Peak Season Preparation: New Tech or More Employees?
While a peak season is great for profitability, it adds other challenges to the books. Should you opt for newer, more efficient technology, or take the route of adding a seasonal workforce? Maybe the answer lies somewhere in between. Here are a few things to consider when ramping up for any busy season. New Technology […]
How to Retrieve Data for Better Business Decisions
A company’s strategic decisions rise and fall on the richness of its data — and on its ability to access that data. No matter how extensive the data your systems collect, it’s functionally useless unless you can organize it into metrics that drive corporate planning tools like KPIs. Deep dives into available data make solving […]
Go Head-to-Head with Distribution Giants — And Win
Working in the distribution industry is a tough racket, and for small-to-medium operations, trying to survive and thrive can be a tall order. This isn’t because smaller businesses like yours aren’t up for the task — far from it. In order to get to where you are, you’ve had to be scrappy with your operations […]
Tips for Increasing Your Pipeline Visibility (And Trusting What You See)
Achieving “total visibility.” It’s an attractive statement. It’s what all us distributors and product-centric businesses are after. But it’s also much easier said than done. When you’re dealing with intel that only tells half the story, operational visibility can seem like an impossible goal. In order to gain the data and insight you need to […]
Accounting Terms for Distribution Professionals
Accountants tend to use a lot of jargon, leaving some of us non-accountants feeling confused. In order to help, we’ve compiled a list of must-know accounting terms for a distribution professional.
Inventory and Supply Chain Terms You Should Have Down
What do all those inventory and supply chain terms mean? Learn the easy definitions you need to know when working in the supply chain and inventory world.
SalesPad 5.0
With the release of SalesPad Desktop 5.0, there are a number of new and exciting changes! Below is a list containing some of the biggest changes you’ll see within SalesPad Desktop 5.0. You’ll also notice that following each of the modules is a short list of common use cases. Please go through this list to […]
What Is Blind and Double Blind Shipping?
What is blind shipping? Can you arrange double blind shipping when it comes to order management and order fulfillment? SalesPad helps answer your questions.
What is Drop Shipping?
While the term might evoke imagery of packages carelessly falling out the back of mail trucks, drones dropping shipments from the sky, or even something involving the sea monster above, drop shipping is none of those things. With the rise of eCommerce and more and more consumers choosing to buy online, some businesses wish to […]