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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.

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 ...

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 ...

Clean Field Services (CFS) is committed to working with farmers to keep crops healthy and weed free. Crop care is constantly changing and weeds, insects, and regulations make it a challenge for farmers to keep their fields as clean as possible. CFS fills that need, and ensures that farmers have what they need.

Home Improvement Outlet has been offering top-notch interior remodeling services for over four decades. Their ability to blend traditional craftsmanship with innovative solutions has been key to their enduring success.

Sweetwater Supplies, a go-to resource for welding enthusiasts and professionals alike, was once bogged down by manual processes and outdated systems.

For Horning Manufacturing, the “made-to-order” model doesn’t work. The equipment they produce has long lead times of 10 weeks or more depending on the product and, to make things more complex, 60% of their sales are concentrated within a 3-month window. Realistically, they need to know how much of each product they will sell a year or more in advance, forcing them to take a more proactive and ...

Home Butchering Supplies, based out of Antigo WI, knows how to carve a path to success. They’re dedicated to supplying the home hunter-butcherer and small to medium-sized butcher shops with the equipment and supplies they need to process their meat and prepare it for the family dinner table. Committed to quality, they stay busy, especially during peak hunting season, when orders can surge to a ...

In Mattoon, Illinois, surrounded by cornfields and simple living, Hershey's Metal Meister, a leading metal forming manufacturer and now named Forge, is making an impact in the trim-folding world. They have accomplished an impressive feat: in just a few years, they have grown their revenue to 28 million, and don’t show signs of slowing down.

Dyna Products doesn’t believe in slowing down because of “uncertain times”. In just four years they have transformed from an organization that operated off of just 10 desktop computers, a lot of paperwork, and a bit of shouting across the shop floor, into an almost entirely paperless operation with over 500 network devices used by over 50 employees. So, how did they do it?

In the hydraulics industry, pressure is everything. It’s the driving force for creating physical change - pushing, pulling, digging, and lifting. By controlling the pressure of fluids or gases, hydraulic equipment can move and lift heavy loads with ease. Precision Hydraulics, a Koble client in Salisbury PA, is an expert in this field. Since 2019 they have experienced 30-40% growth each year, the ...