Your Inventory Opinions and Metrics
“For a better financial return: turn your inventory and receivables more effectively.” – Random MBA alumni
Right! So, most distributors do measure and manage:
222. The Biggest, Profit-Improvement Play Possible?
“If you give me a lever and a place to stand, I can move the world”. Archimedes
A Distributor CEO Query:
“Bruce, we’ve got Waypoint’s Analytics service: what is the easiest play we can do for the fastest ROI? What are the Archimedes, Big-Leverage options?” (see quote above)
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221. Theories About Losing, Small-Dollar-Pick SKUs
“Everyone is entitled to opinions. But, without convincing data, my opinion wins” (Many a CEO)
This Blog’s Theory: Picking-costs for popular, small-dollar SKUs is a huge, profit-improvement opportunity.
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220. Election Polls, Smart Risks and Dumb Mistakes
Lessons from Bad Polling Forecasts
Massive money was spent on polls and flipping Republican senate seats. Alas, no Blue Wave happened. Key lessons:
- Models – based on past results for a complex, ever-changing system – don’t accurately predict the future.
- Money wasted on “dumb bets” (like the $300MM democrats spent trying to flip 5 Republican senate seats unsuccessfully) can’t also be invested into smarter risks.
- If you want to get rich, you must have vital information – about stable systems – that no one else has and upon which you can act.
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219. The Needs For Speed Vary By Customer Niche
In General: Sooner is Better
When buying a commodity – with all factors being equal – quicker delivery or answers win.
Entire business niches have been created/dominated by fastest response (e.g. Dominos Pizzas). The fastest delivery is: already there! Think of – just in case, curated SKUs – stored in special cabinets or vending machines. (Who pays or shares in the cost of both the upfront design solution and inventory investment is negotiable).
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218. Redesign Warehouse: Value Productivity and Pay Or Lose
Warehouse Wage-War News
What’s driving this hourly-labor, news stream?
- Oct 2018: Amazon (which sets the bar) upped the ante for warehouse workers (and Delivery Partner drivers) to $15/hr. plus benefits. And, Bernie Sanders applauded!
- July 2019: AMZ announces a $700MM training budget to advance, self-selected warehouse workers to: better, technical-jobs, career paths.
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