Peter Drakeley

Peter Drakeley

Birmingham, England, United Kingdom
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EazyStock is a cloud based solution for optimising inventory. I am proud to say that our…

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Experience

  • Syncron Graphic
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    United Kingdom

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    Birmingham

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    Birmingham UK

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    Birmingham, United Kingdom

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    Birmingham, United Kingdom

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Education

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Volunteer Experience

Publications

  • 10 rules for managing stock and availability

    The Chartered Institute of Procurement & Supply

  • Eazystock outlines the rise of inventory optimisation

    Professional Builders Merchant

    Peter Drakeley, Head of Customer Success with new BMF service member Eazystock, discusses the importance of effective inventory management.

    Anyone who sells products will tell you that stock availability is a critical factor to success; builders’ merchants and their suppliers are no different, with customers working to tight deadlines, more and more are demanding same or next day delivery. At the same time, merchants are expanding their sales channels to offer online ordering, adding a…

    Peter Drakeley, Head of Customer Success with new BMF service member Eazystock, discusses the importance of effective inventory management.

    Anyone who sells products will tell you that stock availability is a critical factor to success; builders’ merchants and their suppliers are no different, with customers working to tight deadlines, more and more are demanding same or next day delivery. At the same time, merchants are expanding their sales channels to offer online ordering, adding a new layer of transparency across the industry.

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  • Scots Autoscene Issue 139 Interview

    Scots AutoScene / UK Autoscene

    "Leveling the Automotive Aftermarket Playing Field - An Interview with EazyStock's Head of Customer Success, Peter Drakeley"

    (SAS 139 - Page 56 / 57)

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  • Getting Started: A Methodology for “Eazy” Software Deployments

    EazyStock

    An interview with Peter Drakeley, EazyStock’s Global Head of Customer Success.

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  • Focusing on Automotive Spare Parts Inventory Management Grows Dealership Profits

    Syncron.com

    According to the National Automobile Dealers Association, total parts sales in 2014 amounted to $50.69 billion, and service and parts were 11.4 percent of total dealership sales dollars. From the recession to the present, service and parts departments have been increasingly relied upon to drive dealership profitability.

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  • Going Beyond DMS: Break the Walls Down

    Syncron.com

    Traditional multi-tier supply chains are characterised by isolated silos of knowledge and data spread across time zones and geographies. Whilst the objective of each tier of the supply chain is typically aligned to satisfy the end customer demand in the most cost effective manner, with often independent businesses working to get your stock downstream to your customer in the most efficient way, the silo effect can significantly impact the overall efficiency of the supply chain.

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  • Going Beyond DMS: Systems, Systems Everywhere

    Syncron.com

    If you have many decentralised applications all performing separate business functions, naturally, you need to avoid information silos by connecting all of the systems together. This ensures an integrated and correlated IT base from which to plan your operations. For this reason, whenever you are planning to introduce another application into your IT environment, integration should be a fundamental consideration.

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  • Going Beyond DMS: How Software-as-a-Service Makes it Easier Than Ever

    Syncron.com

    There is no doubt that a good Dealer Management System or DMS is fundamental to any successful dealer operation. As the business environment evolves, there comes a point when supplementary DMS modules just can't keep up with the complexity of the business reality.

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Courses

  • Advanced Supply Chain Theory (Syncron Academy)

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  • CompTia Network + Training

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  • Excel With Business - Basic Business Accounting (passed July 2014)

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  • Object Orientated Analysis & Design

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  • Personnel Development Training (Syncron Warsaw)

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  • Prince 2 Foundation (October 2014)

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  • Supply Chain Theory (Syncron Academy)

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Projects

  • JCB Global Dealer Inventory Optimisation Programme

    Programme manager for the roll out of Syncron's Dealer Inventory Management software to the world wide JCB dealer network. Currently covering over 30 dealers and greater than 200 stock holding locations worldwide.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ogpZ-dWEhk4

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  • Mazda Europe Inventory Optimisation Project

    Program Manager for the implementation of Syncron's Global Inventory Manager into Mazda's European warehouse.

    http://www.syncron.com/contentassets/c07ef5255fc8431dba451b7e1c592339/global-inventory-management-mazda.pdf

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  • Micheldever Tyres Inventory Optimisation Project

    Program Manager for the Micheldever Tyres implementation of Syncron's Global Inventory Management tool, covering 15,000 SKUs, 15 warehouses and 63 retail locations.

    More information is available in the linked PDF.

    http://www.syncron.com/contentassets/bf1acfe66a544567ac2ccc8e1b174eee/micheldever_case_study.pdf

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  • JCB's Global Supply Chain Optimisation Programme

    Program Manager for the JCB implementation of Syncron's Global Inventory Management tool globally.

    More information is available in the linked PDF.

    http://www.syncron.com/contentassets/f1a9e786a1a042cfaf76bbf331c29025/syncron-jcb-saas-global-inventory-management.pdf

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Organizations

  • Institute of Directors

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