The Challenge
Watch the conversation with Steve of Karish Industries to learn how CustomBooks™ helped the electrical supply distributor gain more precise inventory visibility, customize workflows around its business, and build a more scalable operational foundation.
Karish Industries serves contractors working with cities, counties, Caltrans, and other municipalities, primarily in California as well as neighboring states. The company specializes in wire and cable, traffic and street-lighting products, and other electrical supplies, with value-added services including cutting, striping, dyeing, and bundling cable.
Service is central to the company’s business model. Customers frequently need material on short notice, making accurate inventory information and responsive operations especially important.
As Karish Industries grew, the team wanted to fine-tune its operations, particularly inventory, so it could understand exactly what it had available and make better-informed purchasing decisions.
Key pain points
- Growing Inventory Complexity: As the business expanded, Karish needed more precise visibility into its inventory.
- Spool-Level Tracking: The company wanted the ability to identify and track individual spools of wire and cable — visibility it did not previously have.
- Purchasing Decisions: Better inventory information was needed to help the team evaluate what to buy, when to buy it, and at what price.
- Operational Fine-Tuning: Growth increased the importance of having systems that could support more precise, disciplined operations.
- Scalability: Karish needed software that could continue adding capabilities as the business and its requirements evolved.
Our Solution
CustomBooks™ provided Karish Industries with a flexible inventory and business management platform that could be adapted as the company grew.
Through multiple customizations, Karish gained more precise inventory visibility, including the ability to pinpoint individual spools within its system. This gives the team better information as it evaluates inventory requirements and purchasing decisions.
Rather than forcing Karish Industries into a fixed operating model, CustomBooks™ has allowed the company to continue adding functionality as new requirements emerge.
As Steve explained in the interview, Karish has progressively adopted more pieces of CustomBooks™ over time, with additional capabilities coming into play as the company grows.
Implementation highlights
Precise Spool-Level Inventory Tracking
Karish Industries can pinpoint individual spools in its inventory system, providing a level of visibility the company did not previously have.
Customized for Karish Industries
The company has completed multiple CustomBooks™ customizations designed around its specific operational requirements.
Better Information for Purchasing
Greater inventory visibility helps the team evaluate what inventory it needs and supports decisions about when and at what price to purchase material.
Flexible, Expandable Platform
Karish continues to add CustomBooks™ capabilities as its requirements evolve rather than having to replace its core system as the business becomes more sophisticated.
Built for Continued Growth
CustomBooks™ gives Karish access to additional tools and options that the company can adopt over time, creating room for its software environment to evolve alongside the business.
Quick Facts
10 to 15 Hours per Week Saved
Multiple Customizations
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Client
Karish Industries - Interview with Steve Brodock
Primary Focus
Inventory Management · Customization · Purchasing · Operational Scalability
Timeline
Customer Since 2023
Business: Electrical Supply & Distribution
Tags
Case Study · Electrical Distribution · Inventory · Customization · Growth
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