dispatch whenever you need it. This ‘just in time’ approach means your company doesn’t need to waste money or space on storage, yet it can still have the reassurance of dependable supplies to meet any peaks in demand from your customers.
Expert advice
The team at Redwood have decades of experience when it comes to supply chain management, and we’re happy to share this with you to create the perfect plan. We will work closely with you to establish a forecasting model, based on both your past sales and our wider understanding of the industry. We’ll then use this model to ensure we keep the stock you need, ready for prompt or even same day dispatch across the UK and around the world.
Redwood may be a main retail mattress supplier to a number of leading bedding and furniture retailers, including many of your direct high street rivals, but you can rest assured that we work with each one in complete confidence. From the smallest store to the largest chain, all Redwood customers enjoy the same high levels of discreet service and support, regardless of the volume of their order or the value of their contract.
Perfectly placed
It may feel strange not to hold stock yourself, but with Redwood as your mattress supplier, the stock you need is never far away. Redwood are perfectly placed in Skelmersdale at the centre of the UK, just minutes from the M6 and half an hour from Liverpool Docks and Liverpool Airport. This means that we can dispatch your stock fast to meet demand.
This accessibility means that we can always meet your needs, whether they are anticipated or unprecedented. Alongside your established forecasting model, Redwood have the built-in extra capacity to deal with sudden surges, keeping your store stocked at all times, however your sales rise and fall through the year.
More than just a mattress supplier
At Redwood, our customers see us as much more than just a mattress supplier. We are a logistical partner, a vital link in their supply chain and a crucial, cost saving collaborator that works closely with them to create the optimum stock and supply strategy.
If your sales fluctuate through the year, creating a huge headache of storage and supply, contact the supply chain management team at Redwood today. When it comes to retail bedding from a major mattress supplier, we’ll make sure you don’t lose any sleep over your stock levels.
