This book is a discussion of how new costing and profit analytics are used to produce stellar profit gains. It's a collection of the most useful and important techniques leaders and owners of wholesale or distribution companies can use to build profits and cash flow. The new technology of Line Item Profit Analytics (LIPA) opens new doors for executives and managers to directly measure and control the profit generated in every increment of their businesses. Combined with Quantum Profit Management--the system of strategies and tactics driven by the information profit analytics reveals--companies have produced record earnings and industry-leading growth. For the first time, it's literally possible to make money on every single activity in a business. This gives companies the opportunity to dominate their markets in ways that have never been possible. With dozens of examples of advanced profit reports, the book illustrates how analytics are used to translate information into action that produces stellar profit gains. This book is not a course on creating analytics--it's a course on what to do with them to get fast, significant, and sustainable results. An easy read, the book documents the best of this knowledge so that you can employ it in your quest for extraordinary profit gains...

Without supply chain our lives today would hardly be the same. Companies and organizations profit from higher cost efficiency and turnover, consumers profit from more affordable products and services to name just a few of the advantages supply chain brings. There are many different business processes in the supply chain which work together to achieve these advantages. This booklet provides an overall explanation of the business processes in the supply chain and how they are interlinked with each other. It is a guide for everyone who wants to understand the supply chain in its completeness. The business process diagrams of the processes described are available for download at www.criticalea.com/supplychain.

Wholesale Distributors in the knowledge-based lines of trade (Electrical, Automation, Fluid Power, Power Transmission, Industrial Mill Supplies, Plumbing and Heating and other) face a tough decision. As market forces, demographics, alternative channels and the internet push against their half-century old model of value-added services wrapped into margins, wholesale distributors must change revenue model or perish. This manifesto brilliantly outlines the thoughts of Distribution Expert Frank Hurtte on the need for modifying current strategies.

Avoid having too little or too much stock on hand with this guide to inventory management and optimization with SAP ERP! Start by managing the stock you have through replenishment, goods issue, goods receipt, and internal transfers. Then plan for and optimize your future by avoiding bottlenecks, setting lead times, using simulations, and more. Finally, evaluate your operations using standard reports, the MRP Monitor, and KPIs. Keep your stock levels just right! Key Inventory Processes: Understand essential business processes like good receipt, goods issue, internal stock transfer, reservations, and using materials documents. Then map these processes to their specific master data settings like service levels and lot size. Planning and Optimization: Learn how the entire supply chain influences inventory planning, and jump into methods and tools for inventory optimization including SAP ERP Add-On tools for simulations and inventory cockpits. Monitoring, Reporting, and Analysis: Employ Logistics Information Systems methods to control and monitor inventory, use the MRP Monitor for inventory analysis, and calculate key indicators to measure inventory performance. Highlights: Inventory management Inventory optimization Supply chain management Goods receipt/goods issue (GR/GI) Stock transfer SAP ERP Add-Ons Lot size Demand planning Material requirements planning (MRP) MRP Monitor Key performance indicators (KPIs)