Case Study: Dr. Ike’s Home Center achieves $80,000 inventory reduction and faster automated transfers with Epicor Stock Transfer Balancing

Improve Inventory Management with Epicor Stock Transfer Balancing

Three multi-store independent hardware retailers—Dr. Ike’s Home Centers, Duke’s Ace Hardware, and Cole Hardware—faced a common challenge: cumbersome, manual stock transfers in their legacy Eagle system that were time-consuming, error-prone, and led to excess purchases and high inventory investment across locations.

They implemented Epicor’s Stock Transfer Balancing module to automate transfer selection, transaction creation, and inventory updates. The change delivered immediate results: Dr. Ike’s cut inventory value by about $80,000 and increased turns by one, Duke’s reduced purchases and overall inventory levels, and Cole Hardware slashed Ace ordering time from roughly 24 hours to about 6 hours, freeing managers to focus on store operations and enabling reinvestment in new merchandise.

Dr. Ike’s Home Center

Caroline Epstein

CFO