FOR OWNER-MANAGED WHOLESALE AND DISTRIBUTION
Are you balancing stock, service and cash?
A 10-question diagnostic for wholesalers and distributors. Score each area 0 to 2, get a total out of 20, and see exactly where working capital, service levels and margin are quietly leaking.
Takes about five minutes. No jargon, no obligations.
A SIMPLE, HONEST SCORE
Ten questions. Twenty points. One clear picture.
You answer ten questions across the areas that decide whether stock, service and cash stay in balance. Each answer scores 0, 1 or 2, so your total lands somewhere between 0 and 20. The lower the score, the more cash and margin are tied up in blind spots.
10
FOCUSED QUESTIONS ACROSS SIX OPERATIONAL AREAS
0–2
POINTS PER ANSWER, SO SCORING STAYS HONEST
20
TOTAL POSSIBLE SCORE, MAPPED TO AN OPERATING BAND
THE ASSESSMENT FRAMEWORK
Six areas where balance is won or lost
The scorecard looks at the full chain from plan to delivery, because a strong number in one area rarely survives a weak one next door.
Planning and forecasting
Where the plan lives, how often it changes, and whether forecasts are measured against what actually happened.
Stock and working capital
Record accuracy, reorder points, obsolete and slow-moving stock, and what stock days are doing relative to sales.
Suppliers and procurement
Tendering discipline, single-source exposure, and how price increases are handled when they land.
Freight and cost-to-serve
Your cost per drop, carrier rates, cost per shipment, and the hidden costs that make up your true all-in delivery cost.
Customs and dual-market position
GB versus EU sourcing and routing, duty reliefs, and whether you can see the true landed cost before you specify or buy.
People, capacity and resilience
Avoidable overtime, key-person risk, and how quickly you recover when a critical machine or vehicle goes down.
YOUR OPERATING BAND
What your score out of 20 really means
Green
16 to 20
Stock, service and cash are broadly in balance. Keep tuning the edges and protect what is working.
Amber
10 to 15
You have strengths, but blind spots are tying up cash and eroding margin. There is money to recover here.
Red
Under 10
Blind spots are running the business rather than the other way round. This is the moment to get a clear view fast.
Scoring under 16?
That is where the Blind Spot Audit was designed to help. See the offer below.
HOW IT WORKS
From score to action in a few clear steps
1. Answer ten questions
Work through ten simple questions across all six areas. Three answers score 0, 1 or 2 each.
2. Get your total out of 20
See your score instantly and the Green, Amber or Red band it falls into.
3. Read your blind spots
Your results highlight the specific areas dragging the number down and tying up cash.
4. Book your Blind Spot Audit
Score under 16 and you qualify for a free 90-minute audit to pressure-test the gaps.
THE NEXT STEP FOR SCORES UNDER 16
A free 90-minute Blind Spot Audit
If your score comes in under 16, we will spend 90 minutes going deep on the areas holding you back. Within five working days you receive a two-page Findings Note: what we saw, what it is costing you, and where to start. No charge, no obligation.
90 minutes
A focused audit to zero in on your biggest gaps.
5 days
Your two-page Findings Note in five working days.
£0
Free and without obligation. You keep the note either way.
QUESTIONS
Good to know before you start
Owner-managed wholesale and distribution businesses that want to understand how stock, service and cash are performing together.
About five minutes. You answer ten questions across six operational areas.
Green is 16 to 20, Amber is 10 to 15, and Red is under 10. Lower scores indicate more areas where cash and margin may be tied up in blind spots.
For scores under 16, it is a free 90-minute audit of the areas holding you back. Within five working days, you receive a two-page Findings Note explaining what we saw, what it is costing you and where to start.
There is no charge or obligation for the scorecard or the audit offered to businesses scoring under 16.
See where your stock, service and cash really stand
Ten questions, five minutes, and a clear score out of 20. Score under 16 and your free Blind Spot Audit is waiting.