Case Study: Rose Brand achieves leaner inventory and reliable same‑day availability during 50% sales growth with Smart Software

Rose Brand - Customer Case Study

Rose Brand, North America’s largest supplier of theatrical fabrics and production supplies, faced critical inventory challenges as demand for fast, same-day fulfillment grew. Rapid growth, thousands of discrete SKUs (many with intermittent demand), and a procurement process driven by spreadsheets and buyer intuition led to stockouts, overstocks and strained warehouse space. To address this, Rose Brand engaged Smart Software and its demand and inventory planning solution, SmartForecasts.

Smart Software implemented SmartForecasts to establish Min/Max planning, service-level–driven policies, and its patented intermittent-demand methodology, plus what-if scenario modeling. The solution enabled effective planning of thousands of items, reduced inventory initially while supporting a 50% increase in sales, improved service levels, and guided expansion including a West Coast warehouse and a newly acquired division; Smart Software’s tools also quantified savings (e.g., half a container of inventory) from shorter supplier lead times.

Rose Brand

Doug Harvey

Director of Operations