Solutions
Our BlueScope Distribution team proudly supplies Australian businesses and communities with the steel and aluminium products needed to complete a wide range of applications. Our ability to help our customers deliver their projects on time and to specification is key to the value we offer.
Our sales teams work with customers in many industries, and service the needs of:
- Manufacturers who produce many products for Australia using quality steel and aluminium
- Fabricators who deliver some of Australia’s largest projects in defence, infrastructure, renewable energy, mining oil and gas, transport and construction
We recognise that it takes a lot of work and co-ordination to keep projects running to plan. We have developed a range of solutions that help our customers find the freedom to do what they do best, while allowing us to assist with managing their steel and aluminium supply chains. Our teams have the experience to meet project milestones by coordinating material from multiple suppliers, managing production schedules, and transporting and delivering products to provide one seamless point of contact.
Some of our key project management services include B2B digital system integration for ease of doing business, consignment solutions for improved stock handling efficiencies, kitting and product labelling to streamline fabrication, and product identification for ease of installation such as steel & aluminium surface etching.
Solutions we provide
Electronic Data Interchange (EDI)
Working together with our customers, BlueScope Distribution can create an automated digital connection between our ERP systems using Electronic Data Interchange (EDI) to automate day to day business transactions and provide efficiencies for both our business.
The customised solutions enables BlueScope Distribution’s system to recognise our customers product codes and pair these with the equivalent BlueScope Distribution products. This process improves order accuracy, reduces data entry and increases productivity.
Project Management solutions
Our teams have the experience to meet project milestones by coordinating material from multiple suppliers, managing production schedules, transport and delivery to provide one seamless point of contact.
Our ability to label and kit material helps some customers to find significant efficiencies in their production, and our team have the technical resources to tackle the most complex project requirements.
We can provide storage solutions or VMI (Vendor Managed Inventory) for our customers involved in large projects.
Just-in-time delivery
Our teams are able to work with you our business from project start to finish, to coordinate the deliver of material where and when it is needed, just-in-time. This means your project runs smoothly, removing bottlenecks in production lines. Our teams are experienced in coordinating many different product deliveries to meet project milestones, meaning you free up warehouse space and keep inventory levels manageable.
Consignment Stock
We can provide customers with the option of having steel and aluminium at their fingertips.This gives our customers a significant level of efficiency in knowing that they will have their material when they need it. Our sales teams manage material and facilitate regular stocktaking to ensure smooth invoicing and cash flow. This process is discussed and planned with our customers and conducted to the cycles agreed to, whichmay include weekly, fortnightly or monthly options.
Forecasting support
Customers in manufacturing need to have seamless supply of steel and aluminium material to smooth manufacturing processes and reduce bottlenecks. BlueScope Distribution works with customers to help them better understand their purchasing trends. This may help improve material flow, providing steady and reliable access to material for manufacturing processes.
End-to-end supply chain
We pride ourselves on delivering exceptional customer service, we provide our customers with end-to-end steel and aluminium project management solutions, delivering personalised supply chain co-ordination.
Steel Efficiency Review®
BlueScope Distribution partners with customers to identify smarter, more time and cost-efficient ways of doing business. We support our customers by sharing our knowledge and work to identify mutually beneficial projects we can work on together. These projects support our customers in finding better ways of doing business, while enabling us to provide an even better customer experience.