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Sage Inventory Advisor Fuels Purchasing Process for Hubert Glass Oil

Customer Company Size

SME

Region

America

Country

United States

Product

Sage Inventory Advisor
Sage 100 ERP

Tech Stack

Cloud-based solution

Implementation Scale

Enterprise-wide Deployment

Impact Metrics

Cost Savings
Productivity Improvements

Technology Category

Platform as a Service (PaaS) - Data Management Platforms

Applicable Industries

Oil & Gas

Applicable Functions

Procurement

Use Cases

Inventory Management
Supply Chain Visibility

Services

Cloud Planning, Design & Implementation Services

About The Customer

Hubert Glass Oil Company is a fuel and oil distributor based in Jacksonville, Texas. The company serves dealerships, retail stores, and repair facilities throughout eastern Texas. The company operates from three locations and is constantly striving to ensure it carries the right mix of products in the right quantities to satisfy customers’ demands without overstocking. The company was using various tools and reports for making purchasing decisions, which was not efficient and did not provide accurate usage figures and forecasting ability.

The Challenge

Hubert Glass Oil Company, a fuel and oil distributor in eastern Texas, was facing challenges in managing its inventory. The company needed to ensure it carried the right mix of products in the right quantities to satisfy customers’ demands without overstocking. The company was using various tools and reports for making purchasing decisions, which was not efficient and did not provide accurate usage figures and forecasting ability.

The Solution

The company implemented Sage Inventory Advisor, a cloud-based solution, in conjunction with Sage 100 ERP. Sage Inventory Advisor allowed the company to analyze usage at a raw component level as well as a finished product level, providing more accurate usage figures and better forecasting ability. The solution also calculates the expected revenue associated with top-selling items and the revenue losses associated with stock outages of those items. The dashboard provided by the solution gives a quick, concise look at the inventory status, showing what products the company is running low on, and the suggested timing and quantity of the next order. The solution also has the option to export the recommended order quantities to Sage 100 ERP and automatically create the purchase orders.

Operational Impact

The company has more accurate usage figures and better forecasting ability.
The company can take action sooner to avoid stock outages and ensure it can fulfill on its customers’ orders.
The company can quickly see what products it is running low on, and the suggested timing and quantity of the next order.
The company can export the recommended order quantities to Sage 100 ERP and automatically create the purchase orders.

Quantitative Benefit