PP Control & Automation

Inventor-e

Inventor-e is accelerating disruption of inventory management with the help of the Manufacturing Assembly Network, a unique collective of sub-contract manufacturers and a world class engineering design consultancy.

One of the biggest challenges for a fast-growing SME technology business is to scale-up quickly enough to meet the opportunity and this is exactly the situation Inventor-e found itself in back in 2019.

The management team had recognised early on that its core strength lay in the design and constant evolution of products and solutions and that the manufacture and assembly of its systems could be outsourced to a partner that shared its vision and values. With this in mind, the company signed a deal with PP Control & Automation to manufacture and assemble SmartStores Secure and iVendCab, which saw the West Midlands-based machine building expert optimise the design for manufacture, taking the products through a UL certification process and creating a dedicated cell that could meet the build requirements of the future.

This relationship has evolved over the last few years, with PP C&A also now responsible for supply chain management, a move that has delivered several operational benefits.

It has also paved the way for the introduction of Inventor-e’s latest products – the iVendScale (a scale-based inventory management vending system providing access and dispensing of products) and iBinScale (a scale-based inventory monitoring solution that offers mobile automated replenishment).