Subj : IMO if retail did finer management..
To   : Ogg
From : Arelor
Date : Mon Nov 27 2023 03:06 pm

  Re: IMO if retail did finer management..
  By: Ogg to Arelor on Sat Nov 25 2023 08:06 pm

 > It's hard to do even for a smaller shop, like mine.  At one
 > point i looked into stocking CDs, but the distributor had a
 > rather large minimum order requirement, and "non-returnable".
 > Under that scheme, stock would just grow and grow as new
 > recordings were released.  At some point, the retailer would
 > practically have to give the product away and report a loss.
 > 

That summarizes 99% of the products I deal with.

My point is if you have steady sales you can estimate you are going to sell 800
collagen units per year, and if you do, you won't buy 1200. If you calculate
you are gonna sell 20 boxes of cough tablets, you order a number close to it so
you don't have to get rid of it badly after Winter.

Come to think of it, it should be easier at a scale because bigger numbers
favor long term planning.

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