Distributors & supply houses

Know what is late, what is short, and who owes you, on Friday.

Backorders traced to the vendor, not to the counter.

For distributors whose counter, warehouse, and books each keep their own version of the truth. We draw them on one page.

Where the week goes

  • Backorders hold up jobs and nobody can say which vendor.
  • The cycle count is a spreadsheet nobody has opened in two weeks.
  • Nobody has ever counted Saturday demand, so the hiring decision waits.

Harbor Tool & Supply

Your Frame Counter & orders Orders this week Stock &receiving Special-order blades Office & cash Cash in Point of sale 41 Not recordedanywhere Saturday counter demand Receiving log 2 on receiving bench4 days old Bank feed 18400

Sample — illustrative mock-up

Harbor Tool & Supply

Sample — illustrative mock-up Special-order blades
today the last blade · 1 on receiving bench 2 on receiving bench, counted 4 days ago counted today: Mon – Wed as last counted: Sun – Thu Saturday counter demand: nobody records it, so no forecast
Above, a fresh count puts special-order blades at the last blade between Monday and Wednesday, not between Sunday and Thursday.

Harbor Tool & Supply

Your Frame Special-order blades no update to special-order blades in3 days Ask for a recount → Message to whoever keeps it on the forecast reaches the last blade Order the next blades → Draft purchase order on it reaches the last blade within 2days Tell the owner → Text message off

Sample — illustrative mock-up

Solid: on today's number. Dashed: on the forecast. Each one is a switch.

Also drawn for this industry

  • Thirty-person tooling maker, quotes, orders and a warehouse watches Last count of the warehouse shelves · Hold the next overseas order
  • Twenty-person marine supply distributor, carts, orders and stock watches Orders due to ship this week · Book the extra truck

Start with a $400 consultation: a generous half day.

We stand at the counter and walk the warehouse. In person when we can. You leave with a Frame sketch on one page and a lot of good questions; within a week, a written proposal with deliverables and a price.

805-888-2449

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