When it comes to profit, purchasing can outperform the sales department.

Did you know that the Purchasing Dept. can add profit to the bottom line faster than the sales dept. can? It takes from 2-4 weeks for the average industrial sales rep. to generate $100,000 in sales. Of that, $3,500 is net profit before taxes.

The Purchasing Dept. can add more than that amount of profit to the bottom line in an afternoon or less. When Purchasing places an order for $10,000 worth of good, fast-moving stock from the DeadStock Broker, the cost is $6,500 (or less!!!) – a savings of $3,500 (or more!!) which goes directly to the bottom line!


Scenario #1

Businesses today are concentrating on reducing costs, increasing efficiency and of course, maximizing profits. Often this results in people concentrating on ‘buying smart’, being ‘lean’ or other such terms floating around today. In reality one of the largest hidden costs is in so-called dead inventory.

We all know the ‘associated’ costs with dead inventory, such as interest lost and warehousing fees. Few people take into account the other factors involved with dead inventory dollars.

Say a business has a dead inventory of $1,000,000. The typical point of view is that with a warehousing fee of about 4% and an interest rate of 7% their cost over the year is 11% or $110,000.

In actuality the costs associated with this so-called dead inventory actually total up as follows…

Warehousing Costs: 4%
Interest Cost: 7%
+
Expected profit margin: 25% x
Industry Standard Turns per Year: 4 = 100%
Cost of Dead Stock = 111% per year !!!!

The costs that should be associated with dead inventory are huge. Not only dead inventory falls under this calculation, but inventory in excess of 1 years’ supply is subject to this incurred cost as well. Overstock and dead stock are killers. Let’s try and get these down and put the money back into the company.

Scenario #2

Consider the case of a distributor who has an average inventory value of $800,000. Let’s assume that 10% of that is non-moving inventory. Most distributors believe that inventory carrying costs are in the 30% range.

If this is the case, the cost of carrying that $80,000 of dead inventory is $24,000. This is an unnecessary cost that reduces the distributor’s net profit before taxes by $24,000. If the net profit of this distributor is 3% of sales, what amount of sales must be generated to offset this $24,000?

The sales increase necessary to generate $24,000 at 3% net, is a staggering $800,000! Which do you think is easier for this distributor to achieve – a 10% reduction in inventory, or an extra $800,000 in sales? Each exercise has the same effect of putting $24,000 profit into the business.

Next, let’s look at ways to make it painless to do the write downs necessary to clear this excess inventory:

Step 1:
Buy two $1,000 lots of fast-moving inventory from Deadstock Broker at 50% discount.
This represents a savings of $1,000

Step 2:
Sell one $1,000 lot of your dead inventory at 75% discount.
This represents a loss of $750 on this step, but still a net gain of $250.00, when combined with step one.

Step 3:
Realize that you have exchanged your one lot of useless inventory for two lots of fast-moving inventory and have an extra $250.00 cash as well!!!

Step 4:
Repeat the above steps.

WHAT WE WILL NEED TO KNOW ABOUT YOUR DEAD STOCK:

WHY IS IT DEAD STOCK? IS IT OLD STYLE, SUPERSEDED, OR OBSOLETE?WHAT IS THE CONDITION OF THE PRODUCT? (E.G., NEW, DUSTY, CORRODED, USED?)

WHAT IS THE CONDITION OF THE PACKAGING?

IF HOSE, WHAT IS U/M AND AGE AND CONDITION?

IF THE PRODUCT IS RUBBER OR HAS RUBBER COMPONENTS, WHAT IS CONDITION?

DOES IT NEED ANY KIND OF CERTIFICATION? E.G. DOT?

IF I BROUGHT YOU THIS LIST FROM ANOTHER COMPETITOR, WHAT WOULD YOU PAY FOR IT – CENTS ON THE DOLLAR?

BASED ON THE ABOVE, WHAT WILL YOU TAKE FOR IT?

CAN WE CHERRY PICK?

WILL YOU GUARANTEE IT?

WILL YOU GIVE 30 DAY TERMS?

WHAT WILL YOU BUY FROM US?

WHAT IS THE MARKET FOR THIS STOCK? ARE THERE SPECIAL APPLICATIONS?

ALL SALES ARE SUBJECT TO MY CUSTOMER’S INSPECTION.

Using our Catalog
You can purchase whole or partial lots

• STOCK IS ARRANGED BY LOT NUMBER

• ORDER BY LOT # AND PART #

• EACH LOT IS IN A DIFFERENT WAREHOUSE

• MOST LOTS CAN BE CHERRY-PICKED

• MINIMUM ORDERS APPLY

• ALL PRODUCT IS GUARANTEED

• IF INCREASED PROFIT IS THE NAME OF THE GAME – CALL US!

RESOURCES

The Dead Stock Broker is pleased to provide links to businesses which support our market:

Curtis Toledo Inc.
Air compressors and hose saws.
http://www.curtistoledo.com/

Dayco / Mark IV Automotive
Automotive aftermarket world-wide
http://www.dayco.com/

If PROFIT is the name of the game, call:

DEADSTOCK BROKER
PH: 250-758-2055

ALL PRODUCT IS GUARANTEED !

THE COST OF HOLDING INVENTORY