Case Study: TRI Industries achieves 33% inventory cost reduction and a 97.8% fill rate with Sage Inventory Advisor

TRI Industries - Customer Case Study

TRI Industries is a Vernon Hills, IL non-profit that employs people with disabilities to manufacture laser toner cartridges and had grown frustrated with outdated inventory planning. Their in-house min–max replenishment tool was slow (about half a day to run) and couldn’t account for lead times, trends, or overstock, so TRI turned to Sage Inventory Advisor (integrated with Sage 100) to modernize planning and forecasting.

Sage Inventory Advisor’s dashboard, classification matrix and sales‑forecasting tools replaced manual processes and enabled smarter replenishment decisions; within six months TRI saw fill rates climb from 94% to 97.8%, cut inventory carrying costs by 33%, and reduced ordering time from half a day to about 45 minutes (roughly 15 hours saved per week), freeing cash and improving customer service.

TRI Industries

Jay Burrell

Vice President & Chief Executive Officer