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GBR Bearings Brazil One-Stop Agricultural UC511 Bearings & Disc Harrow Parts Case

One-stop matched UC511 outer spherical bearings and wear-resistant disc harrow blades for Brazilian distributor GBR—procurement workload down 65%, 100% on-time delivery, returns cut 90%.
-65%
Procurement workload
-90%
After-sales returns
+42%
Monthly purchase value
+50%
Service life

Client Overview

GBR Bearings is a large South American agricultural machinery distributor supplying tillage, seeding and harvesting equipment plus wear spare parts to thousands of small and medium farms across Brazil.

GBR initially bought only UC511 bearings from EGEN while sourcing harrow blades separately, creating fragmented ordering, accounting and split logistics with high after-sales returns in muddy paddy fields.

Project Goals

Provide a single supplier covering both transmission bearings and tillage wear parts—UC511 bearings and matched disc harrow blades—to streamline procurement, guarantee on-time delivery during peak seasons and cut operational cost.

Engineering Challenges

Dual Supplier Procurement

Separated ordering, accounting and logistics for bearings and blades created heavy daily administrative load.

Mismatched Peak-Season Cycles

Different production lead times delayed blade shipments, halting farm tillage during ploughing and harvesting rushes.

Severe Field Environment

Muddy farmland and paddy water rapidly rusted bearings and abraded ordinary blades, driving frequent returns.

Complicated Model Matching

Dozens of UC511 variants and blade sizes across tillage machines risked wrong-item delivery and mismatched assembly.

Technical Solution

One-Stop Product Line Expansion

Added matched wear-resistant disc harrow blades alongside UC511 bearings for core farm wear parts in a single supply.

Seasonal Stocking & Unified Delivery

Pre-stored bearings and blades before each farming season; one unified order ships together in one truckload.

Performance Upgrade & Spec System

Double-layer sealed UC511 bearings and quenched blades, paired by a unified size-matching file to eliminate mismatch.

One supplier now covers our bearings and harrow blades—ordering, reconciliation and delivery are finally synchronized through the peak seasons.
GB
Rafael Almeida
Purchasing Director, GBR Bearings - Brazil

Achieved Results

Suppliers consolidated from two to one EGEN partner, cutting order, reconciliation and logistics workload by 65%; combined orders hit 100% on-time delivery during farming rush, after-sales returns fell 90%, and monthly purchase value rose 42%.

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