Future-Proofing the Supply Chain: How Composites One Slashed Excess Inventory by 10% with Real-Time Data

Composites One, a leading distributor of advanced composite materials, faced growing pains common in manufacturing: disparate data systems, delayed reporting, and reactive decision-making. With 50,000+ SKUs across 50 North American locations, their teams wasted hours manually extracting SAP data across multiple screens just to compile basic reports like aging inventory.

"We were drowning in data but starving for insights," says Jim Schoene, Director of Data Management & Analytics. "IT was stuck writing queries instead of driving strategy."

1. Silos slowed action: Critical SAP data was inaccessible without IT intervention, delaying time-sensitive decisions.
2. Excess inventory costs: Supply chain disruptions made it hard to track aging stock, leading to bloated carrying costs.
3. Manual reporting: Period-over-period sales trend analysis took hours to compile, leaving leaders with stale data.

Composites One deployed Incorta to:

• Unify SAP and operational data with out-of-the-box connectors, eliminating manual ETL.
• Visualize real-time inventory across all locations, pinpointing excess stock.
• Automate complex reporting, turning hours of manual work into minutes of self-service access.

"Incorta joined the data dots behind the scenes," notes Schoene. "Suddenly, we could see everything from warehouse capacity to sales trends in one place."

• 10%+ reduction in excess inventory by identifying and reallocating aging stock.
• 50K+ SKUs optimized across 50 warehouses, cutting carrying costs.
• Hours saved daily on sales reports, accelerating decision cycles.

Looking Ahead:
With Incorta as their analytics backbone, Composites One is now piloting AI-driven forecasting (launching 2024) to predict supply chain disruptions before they happen.