Supply Van is an e-commerce platform that sells a wide range of products such as Power Tools, Hand Tools, Safety, Electricals, Fasteners, Fabrication and Machining equipment, Pneumatics and Hydraulics, Office Supplies and Equipment and many such products that are commonly used and consumed by Industries, Factories, Workshops, Offices, Contractors of all sizes and kinds including DIY Customers.
Supply Van is an online platform that provides tools and technical supplies, and serves its B2C and B2B omni-channel e-commerce hub. With the technology platform, the UAE based ecommerce aims at rapidly expanding its footprint across the Middle East with 34 Main categories, 1300+ Sub-categories, 300+ Local Distributors/ Dealers , 600+ Leading Brands and 50,000+ Products and counting!!
The brand’s vision is to become the Largest One-Stop-Shop for all Maintenance, Repair and Overhaul (MRO) products required by Industries, Factories, Workshops, Offices, Contractors and DIY Customers in the GCC.
The platform aggregates supplies at its location and delivers them to customers under a consolidated invoice. Supply Van works with various vendors for supply of products across a vast range of categories.
Ali Asgar Raja, Founder & CEO, SuppyVan.com says:
“Supply Van undoubtedly has the most developed e-commerce platform of any traditional industrial distributor for MRO products in the region. We are currently enjoying the first mover advantage and our growing inventory and orders are testimony to the fact that there is a growing demand for MRO products and DIY customers.
When it comes to the e-commerce experience, Supply Van does two things really well. For one, the site is intuitive, and very easy to use. We would like people from all walks of life to be able to use the site and fulfill their MRO requirement conveniently and cost effectively. Second, Supply Van is committed to marketing itself and its products. And that explains the number of brands that have associated with us.”
The advent of E-commerce platforms has brought significant changes in the entire MRO distribution network in the region. As MRO sourcing differs from company to company and is depended on factors such as requirements of the number of stock keeping units, business procurement requirements, categories of products and buying frequencies. The traditional procurement processes have various disadvantages and challenges.
Some of the advantages of using e-commerce platforms for MRO distribution includes low product prices, shorter process cycle, enhanced access to information, clarity in transaction processes, improve delivery time to the end-markets, better compliance with approved distributors, consolidate suppliers while increasing competitive choices and allow buyers to work on value-added and strategic tasks.