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Meridian Supply Co.

Wholesale HVAC, plumbing, and industrial supplies

Sales desk

Quote into order. Promise a date, then hold the margin.

Houston · Dallas · Phoenix · counter open

Open backlog

$38,014

8 orders

Due today or past

2

Promised dates

Cannot ship complete

6

At least one line short

On hold

1

Waiting on credit

Needs a person

7 open

  • HighStockout risk, COP-50 Houston

    Nine on hand and nine committed. Reorder point is 24 and the next copper mill run is 18 days out.

    Also on

  • HighCredit hold, SO-4424 Northpark

    Open balance is over the limit, so the order will not release. Sales has promised a date on it.

    Also on

  • HighLate inbound, PO-1911 Aether

    Five ton condensing units are six days past the expected date, and SO-4430 is promised tomorrow.

    Also on

  • HighPick short, PT-8803 Houston

    Two of four lines short against a cutoff this afternoon. The order is promised tomorrow.

    Also on

  • WatchBelow-cost lines, SO-4430

    Two fittings are priced under last cost. It leaks margin if it ships as written.

  • WatchQuote expiring, QT-2214 Lakewood

    Expires tomorrow at a healthy margin, and nobody has called the account.

  • WatchPick short, PT-8802 Phoenix

    Ten gaskets on the order and none in the bin, against a cutoff this afternoon.

    Also on

Four desks, one company

Which desk is yours?

The same wholesale distributor, read four ways. Pick the desk you sit at and you get its morning: the exceptions it owns, the documents it touches, and an assistant that answers in its language. The interesting problems land on two desks at once, and you can follow them across.