Case Study: BSI achieves $2.2M cost savings and $11M inventory reduction with SAFIO Solutions

BSI - Customer Case Study

BSI, a specialty e‑commerce retailer and distributor in the Halloween costume and party supplies market, was struggling with extreme seasonality (70% of sales in six weeks), over‑assorted inventory (+20K SKUs) and inconsistent data that led to poor buying decisions. After unsuccessful attempts with other vendors, BSI engaged SAFIO Solutions to provide a robust forecasting system and regain visibility into sales and inventory trends.

SAFIO Solutions cleaned and standardized BSI’s data, assigned SKU hierarchies and attributes, built selling curves and deployed a user‑friendly forecasting platform that was operational within six weeks. The SAFIO Solutions implementation drove $2.2M in cost savings over 18 months, reduced inventory by $11M, cut in‑house production waste by 33%, halved SKU count, lowered inventory carrying costs by 64% (about $1M saved in one year), and produced roughly $130K in annual salary savings—ultimately restoring financial clarity that helped enable the business sale.

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Jamil

Seasonal Planner