"As we continue to grow and expand, our forecasting needs have become more complex, and Blue Ridge offers a complete solution that allows us flexibility in planning for our inventory investment while taking eight distinct markets’ needs into consideration."

"We have reduced excess inventory and safety stock by 10%, while increasing service levels by 2.5%. For store owners, this means reduced inventory cost and maximum returns on promotions."

"We are pleased to have selected the Blue Ridge Supply Chain Planning solution. Highline has an aggressive objective of providing our customers with a 98 percent service level while balancing the total inventory investment across our distribution network. Blue Ridge is a complex, yet very simple program to implement and …

"We’re more efficient, driving down days of supply, limiting out of stocks, giving our customers the right amount of products, when they need it, how they need it and also achieving the goals for our supplier network."

"Down 37% in overstocks, down 15% in our overall on-hand inventory. Our turns have gone up by 15%, while our service levels have maintained a 99% accuracy rating, so it surpassed my expectations in the first 6 months."

"We’ve been steadily improving fill rates, service levels are up. We’ve also had noticeable improvements in our inventory turns. It’s hard to do both of those at the same time, and we’ve been able to do it."

"With Blue Ridge we could work with a good forecast, see trends, and see where there would be problems in the future with a product and then coordinate throughout the organization to avoid stock outs."

"Even in today’s difcult economic times, we’re up 2% in sales. At the same time, we managed to hold down logistics costs, while our service levels increased to 98.5%."

"We looked at several demand forecasting systems before selecting Blue Ridge. Blue Ridge had the most complete solution to support our business needs, and to help us achieve our service level goals. Our team is excited and looking forward to utilizing the new software."

“In our lumpy environment, that means we no longer have to manually adjust to compensate for those fluctuations.”

"Demand history changes daily; we want to make sure we’re ordering the right product at the right time, to have the right amount on the floor and reduce out of stocks and be able to have a reliable ordering platform."

“We’ve been able to improve our fill rates to 95%, which is our company goal. We’ve been able to manage our inventory levels appropriately.”

“We implemented Blue Ridge supply chain planning solutions to manage long lead times and make smarter safety stock allocations. By putting inventory toward winning skus, we’re getting the best possible customer fulfillment at the lowest investment.”

“In one of their Inventory Investment newsletters, it was a bit of a joke that the lazy buyer is the best buyer. They of course wanted us to focus on managing the parameters and then handle the alerts presented by the system. We have taken that quite literally and today …

“After operating for just over a year, the Blue Ridge solutions have had a huge impact on Cater.”