The bigger ice shield with mesh is getting fabbed up and we will be sending you
a beta unit soon. So many projects so little time.
I have about 6 new products to release for the first of the year. Starting to
think I need to sleep in the shop.
From: Lewis Bergman
Sent: Tuesday, December 05, 2017 6:50 PM
To: af@afmug.com
Subject: Re: [AFMUG] Jeff Evans query?
There are a number of people that like buying as much as possible from a single
vendor. Presumably the vendor also has a wider base of customers. There are a
great many valid reasons to use distributors. Whether or not Chuck's case for
into those is good decision.
All I can say for sure is I can't get any more ice shields.
On Tue, Dec 5, 2017, 7:36 PM Jeremy <jeremysmi...@gmail.com> wrote:
I prefer to buy direct.
On Tue, Dec 5, 2017 at 5:55 PM, Sterling Jacobson <sterl...@avative.net>
wrote:
Have you tried Amazon for distribution?
I have no idea how that works, but I do notice a large variety of odd
things now available via amazon, some with free 2-day shipping.
Honestly, the distro model is dead except the large players like Amazon
now, and good riddance.
At least Amazon can have some accountability and rating/feedback that helps
buyers etc.
From: Af [mailto:af-boun...@afmug.com] On Behalf Of Forrest Christian (List
Account)
Sent: Tuesday, December 5, 2017 3:32 PM
To: af <af@afmug.com>
Subject: Re: [AFMUG] Jeff Evans query?
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 <thatoneguyst...@gmail.com>
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, <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.
--
Forrest Christian CEO, PacketFlux Technologies, Inc.
Tel: 406-449-3345 | Address: 3577 Countryside Road, Helena, MT 59602
forre...@imach.com | http://www.packetflux.com
