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Dynamic Supply Innovations

Huws Gray Supply Chain Solutions has always been at the forefront of innovative material supply. We understand that the ever-changing pace of modern life demands solutions that allow us to keep up with industry expectations and requirements.

We understand that your tenants have a fundamental right to swift and reliable repair responses. We understand what you need, and we know how to get you there. As a wise man once said, “If you keep doing the same things over and over again don’t expect different results”. This is why we never let our services, solutions, and ideas stagnate.

Pop-Up Stores

Now commonplace in our managed service contracts across the country, Huws Gray Pop-Up Stores allow material collection from a location convenient for you.

There’s no need to travel to a branch; we will work with you to identify areas of high and low demand and place bespoke storage units stocked with a personalised product profile for your team to access the materials needed for a first-time fix. Fully secure, personalised, and centrally managed, we will ensure that authorised operatives can access what they need, when they need.

These Stores reduce travel and give access to materials in multiple locations. This solution is ideal for heavily congested areas where travel times can become a drain on resources, and rural areas where merchant depots may be far away.

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With our Pop-Up Stores you benefit from:

  • Secure storage containers with solar-powered, movement-activated CCTV
  • Completely flexible location, size, and product range
  • Self-serve and self-checkout capabilities through scanner, incorporating validation checks
  • Perfect for rural/outlying areas, dense inner-city areas, and larger operational geographies to cut down unnecessary travelling
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Smart Stores with RFID Tracking

  • Our new smart store uses the latest UHF RFID tracking technology to remove manual check-outs
  • Your operative simply scans their unique Employee RFID fob and enters the job number on the integrated touch screen panel, collects the materials required and exits.
  • Our smart store knows what has been taken using the latest RFID technology.
  • Our unique smart store access door panel system is installed to convert a standard container into a smart store. Our panel fits most standard container units.

Pop-Up Branches

This further innovation of pop-up stores includes both off-grid and on-grid options for a self-contained welfare/office unit alongside storage locations. This enables a workforce to manage your stock and provide excellent customer service. These are implemented quickly where infrastructure is not readily available.

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The benefits of our Pop-Up Branches include:

  • Stock located in remote areas with no branch coverage
  • An interim solution to assist rapid or challenging mobilisations
  • Local branch in high housing density
  • Improve the efficiency of operative collections

Lockers and Drop Boxes

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Huws Gray Supply Chain Solutions explores every avenue possible to get materials as convenient for our customers as possible. A locker solution and partnership with a national smart locker specialist gain us access to a nationwide network of smart lockers.

This solution is highly relevant to dense urban areas where traffic makes even short distances costly in time. Additionally, locked stock boxes help us tackle densely populated housing distributions, in particular, high and medium-rise apartment blocks with multiple tenant properties needing similar repairs.

These boxes ensure materials are stocked incredibly locally and conveniently.

A range of innovative supply routes to come

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  • Stock & Go City Hubs
  • Autonomous Delivery Solutions
  • Bluetooth Vans
  • Drive-Thru Collection Points
  • QR Procurement Cards

2024 Building Innovations Award Finalist

Huws Gray Supply Chain Solutions and Wates Group were shortlisted as a finalist for the 2024 Building Innovations award for ‘Most Innovative Partnership’.

Our Pop-Up branch was at the centre of this innovative partnership as Wates’ operatives can now get all the benefits of a main branch including; staffed counter, high levels of available stock with expert advice and knowledge all conveniently located.

Building Innovations Finalist 2024