I'm getting really sick of distributors asking me for a deep discount, extended length net terms, and to drop ship all of their orders to their customers. There's a reason why we haven't gone down this path.
On Tue, Dec 5, 2017 at 1:05 PM, Steve Jones <[email protected]> wrote: > 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, <[email protected]> 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: [email protected] >> Sent: Tuesday, December 5, 2017 9:26 AM >> To: [email protected] >> >> 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: [email protected] >> 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, [email protected] 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. >>> >> >> > -- *Forrest Christian* *CEO**, PacketFlux Technologies, Inc.* Tel: 406-449-3345 | Address: 3577 Countryside Road, Helena, MT 59602 [email protected] | http://www.packetflux.com <http://www.linkedin.com/in/fwchristian> <http://facebook.com/packetflux> <http://twitter.com/@packetflux>
