In a truck-stock DSD operation, the vehicle carries inventory for sales made during customer visits. The warehouse replenishes that vehicle, the representative sells and invoices from onboard stock, and route accounting reconciles the products and money at the end of the route. The day’s actual sales determine how the load is used. One store buys …
Reviewed by Pablo Gil, CEO of inSitu Sales. Pablo was involved in the project implementation and has reviewed this article. Lot traceability is the ability to identify where a specific product lot came from, where it moved, and which customers received it. An effective system connects receiving, warehouse inventory, order fulfillment, delivery, returns, and recalls …
