Case Study: DeSoto County, FL achieves streamlined inventory management and higher productivity with Brightly Software's MaintenanceEdge and InventoryEdge

DeSoto County Improves Efficiency and Boosts Productivity with Maintenance and Inventory Solutions

DeSoto County, Florida’s Facilities Department—just five staff managing 28 buildings and county-wide supplies—needed to standardize bulk purchasing and inventory across multiple departments. Manual tracking led to missed orders, rushed emergency purchases, time-consuming follow-ups, and difficulty billing departments for supplies.

The county implemented InventoryEdge and later MaintenanceEdge from Dude Solutions, quickly setting up the systems with vendor support. InventoryEdge provides low‑stock alerts, electronic records and billing reports, and enabled promotion of a warehouse controller; MaintenanceEdge streamlined work requests with instant notifications. As a result, inventory processes are streamlined, productivity and response times have improved, and cost recovery and tracking are much easier—all without adding staff.

DeSoto County, FL

Richard Metzger

Facilities Director