How to locate excess inventory products for profit

How to Locate Excess Inventory Products For Profit

These days, technology is developing at such an extremely rapid pace that it is next to impossible for most people to keep up with all of the latest advancements. Advanced versions of all types of electronic devices are being put out on the market almost as quickly as consumers can purchase the previous models. As a result, many small products and components are becoming considered obsolete because they are being replaced by better, smaller, faster and more efficient models.

Electronics manufacturers are continually working on new models for various devices. However, consumers typically tend to stick with one model for at least a few years (depending, of course, on the particular electronic device) before upgrading or switching to a different model or version. Yet manufacturers cannot afford to keep an inventory of every electronic component for every electronic device they have ever manufactured on hand for their customers. Although that would be in the best interests of their customers, it would simply be far too costly to keep a large enough storage facility to hold these parts.

What happens to the excess inventory?

The excess inventory becomes regarded as surplus electronic parts, and most manufacturers have no interest in keeping them around unnecessarily unless there is still a great demand for them. These are parts for the earlier models and versions of electronic devices that are not currently being manufactured. The excess inventory is typically sold at a surplus electronic parts outlet.

Surplus electronic parts outlets are distributors that specialize in offering electronic parts in large lots or at discounted prices. They sell all types of electronic components for all types of electronic devices.

Manufacturers contact one of these large scale surplus distributors, either by phone or online. A representative visits the manufacturer and does an on-site inventory of the electronic components that are available for sale. Then, an offer is made. If the manufacturer accepts, the distributor arranges for the electronic components to be transported from the manufacturer’s facility to the surplus outlet where the parts are sold. Usually, the surplus electronic parts are sold online as well.

Surplus Electronic Parts Distributors

Surplus electronic parts are electronic parts in large quantities that are offered at discounted rates at distributor outlets. These surplus distributors exist specifically to offer electronic parts in large lots for cheaper prices and to bring hard-to-find or obsolete electronic components to companies that need them.

One of the most experienced and most well-known excess inventory and surplus distributors is Freelance Electronics. The company has been in business since 1986. Located in Southern California, Freelance Electronics has worked with some of the biggest electronic manufacturing companies in the world. Some clients include Motorola, Lockheed Martin, and Raytheon.

Many manufacturers prefer to work with larger, more known companies like Freelance Electronics because they provide the manufacturer with more exposure. When the manufacturer’s excess inventory is available at an electronic component distribution company like Freelance Electronics rather than one of the lesser-known companies the manufacturer knows that its customers will have easy access to any and all necessary electronic parts needed for any of their devices. Inexperienced companies may not be as easy to find or as easy to deal with. It is important to treat customers right so that customer loyalty is kept strong.

Keyword elite software review

Keyword Elite Software Review

Keyword research is the most important part of the search business. Whether you are a niche marketer or a search engine optimization professional, having access to the right research tools can make all the difference. The right keyword tool will allow you to create lists and optimize your campaigns in a more efficient way.

Keyword Elite is one of the top keyword research tools in the search industry. It allows you to create huge lists (50,000+ keywords) in a rapid fashion. The software is designed specifically for niche hunters and pay per click marketers. You can find out what keywords are being used in your niche and how much you are expected to pay for them. The software works with Google, Yahoo, MSN, Ask, and many other search engines to grab the keyword information. In addition, you can import WordTracker and Keyword Discovery subscription information into Keyword Elite to enhance its functionality.

Keyword Elite’s spying features allow you to spy on your competitors without them knowing it. You can create projects on your competitors and keep track of their every move at all times.

The interface is user friendly, and it does allow you to import and export your keyword. You can choose from the numerous filters available to get the information that you are looking for.

Keyword Elite is also useful to product marketers. With this tool, you can gather a lot of valuable information on your niche and the products that folks may be ready to buy in that niche. In addition, you can find out about the current products in your niche to see whether there is an opportunity for you to pounce on.

Keyword Elite is not perfect. The interface could be enhanced, and you can always have more export formats. In addition, the software is not compatible with Mac OS, though you can use Parallel Software to run it on Apple computers as well.

Keyword Elite is not a cheap software. It is designed for heavy hitter niche and PPC marketers. Even so, there is no recurring fee required to use this software. In addition, the updates are provided free of charge. If you are a pay per click marketer, you may be able to use this software package to enhance your lists and grow your business.

If you want to read more about the features of Keyword Elite and compare some competitive keyword tools, recommend Keyword Elite Software.

Keeping the cash flowing

Keeping the Cash Flowing

IT’S TOUGH OUT THERE in retailing You read the papers, you walk through the shopping malls, and retailers are closing up or being bought out. It’s been a long time since retailing was so tough. Having personally gone through the extreme highs and the lows in retail, I can now comment on why I feel a lot of retailers are going through hard times.

Whether you are a start-up, small business or a multi-national, cash flow is imperative to business survival. Retailers have gone through a stop-start love affair with cash flow management, by putting out fires when they arise, rather than implementing some simple management tools.

