Distribution
- Selling several brands to hundreds of dealers: how to know where every order stands
A multi-brand distributor loses orders between taking and delivering them. What that costs, why it happens and how to track every order with less chasing.
- Hiring more people to fix food distribution chaos: why it rarely works
When deliveries run late and orders go wrong, adding staff is the usual answer. Why it does not hold, and what to change in the process first.
- Spare parts stock that ties up cash while the part you need is missing
Parts inventory often holds too much of what does not sell and too little of what does. The cost in cash and lost sales, and how to bring it under control.
- Why food retailers run out of bread and throw away dairy in the same week
Stockouts in one store and expiring stock in another are one problem, not two. Why it happens across a food network, what it costs, and how to rebalance.
- Late deliveries, rising freight bills: when logistics caps your growth
Distributors who add dealers find deliveries slipping and freight costs climbing. Where the money goes, why it happens, and what to fix before buying software.
- Stockouts in some places, dead stock in others: is your supply chain capping growth?
When your fastest sellers run out while slow lines pile up, the cause is usually coordination, not demand. What it costs, and how to fix the rhythm first.
- When the warehouse and the dealer see different stock, sales slow down
Dealers quote stock that has already gone, or miss stock that is on its way. Why warehouse and dealer records drift apart and how to keep them in step.
- Too much of the wrong stock, too little of the right: the inventory balancing problem
Cash locked in slow stock while fast lines run out is a common distributor problem. What it costs, why it persists, and how to set stock rules that hold.
- Which of your dealers are really performing? Measuring a network fairly
Sales totals hide which dealers are profitable and which cost you more than they bring. How to compare dealers fairly and what to do with the answer.