California-based Kojo, producer of a procurement platform for the construction industry, has developed a warehouse inventory management offering.

Kojo Warehouse lets contractors track and manage their warehouse material inventory in real time. The offering provides visibility into general and job-specific warehouse stock, at any time, from anywhere.

“Contractors have lacked true visibility into their warehouses for too long,” said Maria Rioumine, CEO of Kojo. “We’ve heard from customers that they need a streamlined, efficient way to manage their warehouses and take control over the current instability in the industry. Kojo’s Warehouse is the first that ensures contractors have immediate insight into their material inventory, and empowers them to reduce costs and cut waste.”

Increasing construction costs, material and labour shortages, and supply-chain constraints are putting contractors at risk of going over budget or completing projects late. These challenges, paired with tedious and error-prone warehouse management practices, such as pen-and-paper notes or Excel sheets, result in contractors wasting money, time and materials.

Kojo Warehouse helps contractors streamline their inventory management system and procure the materials they need faster. By connecting the warehouse, office, field teams and vendors on one platform, it gives contractors real-time visibility into what they have in their warehouse, while making it easy to request quotes and make purchases with vendors for materials they need.

“With Kojo’s Warehouse, our team now has transparency into what materials are available for our jobsites, whether we’re in the field, office or the warehouse,” said Gary Philips, president at Premier Service, a full-service electrical, heating, cooling, plumbing and alarm contractor. “By not having to order material that has already been purchased, we are saving a significant amount of time and money, and staying on budget.”

Using Kojo Warehouse, contractors can better manage their warehouse materials to make smarter purchasing decisions and reduce the time it takes to deliver materials to the jobsite. This helps contractors become more resilient to challenges such as backorders and delivery delays, high prices for last-minute orders, and material waste. It also creates additional cost savings by empowering contractors to increase buyouts and bulk orders.

Kojo Warehouse is available for all trade and self-perform contractors who manage a warehouse.

Kojo, a construction industry procurement platform, enables trade and self-perform general contractors to take control of their margins by consolidating the procurement process onto one, all-inclusive digital platform. By connecting the field, office, warehouse, accounting teams and vendors, contractors gain visibility into real-time materials spending and usage, streamline workflows, and increase labour productivity. Contractors have access to a network of thousands of vendors to source the best prices and availability, find cost savings and reduce material waste.