As we close out 2024, we’re looking back at how Stock Right Now’s Van stock management software has helped businesses streamline their operations, reduce admin, and improve efficiency. Whether it’s ordering materials, tracking stock, or managing supply chains, our platform has been at the heart of seamless stock control for thousands of businesses across the UK.

Here’s what we helped facilitate in 2024:

✅ Over a quarter of a million (260,000 items) ordered seamlessly through our platform.
✅ 80,000 individual orders placed by operatives to suppliers.
✅ Supporting 5 of the UK’s biggest merchants, ensuring smooth supply chain operations.

The Power of Smart Stock Management

By automating and simplifying order tracking for suppliers, our platform helps businesses:

✔ Eliminate stock shortages with real-time inventory insights.
✔ Save hours of admin by reducing manual order processing.
✔ Improve supply chain efficiency for merchants, suppliers, and operatives.

Looking Ahead to 2025

As more businesses look for better stock management solutions, Stock Right Now is committed to evolving and improving. We’re focused on delivering even more features that help operatives, merchants, and suppliers work smarter, not harder.

If your business is still juggling spreadsheets, struggling with van stock management, or chasing suppliers for deliveries—Stock Right Now is here to help.

📩 Get in touch today to see how we can help streamline your stock operations in 2025!

• Manages their warehouse
• Provides job costings
• Matches invoices and integrates with their finance system
• Offers full visibility of van stock quantities and values by operative

When ADT / Johnson Controls faced the challenge of managing their large fleet of vans, they struggled with poor visibility and control over stock levels. This made their end-of-year stock audits a daunting task, with stock usage soaring to unsustainable levels.

🚨 The Problem

Maintaining oversight on what stock was on each van and in what quantities was nearly impossible. This lack of clarity led to frequent stock shortages and surplus, making it difficult to reconcile stock levels at the end of the year. Stock usage was alarmingly high, and managing the fleet effectively became an ongoing challenge.

🛠️ The Solution

Enter Stock Right Now. By equipping Install field operations teams with our app, and providing Area Managers with the Stock Right Now Lite system, ADT / Johnson Controls quickly transformed their stock management process. The result? Dramatic reductions in parts usage and loss. While ADT prefers not to disclose the exact savings, the impact was undeniably significant.

The Challenge

As competition in the electrical supply industry grew, prospective clients increasingly required suppliers to have van stock solutions as part of their tender requirements. While many suppliers had apps for ordering materials, few offered true van stock management—providing real-time visibility, control, and improvement over inventory.

City Electrical Factors (CEF) identified this gap as a barrier to securing new business. Their challenge to us:
“Help us win more tenders & retain customers.”

The Solution

To meet this need, we white-labeled our app, creating a fully branded CEF version that provided advanced van stock management capabilities. This strategic move enabled CEF to offer a powerful, integrated solution in their tenders, demonstrating their ability to provide streamlined stock control to large clients.

The Impact

The results speak for themselves:

✅ By early 2024, over 10 Housing Associations and 6 large private organisationshad adopted the CEF-branded version of our software.
✅ CEF successfully leveraged this innovation to win more tenders and strengthen client relationships.
✅ Their customers now benefit from improved stock visibility, reduced admin, and enhanced efficiency in their daily operations.

The Future

With a proven solution in place, CEF continues to lead the way in providing next-generation van stock management, setting themselves apart in an increasingly competitive market.

The Challenge

Great Places Housing Association was struggling with its repairs service, which was underperforming and impacting customer satisfaction. A key issue identified was the inefficiency of materials supply, which was causing delays and inefficiencies. After evaluating their options, they concluded that the only way to gain complete control over materials supply was to bring it in-house.

The Solution

Stock Right Now developed a warehouse management system capable of efficiently running one or multiple distribution centres. We worked closely with Great Places to scope, choose, and set up their distribution centre, which seamlessly integrates with our operative app. This system handles every aspect of materials supply, from warehouse replenishment and purchase order creation to invoice matching. Additionally, it interfaces with their housing management systems for repairs appointments and finance management.

The Impact

The implementation of Stock Right Now’s system transformed Great Places' repairs service, allowing them to streamline materials management and improve first-time fix rates. As a result of its success, Great Places now provides its materials service to other housing associations, including THT/L&Q, Fortem, and MSV.

Nine years later, former CEO Matt Harrison continues to endorse the decision to implement Stock Right Now:

“We saved an awful lot of time, an awful lot of money, and an awful lot of everything—why would you not do it?”

The Future

With a solid foundation in place, Great Places continues to benefit from full visibility, efficiency, and control over its materials supply. Their ability to serve other housing associations highlights the scalability and effectiveness of Stock Right Now’s solutions.