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March, 2019
How to Learn from Your Surplus Inventory "Backstories"

"Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it."

George Santayana (1863-1952)

Do you apply this adage to your surplus inventory?  Have you learned anything from your past purchasing/inventory management mistakes?  And, as a result, have you changed your policies, processes or training as they relate to your company's purchasing and inventory management activities?

Here are three simple steps to avoid repeating your most egregious purchasing/inventory management mistakes.

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Member Feedback

"A new customer needed a non-standard item for a broken-down machine.  Using WarehouseTWO, we found the non-standard item in stock at another distributor and got our customer's machine up and running when the machine dealer could not."

Rob Mudge
Standard Source Inc.
Webster, MA USA
Upcoming Conference

2019 TribNet Conference
June 19-21, 2019
Cleveland, OH USA
Featured Feature:  WEB MARKET

Offer selected inventory for sale to anyone, anywhere, by posting it to a WEB MARKET location on your account.  Items posted in this way may be indexed by Google and appear in Google searches.  Click here to see an example (or search for P/N NM1235SK in Google and look for the "WarehouseTWO" listing at or toward the top of the first page of search results).  Click here to learn more about this inventory exposure feature.
Upcoming Training

Our next round of five different training webinars is scheduled for Wednesday, April 10th and 11th, 2019.  Click here for session syllabuses and for links to register for any of these webinars.  Space is limited, so register early!
Distribution "Quip" of the Month






There are three reasons why a customer insists on buying something from you for which you are not an "authorized" distributor:
  1. He does not know that you are not the "authorized" distributor.
     
  2. He likes your company so much that he wants to buy everything from you.
     
  3. He is on CREDIT HOLD with the "authorized" distributor.
  Got a favorite work-related quip?  Or a snippet of wisdom applicable to the world of wholesale-distribution?  Share it with us .
WarehouseTWO Tip of the Month

Upload only items and quantities that you are willing to sell to another WarehouseTWO member.  If you are not willing to sell it, do not show it.  Repeatedly telling other members, "Sorry, this item is stocked for a specific end-customer of ours, and I cannot sell it to you" will quickly "black ball" you among other WarehouseTWO members.  For more tips on how to be a good player at WarehouseTWO, read our Inventory-Sharing Etiquette document.
Referral Rewards Program

The easiest way to get more value from your WarehouseTWO account is to increase participation by other distributors and manufacturers.  Over the years, many of you have been loyal "evangelists", recommending WarehouseTWO to peer distributors, to manufacturers and to associations and marketing groups.

We want to encourage and compensate you for the results of your efforts.  To learn more about our "WarehouseTWO Referral Rewards" program, and how you and your company can benefit, click here.
WarehouseTWO eNews Archives

February, 2019
To Whom are Your Employees More Loyal: Your Company or Co-workers?

January, 2019
Embrace Inventory-Sharing "Best Practices"

December, 2018
Year-End Re-Cap: Featured Articles, Tips, Etc.
Got something to ask or something to say?  Want to learn more about how formalized inventory-sharing with WarehouseTWO can help your company be more successful?  Email us.  Or call us at 1-650-329-1592 (USA Pacific time zone).
 
Enjoy your day!

Mark Tomalonis
WarehouseTWO, LLC
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