Case Study: Chaves County, NM achieves 65% inventory cost savings with Brightly Software (InventoryEdge)

Chaves County, NM Saves 65% on Inventory Costs with InventoryEdge

Chaves County, NM (pop. 65,890) — led by Purchasing Director Tammy Brisco West — relied on Excel spreadsheets and memory to run its central supply program, a cumbersome process that made ordering slow (four to five days), reporting difficult, and inventory accuracy poor. Audits were challenging, item changes were easy to miss, and tracking department spending took a full day.

After implementing InventoryEdge the county automated ordering and reporting, tightened supply-room access, and established accurate on-hand counts. Order fulfillment dropped to one to two hours, they keep less stock (e.g., toner for 117 printers is ordered just-in-time), and reporting that once took a day now takes minutes. Analysis after a year showed item-level savings of 30%–80% and overall county-wide inventory cost reductions of 45%–65%, freeing staff time and improving purchasing decisions.

Chaves County, NM

Tammy Brisco West

Purchasing Director