Case Studies

Read a sampling of our success stories by clicking on a link below.

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  Graybar Helps Notre Dame Score High Marks on Sustainability

  By analyzing and upgrading the lighting system in more than 80 buildings, Graybar and GE helped Notre Dame save approximately $550,000 in annual energy costs.
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  Mosaic Mining and Plant Operations Benefit from Vending Solutions

  SupplyPro's Point-of-Use solutions helped Mosaic, the world's leading producer and marketer of concentrated phosphate and potash, improve their process remediation 6-8x for savings of over $100,000 per year. Mosaic also saw a 20 percent increase to well over 300 SKUs under control, as well as savings in manpower. The normal 30-45 minute wait times at shift change are down to minutes, equates to 10-15x cost of materials.
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  Extreme Environments - the Perfect Place for a Vending Strategy

  Carmeuse, a leading global producer of lime, needed greater control of their inventory, tool visibility and accountability. SupplyPro installed a combination of the SupplyBay Plus and SupplyLocker systems in two Lime Plants, resulting in a 50 percent reduction in spend, reduction in replacement costs and increased employee productivity.
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  Safety Supplies - The Perfect Application for a Vending Strategy

  Learn how safety supplies is one of the top cost savings applications with automated point-of-use systems by SupplyPro.

  • A large automotive manufacturer saved $1 million in the first year after installing SupplyBay devices plant-wide to manage gloves, resulting in greater than 50 percent spend and usage reduction.
  • A single automotive division saw 61 percent consumption reduction in their safety and supply expense.
  • A nuclear power plant saved $350,000 in the first year.
  • And a national railway implemented a corporate wide solution of all PPE transactions interface directly to ERP system, resulting in more than 80 percent of transactions removed from stores window.
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  Graybar Monitoring Solution Allows Weir SPM to Boost Employee Safety

  Utilizing Pelco and FLIR automation solutions, testing of pressure pumping equipment used in hydraulic fracturing is now done from a control center outside the blast-proof enclosure.
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  Graybar Monitoring Solution Allows Weir SPM to Boost Employee Safety

  Utilizing Pelco and FLIR automation solutions, testing of pressure pumping equipment used in hydraulic fracturing is now done from a control center outside the blast-proof enclosure.
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  Graybar Forms Logistics Hub for Arena-Sized Network Installment

  In 2005, Tulsa, Oklahoma, was a city on the brink of revitalization. The city had adopted Vision 2025, an urban economic-development and capital-improvement plan, and was on the road to building a first-rate, multipurpose facility and convention center.
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  Soaring to New Heights

  After more than 30 years of planning and a three-year construction timeline, the new Indianapolis International Airport welcomed its first air travelers in November 2008.
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  Expandable Access Control Systems Help Health Care Facility

  There is little room for error in a health care facility. Hospitals that want the highest accreditation must meet stringent standards of care set by the Joint Commission, the health-care industry’s leading authority on facility standards.
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  Graybar Develops City-wide Security Solution

  Located on the Saco River in southern Maine, the city of Saco is comprised of more than 16,000 residents, numerous commercial industries, bustling amusement parks and scenic beaches that draw many tourists. The city of Saco offers a great place to work, live, and vacation. To ensure this type of environment, the city implemented a city-wide security solution to ensure the safety of it’s employees, residents, and visitors.