Case Study: Building Materials Distributor achieves 10% reduction in safety stock and $582K revenue growth with Blue Ridge

Family-Owned Business Replaces Gut Instinct Replenishment & Reduces Safety Stock by 10%

Building Materials Distributor, a family-owned manufacturer and distributor with an 80-year legacy, was struggling with unreliable data and past failed software implementations that pushed the team to rely on manual replenishment and gut instinct. To fix chronic overstocking and poor visibility, the Building Materials Distributor turned to Blue Ridge, engaging Blue Ridge's supply chain planning solutions and LifeLine customer support to restore confidence in data-driven replenishment.

Blue Ridge implemented a data-driven, exception-based planning solution and ongoing LifeLine collaboration to improve forecasting and product-level planning. The result: service levels stabilized at 97%, revenue increased by $582,000, safety stock fell about 10%, and inventory carrying costs dropped by just under $200K—while supplier relations and exception identification also improved under Blue Ridge.