Blue Ridge’s LifeLine services team and cloud-native SCP solutions reduce uncertainty in supply chain planning around long import lead times, fill rate, customer experience and more.

Working with our partner, Inventory Investments AS, in 2017 Cater decided to invest in its buying process with Blue Ridge’s state-of-the-art Supply Chain Planning solutions to secure market-leading customer service levels, maximize efficiency and minimize inventory holding costs.

Harmonie Norge AS is an exclusive supplier of premium-quality doors and windows to select building supplies retailers. The company has its head office and central warehouse in Stokke, Norway. Glenn Jarle Eriksen is the CEO of the company. He joined the company as newly hired logistics manager in the fall of 2015. Together with Marcus Ødegaard, who owns the company, they developed a strategy to rig the company for future growth.

Blue Ridge’s LifeLine team is a critical part of our customers’ victories. We provide on-hands support and ask the tough questions every step of the way. Through training, testing and implementation, LifeLine is instrumental in our customers.

Blue Ridge’s IBP solution has allowed Breakthru to evaluate their forecasts with different dimensions, driving measurable reductions in inventory and measurable improvements in forecast accuracy. “The integration of our plans becomes a game changer.”

After implementing Blue Ridge, Oslo grocery wholesaler K. Ekrheim saw tremendous results, including “cash flow through the roof,” a more cooperative working environment, happier customers and efficiency gains.

United Distributors implemented Blue Ridge’s MEIO solution to replace time-consuming spreadsheets. The solution cut 3 truckloads of inventory going to their DCs per week, while reducing overstocks 37% in one DC and 54% in the other.

City Furniture is using Blue Ridge supply chain planning solutions to manage long lead times and allocate inventory smarter. By putting inventory dollars toward winning SKUs, they can make smart bets across all SKUs to get the best possible customer fulfillment.

Blue Ridge supply chain solutions enabled Highline Aftermarket to cut inventory by $5M in the first year. They can now spend more time looking into what drives business vs. placing orders. Watch the Video to see how Hightline Furniture is transforming their business with Blue Ridge Supply Chain Solutions.

As its jingle says: “Ace is the place with the helpful hardware folks.” But in a store with frequent stockouts, customer service can only go so far.