BeeWaTec advises customers from industry, trade and commerce on flexible, mobile workplace and storage equipment. Based on a flexible tubular plug-in system, customers receive individual solutions, usually mobilized by wheels and castors. The collaboration with Tente led to a change in BeeWaTec's purchasing philosophy: the oversized core portfolio of wheels and castors was reduced from 450 to around 150 products following a technical selection process and stored in an order list with standardized article numbers. Friedemann Brandt, Head of Purchasing and ERP at BeeWaTec, is delighted: "Together with Tente, we have achieved portfolio optimization and can still meet the usual high demands of our customers." For example, volume reductions in the wheel and castor families were made possible by a single variant with higher load capacities and the same wheel diameters. In another case, a castor series could be eliminated because another listed series covered all requirements. "We were able to streamline BeeWaTec's wheel and castor portfolio together and thus make it more efficient," says Michael Kraijo, Senior Area Sales Manager at Tente.

Overall, BeeWaTec streamlined complicated ordering processes, reduced the load on the ERP system and increased in-house expertise in wheels and castors. Patrick Stiefel from Technical Sales at BeeWaTec praises the impact of the reduced complexity on sales: "We have gained know-how for our work and can now argue the case for wheels and castors even better on the sales side." One example he cites is the earlier detection of incorrect or unsuitable orders. Friedemann Brandt's conclusion is therefore also: 2The more intensive involvement with the topic of wheels and castors has paid off for us because we were able to establish a new purchasing concept. The slightly higher initial outlay has now paid off for everyone involved. It's a classic win-win situation." Brandt even sees some of the impulses received from Tente as a blueprint for cooperation with other suppliers - and is optimizing the next purchasing project with Tente.
and is already optimizing the next purchasing project with his suppliers of lights and lamps.