Average Cost of Taking a Distribution Order is $140

Gross Margin Isn’t Enough

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Sales? Gross margin percent? Gross margin dollars? Other? How about net profit? .... The average fastener distributor has net profit before taxes of 2.6% ...
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$140 per order is the industry average cost to process an order. This includes the cost to take the order, pick, pack, ship, and invoice the order, carry the inventory and receivable, collections, overhead --- all operating costs spread across all orders

Distribution Channels: Understanding and Managing Channels to Market - Google Books Result

by Julian Dent - 2008 - Business & Economics - 368 pages
Net margin and operating margin The best measure of a distributor's overall profitability isnet margin as this shows the level of profit made from the ...
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