Forecasting inventory in spreadsheets worked until the Juniper Ridge team started to notice the ripple effects components can have. Suddenly, they’d spend days chasing their tails to figure out how to protect finished goods when a single component was delayed or suddenly out of stock. Improvements to their spreadsheets helped, but the process still took too much time to manage. As a small team, they knew they needed a more automated and robust solution.

“We ended up spending our time on creative solutions to manage our inventory rather than creative solutions to grow our business."

Fuse worked with the team at Juniper Ridge to centralize their forecast and supply chain data to provide immediate visibility into how their finished goods forecast translated to order recommendations for their raw materials and components. Layered with Fuse’s component forecasting and vendor constraints, they are now more confident that their inventory satisfies both vendor minimum order requirements as well as demand across their entire inventory assortment.

“The ability to see component forecasting has been pivotal to our business.”

Juniper Ridge uses Fuse’s multi-level forecasting to manage their finished goods and materials. Fuse provides visibility to quantities, lead times, and demand so that the team knows exactly how much to order to fulfill demand most efficiently. The reduced stockout risk is notable but what’s even more significant is the amount of time saved from automating the solution. The team at Juniper Ridge can now invest that time into making impactful products and growing their business instead of worrying about the little things. 

“We’re no longer spending countless hours trying to figure out the impact of an item being delayed. Fuse has helped us plan our work orders and now we can quickly see each week what is needed and when.”