Case Study: Bison Gear & Engineering Corporation achieves centralized inventory visibility and eliminates manual spreadsheets with Sage Inventory Advisor

Sage Inventory Advisor gears up production for Bison Gear

Bison Gear & Engineering Corporation, a U.S. manufacturer of AC and DC gearmotors running Sage 500 ERP, was managing demand and supply through complex, linked spreadsheets—pulling sales and purchase order data into formulas to forecast inventory for both make-to-stock and make-to-order production. That manual process was time-consuming, error-prone, and led to stockouts and overstocking, so they turned to Sage Inventory Advisor to gain better visibility and control.

Sage Inventory Advisor was integrated with Bison Gear’s Sage 500 to deliver a unified dashboard consolidating BOM, demand forecasting, and financial data. The Sage Inventory Advisor solution provided item- and location-level risk profiles, smarter safety-stock settings, and a panoramic view of product specifications, freeing employee time, reducing errors, and improving inventory decisions to minimize stockouts and excess inventory—delivering measurable ROI.

Bison Gear & Engineering Corporation

Chuck Albanese

Director of Materials