Case Study: ImpressArt achieves improved product availability and reduced costs with Smart Software's Smart Inventory Planning & Optimization

ImpressArt Helps Entrepreneurs Create Beautiful Jewelry – aided by Smart IP&O

ImpressArt, a maker-supplier for jewelry hobbyists and creative entrepreneurs that sells through three major retail chains and direct fulfillment, faced growing supply‑chain complexity and volatile demand. With replenishment lead times often 13+ weeks from China and a COVID‑era demand spike, the company experienced inventory misalignment—stockouts in some areas and excess in others—and needed a robust, collaborative forecasting and demand‑planning solution. ImpressArt selected Smart Software’s Smart Inventory Planning & Optimization (Smart IP&O) to address these challenges.

Smart Software deployed Smart IP&O to provide highly visual, analytics‑driven forecasts, collaborative planning with key retailers (Michaels, Hobby Lobby, Jo‑Ann), and automated policy setting across thousands of SKUs with long, variable lead times. The implementation saved time, automated inventory planning, improved forecast accuracy and order generation, and increased product availability while reducing excess inventory and costs—creating a scalable planning process ImpressArt can plug into its ERP.

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