Blue Ridge
Smarter Supply Chain Management, Simplified

Consumer demands change continually depending on seasons and needs. Keeping up with these shifting interests can be a challenge for distributors, manufacturers, and retailers who must stock their inventory and update stockkeeping units (SKUs). Without a holistic view of demand—seasonal or regular—businesses either overstock or understock their inventory. However, proper integrated business planning, otherwise known as sales and operations planning (S&OP), fosters collaboration across an organization, creating opportunities to efficiently allocate inventory or new products for promotions, maximize efficiency, and increase profitability.

Blue Ridge designed a smarter software solution for demand planning, replenishment, and inventory optimization to support clients in effectively managing their supply chain.

“We help customers make informed decisions and efficiently use their capital to buy the right inventory, for the right location, at the right time rather than increasing safety stock or risking reduced service levels,” says Timothy Alvis, CIO of Blue Ridge.

Blue Ridge offers easy-to-use and fully integrated software with a high level of service and client support to enhance the demand planning, replenishment, S&OP, and supply planning processes for customers worldwide. Blue Ridge solutions have also achieved the ‘Built for NetSuite’ status, a prestigious qualification in the industry.

The Blue Ridge distinction lies in simplicity: the software incorporates supply chain management functionalities into a singular platform to improve processes and drive profitability. In other words, clients do not have to bounce between multiple systems to handle their forecasting and replenishment. Additionally, they can seamlessly manage S&OP to balance demand and supply plans with the financial plan.

Combining such benefits means that businesses can ensure replenishment based on the forecast of customers’ evolving demands and needs. Using the fully integrated software, a client can make informed decisions faster and remove functional silos while improving critical service levels.

The S&OP platform uses AI to predict growth trends and the possibility of potential product launches. Its replenishment feature then automatically issues POs to the ERP system to act on those forecasts and ensure clients have the right products, at the right time, in the right quantities. The integrated business planning module allows clients to collaborate and coordinate with other departments and deal with changes in specific areas like celebrity endorsement, pricing adjustment, discounts, and other external factors that impact demand in a meaningful way.

The software is extremely effective and user-friendly, fitting into most processes and easily customizable to meet highly specialized needs. In essence, Blue Ridge helps clients optimize the software around their existing processes, making it work for them. The platform is designed to scale and configured to meet client needs from day one, and within just six months of installation, a positive ROI is achievable.

In addition to its software, Blue Ridge has gained a competitive edge by offering the highest level of customer support in the industry. Beyond deploying the software, Blue Ridge assists with implementation and each step afterward through its LifeLine service. The LifeLine team, comprised of experienced demand and supply chain experts, works alongside clients to ensure they get the maximum value out of their software and financial investment.

“Our LifeLine team is a partner for clients throughout their journey and helps them figure out relevant configuration, structure, purchasing process, demand planning process, SLAs, and contracts,” says Alvis.

Holding a record of delivering a one hundred percent success rate, Blue Ridge continues to drive positive results for supply chain management teams at each stage of growth through a streamlined, easy-to-use solution and strategic customer support program.