Case Study: Ukrop's Dress Express achieves 99.5% on-time fill rates, reduced excess inventory and 40 hours/week buyer time savings with Sage Inventory Advisor

Sage Inventory Advisor helps Ukrop’s Dress Express reduce excess inventory, boost fill rates, and slash buyers’ planning time

Ukrop's Dress Express, a Richmond-based promotional apparel supplier experiencing 20–30% year-over-year growth, faced growing pains such as potential declines in service and on-time shipping. To optimize purchasing and inventory strategies while extending its Sage 300 system, the company selected Sage Inventory Advisor as a purpose-built demand-planning solution.

By integrating Sage Inventory Advisor, Ukrop's Dress Express quickly improved inventory visibility and forecasting, driving measurable results: on-time, complete shipments rose to 99.5%; inventory holdings value declined 12% (with a further 20% anticipated); surplus orders fell 20% and excess stock 10%; buyers save about 8 hours each per week (40 hours total); and large-order planning time dropped to roughly 25 minutes. Sage Inventory Advisor delivered near-immediate ROI and enabled the company to scale without adding headcount.

Ukrop's Dress Express

Shawn Stewart

Director of Purchasing and Strategic Sourcing