INCREASE YOUR PROFIT BY SPENDING : SIMPLE ORDERING METHODS (SPAN INDEX)!!!

Ahtiqurrahman
1 min readJan 14, 2021
INCREASE YOUR PROFIT BY SPENDING : SIMPLE ORDERING METHODS (SPAN INDEX)
INCREASE YOUR PROFIT BY SPENDING : SIMPLE ORDERING METHODS (SPAN INDEX)

HOW UNSCIENTIFIC PARTS ORDERING EFFECTS YOUR DEALERSHIP

  1. INCREASE IN NON MOVING & DEAD STOCK
  2. BURDEN OF BANK INTEREST
  3. SHORTAGE OF STORAGE SPACE
  4. CHANCES OF STOCK MISAPPROPRIATION
  5. ROOM FOR STOCK VARIANCE

SPAN INDEX FOR ORDERING (Simplest method)

FORMULA

Step 1: Take current stock

Step 2: Add Goods in Transit

Step 3: Add Pending orders

Step 4: Sum up all the above data

Step 5: Take past average sales

Step 6: Divide Total stock with average sales

Step 7: Result is in current stock holdings

Split the data based on Current stock holding in 4 categories before ordering

SPAN INDEX

  • (S) SAFE TO ORDER (Current holding stock between 1 month to 2 months)
  • (P) PRECAUTION (Current holding stock between 2.1 months to 4 months)
  • (A) AVOID (Current holding stock between 4.1 months to 8 months)
  • (N) NOT AT ALL (Current holding stock more than 12 months)

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Ahtiqurrahman

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