Brazilian manufacturer Eucatex has selected RELEX Solutions to modernise demand, inventory and distribution planning across its construction materials business in Brazil, the companies announced on 21 July 2026.
The implementation will be led by São Paulo-based Sintec Consulting. It will replace spreadsheet-led processes with a unified planning system covering more than 1,300 stock-keeping units.
Eucatex produces paints, laminate flooring, doors and partitions. The B3-listed company operates seven manufacturing facilities in Brazil and exports products to more than 40 countries across Latin America, North America and Europe.
Inventory management had become more complex as the company expanded its product portfolio. By the end of 2025, higher inventory levels were putting additional pressure on working capital, while limited integration between commercial, supply-chain and logistics teams made it difficult to maintain one consistent view of stock.
RELEX will introduce AI-supported forecasts at product, sales-channel and distribution-centre level. The system will be able to forecast demand up to 18 months in advance.
These forecasts will feed into Eucatex’s inventory planning. Safety-stock levels and replenishment settings will be adjusted according to each product and location.
The distribution-planning system will then convert those requirements into transfer orders across the company’s network. These orders will account for logistics constraints and customer-service targets.
Eucatex expects the project to reduce stockouts and emergency shipments while improving product availability, planning efficiency and working-capital management.
Why does the Eucatex RELEX agreement matter?
The agreement shows RELEX extending its supply-chain planning technology beyond its established retail and consumer-goods customer base and further into industrial manufacturing.
The underlying challenges are also familiar to supermarket, wholesale and FMCG supply chains. Large product ranges, disconnected planning processes and inaccurate stock information can increase inventory costs while leaving individual locations without the products they need.
A unified forecast can help commercial, logistics and supply-chain teams make decisions using the same demand information. However, the results will depend on implementation, data quality and how consistently Eucatex uses the new planning processes. Neither company disclosed the project’s financial value or implementation timetable.
The project also carries a sustainability element. Better inventory and distribution planning can help limit excess stock and unnecessary product transfers, although no specific emissions or waste-reduction targets were announced.
Eucatex manages 48,000 hectares of forests, while renewable sources provide 50% of the energy used by its factories, according to information included in the announcement.
The next stage will be the implementation of RELEX’s demand, inventory and distribution-planning capabilities across the construction materials division. Eucatex has not yet reported measurable results from the project.
