Success Stories
QubicaAMF Success with GAINS
Growing market share through industry leading customer service using the power of GAINS inventory planning and profit optimization.
Company Overview
QubicaAMF is the largest and most innovative bowling equipment provider in the world with 100 years of experience and an ongoing mission of “Making Bowling Amazing.” In June 2005 industry leaders AMF Bowling Products and Italian-based Qubica S.p.A announced that they would join forces. The result of this strategic alliance, QubicaAMF Worldwide, became one of the largest manufacturers of bowling and amusement products in the world.
Challenges
Considering the inherent complexities that arise post-merger, QubicaAMF realized fundamental changes were needed to efficiently manage their supply chain as a platform for more profitable growth. With a goal to improve fill rates while reducing excess inventory, the QubicaAMF team selected GAINS, confident the robust platform would help achieve a cost-effective 95% off-the-shelf-availability of all products. Additionally, QubicaAMF identified an opportunity to synchronize inventory investments and lower overall operating costs.
Transformation Objectives
Positive they had found the right partner in
GAINS, QubicaAMF set out to transform their
global supply chain. Serving more than 10,000
bowling and entertainment centers in over 90
countries, QubicaAMF utilizes a worldwide sales
and distribution network. GAINS was able to
fundamentally change and improve every aspect
of their supply chain planning and operations
process. Beyond meeting inventory improvement
and fill rate goals, QubicaAMF also realized an
11% improvement in labor utilization in their
manufacturing division. The boost in labor
efficiency was a direct result of both automated
inventory management and the optimized
scheduling. GAINS also optimized purchased lot
sizes allowing QubicaAMF to renegotiate vendor
agreements resulting in more than $150,000 in
savings annually.
RESULTS & BENEFITS
