12 Indications it's Time for New Janitorial Supply Software to Help Avoid High Inventory Costs

12 Signs it's Time for a New Janitorial Supply Software

As a janitorial and sanitary distributor and supplier for janitorial service companies, there are common indicators that your business is lacking the functionality to meet the specific demands of your customers. As a growing business, your success relies on having the right systems in place to help you manage and deliver hundreds or thousands of inventory items to your customers efficiently and on time. If you struggle to juggle your inventory items (SKUs) it could be an indication that you need new janitorial supply software. 

Implementing a modern inventory control system helps to improve inventory accuracy, simplify work processes, and save valuable time and money.  Let's look into 12 signs that it's time to start evaluating an industry specific janitorial supply software to help avoid these common challenges you may face in your growing business. 

Over our 30 years of experience implementing, training and servicing inventory management software,  we have learned the various ways your operations will improve by implementing Janitorial supply software that address the specific requirements you have as a janitorial supplier. Contact us if you suffer from any of the following challenges.

12 Signs it's Time for Janitorial Supply Software

1.    You manually track orders and may use a program such as Excel. It is difficult to deal with the issue of items being out of stock.

2.    You need to wait until the stock is replenished and manually enter the order at that time.

3.    You need to manually track inventory costs through a manual process.

4.    You cannot track costs of inventory in and out of the warehouse at different costs and cannot change cost methods.

5.    You have to wait until the order is filled and then manually update inventory. That gives an inaccurate picture of inventory levels.

6.    You have to manually provide updates/transactions to inventory items when items are purchased, received or returned. That gives an inaccurate picture of inventory levels.

7.    You manually track orders and lack an efficient method of processing back orders.

8.    You need to wait until the stock is replenished and then manually enter the order at that time.

9.    It is difficult to keep track of which customers still need orders filled.

10.    Too much of your inventory is inaccurate and it is difficult to determine what to purchase.

11.    You do not do a physical cycle count often enough, and the delta between actual inventory is too high of a percentage.

12.    The system says you have something that you don’t too often.

Janitorial Supply software helps for reduce excess inventory, reduce working capital, eliminate spreadsheets, and reduce stock-outs.

About Optimize Our Inventory

Established in 1988 and Headquartered in Orange County CA, Optimize Our Inventory is a division of aimINSIGHT Solutions, Inc. Our Vision is to serve the mid-sized Janitorial and Sanitary Supply and Distribution companies as well as a wide range of other Wholesale Distribution companies. We specialize in addressing and Bridging the Gap in technology. The goal of providing a single invoice, single shipment from multiple suppliers sources and multiple locations challenges that most Janitorial Distributors face. Our team of consultants will visit you onsite and design the solution that fits your unique budget and challenges. We have worked with most of the off the shelf software available today. Our software solution and technology consulting is designed to “Bridge the Gap” that you face. 

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