Consolidating Swedish warehouse operations with Trace™ OMS

Trace™ | Mestergruppen Logistik AB

Consolidating Swedish warehouse operations with Trace™ OMS

Mestergruppen Logistik AB runs the central warehouse behind Mestergruppen Sverige, the country's leading group within building materials and paint retail. It supplies the XL-BYGG, BOLIST, Järnia, Colorama and Happy Homes chains — some 470 independent stores — with everything from private label goods to materials delivered straight to the construction site.

Industry: Building materials wholesale & distribution

Challenges

Existing OMS approaching end of life
Costly customisation in the legacy solution
Two separate warehouses in Helsingborg, with duplicated processes
Time-consuming manual handling of invoices and discrepancies against orders

Solution

Standard Trace OMS and MDM — no customer-specific development
Integrated with Nowaste's ASK WMS
Two-way data exchange with Blue Ridge, which supplies forecasting and demand planning
API and EDI integrations with the existing landscape: Logiq, MesterID and Mesterordre
Invoice matching against orders, with discrepancies flagged for handling
Super-user training, with Mestergruppen running the internal roll-out

Benefits

Operations rationalised — two warehouses in Helsingborg consolidated into one in Jönköping, whilesales and purchasing remain in Helsingborg
Invoice handling markedly simpler — invoices and discrepancies matched against orders
From costly customisation to a standard platform — lower maintenance cost and predictable development
More efficient goods flow and transaction handling
Flexibility to support growth ambitions and restructuring

Great to see how a modern system can make everyday work simpler and more efficient. Improved visibility across logistics operations and strong potential for future development make this an exciting step forward.