Distributors that dont maintain accurate web based on hand/out of stock are the devils condom. I hate them. The only thing worse is the ones that lie and you get an order in with a "drop ship from mfg" F those guys, they take your money right quick, thats for sure
On Tue, Dec 5, 2017 at 10:27 AM, <ch...@wbmfg.com> wrote: > We offer dry storage, sequestered inventory and order fulfillment to all > distributors so they can stock at our warehouse, ship from our warehouse, > and keep from paying double freight (for the galvanized steel parts). Some > take advantage of this and some don't. > > -----Original Message----- From: ch...@wbmfg.com > Sent: Tuesday, December 5, 2017 9:26 AM > To: af@afmug.com > > Subject: Re: [AFMUG] Jeff Evans query? > > We try, our restock level is approx equivalent to a 30 day inventory, but > we > are constantly having runs on one particular part or another and then when > a > distributor wants something dropped we don't have it and they attempt to > blame us. > > The main reason to use a two tier distribution network is so that the > distributors have inventory, not us. That is how they add value. > Otherwise > I would just sell direct. > > We build to forecast and to order but the channel that stocks is the > channel > that gets the sales. > > Some of our distributors are much better than than others with this. > > -----Original Message----- From: Matt Hoppes > Sent: Tuesday, December 5, 2017 9:22 AM > To: ch...@wbmfg.com > Subject: Re: [AFMUG] Jeff Evans query? > > Wouldn't this be on you to make sure you have proper stock levels to > absorb the 20-30 day time frames? > > I know there have been times when I've waited to get mounts because they > were drop shipping but "we didn't know when the supplier would have the > parts in". > > On 12/5/17 11:14 AM, ch...@wbmfg.com wrote: > >> I got a note from a guy saying that Jeff Evans was looking for stock on >> our tower mount products. >> Some of our distributors stock, some don’t. We have most of the stuff on >> our e-commerce site but it is MSRP. You get discounts from going to the >> distributors. >> Not sure if there was a specific product in question or not. I don’t >> have visibility into the inventory levels of my distributors so I can never >> answer as to what they may or may not have. If you hit me off list I can >> give an opinion as to who may have them. >> I will say this: those distributors that do stock sell much more than >> those that don’t and expect us to drop ship for them. We may not always >> have the stuff depending on production cycles. We have a huge unknown in >> the cycle due to the galvanization. Sometimes the company that dips the >> parts can turn them around in 2-3 days, other times it is 20 or 30 days. >> > >
