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Practical guides for brands, distributors and manufacturers selling through general trade, modern trade, dealers and their own online store — from the order to the money, and the service after.
Manufacturing and inventory
Production, materials, batches, expiry and stock across locations.
- Batch and expiry tracking: moving stock first-expiry-first-out across locationsExpired stock is margin you already paid for. How tracking batches and expiry dates across warehouses, vans and distributors cuts write-offs.
- Bill of materials: getting BOMs right before you plan productionA wrong BOM makes every production order, material issue and cost estimate wrong. How to structure BOMs, include scrap allowances, and keep them current.
- How to Reduce Manufacturing Scrap and Material WastageReduce manufacturing scrap by recording it where it happens, by production order, step and reason. Scrap rate, yield and a worked example.
- Multi Location Inventory: Warehouses, Depots and VansMulti-location inventory for distributors and brands: model every place stock sits, move it with transfers, count it regularly, and stop trusting spreadsheets.
- Production Planning Software for Small ManufacturersProduction planning software for small manufacturers: BOMs, routings, production orders, material issues, output and scrap, all on one set of records.
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