Your accounting system says you have 847 units of a critical industrial component in stock. Your warehouse management system shows 823 units. Your ecommerce platform displays 891 units available. Your actual physical count? 798 units. Four different numbers for the same inventory. None of them correct. This isn’t just an inventory accuracy problem—it’s a symptom […]

Your warehouse manager just called. Again. The same customer who contributes $400,000 annually is furious because you’re out of stock on a component they order every month. Meanwhile, you’re sitting on $180,000 worth of slow-moving inventory that’s been gathering dust for six months. This is the safety stock paradox that plagues distribution companies: carry too […]

Wholesale distribution has transformed dramatically over the past decade, yet many distributors still operate on legacy ERP systems designed when fax machines were cutting-edge technology. These outdated platforms constrain growth, frustrate customers with slow response times, and trap businesses in operational inefficiency while more agile competitors capture market share. Today’s wholesale environment demands capabilities that […]

Cash sitting on warehouse shelves doesn’t generate revenue. Every day products remain in inventory, your business incurs carrying costs, risks obsolescence, and forgoes opportunities to invest that capital elsewhere. Yet maintaining insufficient inventory leads to stockouts, lost sales, and frustrated customers who take their business to competitors with better availability. Inventory turnover measures how efficiently […]