One of the biggest challenges facing wholesale distributors in 2021 is how to emerge from Covid and be prosperous. Covid is cited in almost every post online about the future of wholesale and distribution. …

If you’ve ever looked at a weather forecast, you’ll know that the task of predicting the future is an inherently difficult one. Yet as a small business, you’re expected to generate an inventory forecast. So how do you do it accurately? In 1987, BBC meteorologist, Michael Fish, infamously downplayed the…

Maths is one of those dividing subjects — some love it, others hate it. Yet it’s a crucial part of inventory forecasting. There’s a lot of number crunching that happens under the hood of StockTrim, involving calculations based on thousands of lines of sales data. We’re going to have a…

How inventory control and stock forecasting software can help your business stay stoic in the next Suez snafu. “We need to envisage every possibility to deal with the things which may conceivably come about,” Stoicism founder Seneca wrote in AD64. …

There are few things that make us happier than having certainty and clarity — it’s just so nice when everything goes the way it’s supposed to. When it comes to supply chain management, a lot of wholesalers and distributors have little choice but to go on face value. If you’ve…

When it comes to moving stock and inventory control, the pace of change is so rapid, it can be hard to keep up. As your business grows, you might be shipping more than you did 12 months ago, but the amount of time you have to do it stays the…

The transportation world is off its axis right now, largely due to the Covid Virus. This includes all modes of shipping via ocean, air, truck and rail (even couriers). The supply chain for most companies is in a state of flux and it will likely take 2 years or more…

Demand forecasting has grown to become one of the most important components of any supply chain. With supply chains spread across the world, managing it has become much more complicated. We saw its effect during the Covid-19 pandemic when the global supply chain was at an abrupt halt. Post-2020, digital…

For small and medium businesses, inventory control can be incredibly hard to get right. Too much inventory requires overflow storage space and, depending on the product, result in wastage. Too little inventory, and you could miss crucial sales and cap your own revenue. Inventory Control plays a crucial role for…