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Chance Kamp kept getting asked about auto window tinting. Though focused on tinting building windows commercially, the constant questions about car windows made him realize he had to learn automotive tinting, too. Automotive window tinting turned into customers asking about car steps. Or grill guards. Chance asked a local business to wholesale parts to him, they agreed, and Allout Offroad was ...

With all the factors in play, setting fair pricing can be a real challenge. You need to make sure you stay competitive, while still keeping enough margin to make your business profitable. A lot of business owners choose flat pricing – where every customer pays the same fixed price – because it’s easy to understand and doesn’t require a lot of administrative work to oversee. But what happens when ...

You buy products by the case, but you sell in both cases and individual units. Whether hydraulic hoses, pipe couplers, metal coils, or something else, when you order in one unit of measure and sell in another it makes it hard to do conversions correctly. And if you get it wrong, you can find yourself dealing with costly errors, stock miscounts, and margin losses.

Amy Martin has been a bookkeeper in Lancaster County, PA, for more than 20 years and her services are in high demand. After years of bookkeeping for construction companies, she made the move to start her own bookkeeping business in 2020. Solely by word-of-mouth recommendations, she has built a thriving business with 3 employees in addition to herself. Her clients use a variety of accounting ...

You’ve decided to use an ERP system to manage your inventory. You’ve been told that this can help you keep track of everything that is in stock so you don’t need to do big counts, and you like not having to shut your business down so your team can do inventory and you can get everything sorted out for tax season. Unfortunately, one day your system is telling you that you have 10 tires in stock, ...

Premiere Building Supply has been a fixture in Lancaster County, PA for more than 20 years. In the beginning they operated both a construction arm and a distribution arm, but in the last five years they’ve moved exclusively to distribution. They supply ProVia windows, doors, and stone veneer as well as other quality window and door products to customers across the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic.

For the crew at Damar Building Supply, the past two years have been a whirlwind. In 2023, brothers David and Marcus Yoder saw a need for building supplies in their rural Southern Kentucky location, and within a few years Damar has become a trusted supplier to contractors and DIYers within a 30-mile radius of their store. In addition, about 10% of their business includes shipping post-frame ...

SH Truck Bodies is a growing operation. With a 15% revenue increase in the last two years and growing from 30 to 40 employees over the last 5 years, their business is humming. Each week on the shop floor, SH manufactures about 40 truck bodies that they sell to distributors who install the bodies. They manufacture 10-12 standard bodies in dump, landscape, and platform varieties and also provide ...

How this Jeep Upfitting company gained visibility into their business and eliminated massive inventory swings with EBMS. AxleBoy Off-Road, a Jeep upfitting company in O’Fallon, Missouri is the authority for Jeep and off-roading vehicle service. From jeep jamboree-ists to off-grid adventurers, many outdoor and off-roading enthusiasts turn to AxleBoy to ensure that their vehicle is well-equipped to ...

Do you know what’s on your shelves? If your accountant asked you for an overall inventory count, could you give him totals that you’re sure of—without having to send your team out to count? Could you take on a big order with confidence, knowing that you can fulfill it, rather than hoping you have enough inventory on your shelves to deliver the job? If not, it’s time to take a look at your ...