inca digital success, 19 november 2014
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Cambridgeshire company Inca Digital shared their experience and success of expanding their operation by opening a warehouse in the Netherlands.TRANSCRIPT
© INCA DIGITAL PRINTERS LTD
Inca Digital Printers Ltd
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� Based in Cambridge, UK, Inca Digital Printers is an industry leader in the design,
development and manufacture of inkjet printers for the print industry. Focusing on the wide
format printing sector.
� Formed in 2000, Inca was a spin-out company from Cambridge Consultants and were first in
the market to launch a wide format flatbed printer. Since then, the company has proved itself
as an innovator and leader in the field of inkjet producing another eleven machine model
designs to date, resulting in industry acclaim.
� Since 2005, Inca has been part of the Screen Holdings Group.
� Inca received two Queen’s Awards for Enterprise in 2005. The first award was for Innovation
and the second for Inca’s success in International Trade.
� In 2007, the launch of the Inca Onset created a paradigm shift in digital print quality delivering
a digital press that for the first time could really take screen printing volume.
� In 2013, Inca was awarded a second Queen’s Award for International Trade.
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Inca Current Spares Distribution(Countries with consignment stock currently marked )
Inca promise - Improve spares availability to end Customers: reduced machine down time
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Current Setup Distribution for Benelux
Objective: � Reduction in response time to Customer site with no increase in ‘Inca’ spares inventory� Improved service level and regional presence� Region to region balancing / optimisation of Inca inventory� Going forward – extend the use of NL warehouse for European distribution.� Benefit to Distributors in Europe - Reduced need to hold local spares stock by using NL consignment stock
Risks to Inca:� Increase in unrecoverable shipping cost if shipping re-charge levy is not agreed with Distributors and Customers� Inventory increase if region to region inventory balancing is not implemented
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Inca WW Distribution Sales Model
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Current “normal” Business model
NL business model
Distributor
Distributor
NL warehouse
Distributor PO
Shipment
Invoice
Payment
Payment
Shipment
Invoice
Customer PO
Distributor
Distributor
Distributor
Customer
Instruction to ship
Stock replenishment