Stucchi USA powers 20+ years of growth with Sage 100 and Rand Group
Stucchi USA is the North American arm of an Italian manufacturer of hydraulic quick-release couplings, serving customers across the U.S., Canada, and Mexico. Since launching in 2002, the family-owned company has grown steadily and continues to pursue ambitious growth plans. As operations became more complex, Stucchi USA partnered with Rand Group to evolve Sage 100 into the operational hub of the business, supporting growth and ongoing improvement.
Client: Stucchi USA
The Goal
Build and continuously refine a scalable Sage 100 environment that could support Stucchi USA’s growing distribution and light assembly operation without forcing a system replacement.
The Outcome
Stucchi USA now uses Sage 100 as the operational hub of the business, supporting finance, inventory, warehouse, pricing, and light assembly workflows while Rand Group continues to guide ongoing optimization.
Rand Group has become a resource we can lean on when we are trying to improve or digitize a process. Because of the time spent with our business, the team can go beyond the superficial layers and help us get to solutions that have a material impact on operations.
The problem
Stucchi USA’s system needs have evolved alongside the business. In its early years, the company relied on Peachtree, which created bottlenecks as transaction volume increased. Running a finance or inventory report could delay sales order processing, forcing employees to coordinate around the system just to keep work moving. Stucchi USA moved to Sage 100 to gain a stronger ERP foundation that could support the pace and complexity of the growing business.
From there, the challenge became keeping that foundation aligned with an increasingly complex operation. Stucchi USA’s distribution and light assembly business includes imported goods, warehouse activity, customer-specific pricing, kitting, replenishment, and changing supply chain requirements. To keep improving, the company needed a long-term partner that understood both Sage 100 and the realities of its business.
- Early system bottlenecks that slowed reporting and sales order processing
- Growing operational complexity across inventory, warehouse, and light assembly workflows
- Manual or tribal processes that needed to be digitized over time
- Customer, pricing, and supply chain requirements that continued to evolve with the business
- A need for ongoing Sage 100 guidance from a partner with deep knowledge of Stucchi USA’s operations
Growing complexity required ongoing system refinement
The solution
Rand Group has supported Stucchi USA through a long-term Sage 100 partnership focused on continuous improvement rather than a one-time implementation. As business needs change, Rand Group helps Stucchi USA evaluate challenges, identify available Sage 100 functionality, recommend third-party solutions, and develop targeted enhancements when needed. This consultative model has helped Stucchi USA continually refine Sage 100 into an operational platform that supports daily execution and evolves with the business.
Examples of ongoing improvements included:
- Multi-bin inventory and warehouse scanning to improve picking, inventory location tracking, and warehouse efficiency
- Production Management to support kitting, reconfiguration, bill of materials activity, and workflow traceability
- Custom pricing logic by ship-to location, product line, and customer-specific purchasing patterns
- Multi-currency and distribution-focused enhancements tailored to Stucchi USA’s import and customer pricing needs
- SQL and cloud environment transition that enabled expanded data access and Power BI-style analysis outside Sage 100
- Ongoing evaluation of third-party tools for inventory planning, supply chain visibility, shipping, alerts, cycle counts, and other operational needs
- Continued support for new business requirements, including bonded warehouse transaction visibility and landed-cost considerations
The result
More than two decades in, Sage 100 has become central to how Stucchi USA operates. Finance, inventory, warehouse operations, pricing, light assembly, reporting, and customer workflows all revolve around the platform, giving the company the control and flexibility to keep improving as new needs emerge. With Rand Group as an ongoing Sage 100 partner, Stucchi USA has supported steady growth since 2002 while continuing to build toward its next phase of expansion.
The impact is visible across daily operations. Warehouse teams have stronger inventory visibility, finance has cleaner data and audit support, leaders can access more meaningful reporting, and teams can continue replacing manual or tribal processes with digitized workflows. Together, Sage 100 and Rand Group help make continuous improvement part of how Stucchi USA operates.
Results achieved:
- Sage 100 established as the operational hub for finance, inventory, warehouse, pricing, and light assembly workflows
- Scalable foundation that has supported 20+ years of growth without a system replacement
- Improved inventory visibility through multi-bin and warehouse scanning capabilities
- Cleaner books and stronger audit support through cycle counts, reconciliation, and transaction visibility
- Expanded reporting and analysis through SQL-based data access and Power BI-style reporting
- More precise pricing control by customer, ship-to location, product line, and part number
- Continued process improvement supported by Rand Group’s Sage 100 expertise and after-hours availability
- Minimal operational disruption during key projects and system updates
Sage goes beyond an ERP system for us. It is the epicenter for our workflows, and every time we find an inefficiency, the question becomes how we can digitize it and move closer to best practice. – Scott Rolston, President, Stucchi USA
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Take the next step with Rand Group
If your business is relying on Sage 100 to support increasingly complex operations, Rand Group can help you get more from your system. Our team provides Sage 100 consulting, customization, integrations, reporting, and ongoing optimization to help you improve workflows, strengthen visibility, and build a scalable foundation for continued growth.