To understand how to manage cash flow, you must fully understand what its components are:

Pay accounts slower — Your suppliers that you have good relationships with should give you some leeway with time frames to pay your accounts. Sometimes we chase the discount that is given for early payments on accounts, but should ask ourselves if that discount will make a major impact to the bottom line.

Remember — don’t mistake profit (the money that you make after you have paid for everything) with cash flow (the money that pays the running and growth of the business).

Reduce inventory — Retailers are generally very good at doing this. But rather than slashing prices, have a look at some other alternatives such as: setting open-to-buy budgets; standardising layouts across stores that maximise sales in core departments; reviewing/implementing a replenishment program; concession arrangements with suppliers; and returning stock that has not sold and replacing it with faster moving lines.

Collect accounts receivable — Because most retailers don’t have large accounts outstanding, this really applies to those who have a corporate section of their business. If you are a retailer that has account systems in place, look at ways to reduce the terms of the account from 30 days down to 14 days, or take deposits.

Reduce costs of goods — Internally this would be your processing in which you receive, store, and distribute stock. When dealing with suppliers, organise strong trading terms, which gives you more margin in the backend for rebates, co-op advertising and return-to-supplier programs.

Increase prices — «You’re insane, you can’t increase prices, we’ll get murdered out there.» Yes, retail is competitive, and the majors have pushed everyone into discounting mode to increase sales. But without freaking you out, have a look at the stock on the floor, and determine which items you have that experience high levels of competition (and keep these prices competitive), and review the items which have little or no competition (and increase the prices of these products).

Stopping the leaks

In understanding what makes up cash flow, retailers should put in strategies to ensure that they maximise their cash position at all times. Here are some simple strategies that can be implemented in your retail business.

Measure stock turns — This is the cost of sales times the cost of goods in stock for a 12-month period. So if you had $1 million of total inventory for the year, and sold $1 million at cost, you would have one stock turn a year. The benchmark is to have four stock turns a year, to maintain a healthy cash flow.

Measure wages as a percentage of sales — Setting a benchmark on wages as a percentage of sales is a very basic, but important, strategy. Remember to factor in all of the add-on costs that are associated to wages such as commissions, payroll tax, superannuation, workers compensation, etc. Also when deciding on your wages percentage target, look at what you can afford within your margins, and also adequate floor coverage, so in order not to miss any sales opportunities.

Measure marketing expense as a percentage of sales — It is amazing how many businesses burn cash on useless or over-marketing expenditure. Some of the budgets are plucked out of the air, with no real understanding of how it impacts cash flow. Then when times get tough, retailers rein in advertising, which compounds on the loss of sales. Set yourself a marketing expenditure budget based on a percentage of sales, so that you don’t overspend, or lose traction when business slows down.

Evaluate your rent expenditure — Evaluate your location strategy on a regular basis, if you can rent cheaper premises without hurting the business, then move. We know how hard it is negotiating rents with a major shopping centre, which is why we focus on location strategy rather than negotiating a cheaper rent.

How to get understood with trikot

How To Get Understood With Trikot?

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If it doesn’t make you happy then why are you doing it

If It Doesn’t Make You Happy Then Why Are You Doing It?

I’m sure that you have often heard people complaining about their life and about all the things they have to do that they don’t like doing. Perhaps you have even been guilty of this yourself on occasions. Let’s have a look at how you can change those unwanted patterns for good.

Life is full of choices and possibilities. It is impossible to do everything and so we have to have some system for deciding what we do and what we don’t do. This seems like common sense but in reality most people don’t have any system for choosing.

If you don’t have a system for choosing what to do or what not to do then you will end up as the victim of someone else’s system. You have lost control of your life and you have lost control of your potential for happiness.

Notice that in any group of people, whether it is a family, a social group, a workplace, or some form of club or organization, you always find that a few people do most of the work and some people contribute nothing at all, and get away with it.

If you are one of the contributors you may feel that the others are being unfair or lazy. The reality is that you are allowing yourself to be a victim and you can choose to no longer do that.

Here is a 5 step process for regaining control over your quality of life and your own happiness.

Step 1: Establish a Basis for Choosing

If you are going to develop a system then you need to establish a basis on which to evaluate your choices. The basis you use will go a long way toward determining whether you make good choices or bad choices. For example if you choose on the basis of guilt or a sense of responsibility then you are choosing for reasons that don’t necessarily enhance your life and so your choices are unlikely to contribute to your sense of happiness.

A healthy basis for choice making is whether or not the option that you choose will enhance your life and make you happier. If it will then choose it and if it won’t then don’t choose it.

Step 2: Increase Your Options

Even though the world abounds with possibility most people end up making choices between a very limited set of options. Often this set does not include any options that you really want to do. The problem is not that you don’t have good options; the problem is that you are limiting the possible options and by doing that you are not including your good options.

Make a habit of looking outside the box. Make a habit of asking yourself what other possibilities exist. If you take the time to brainstorm options you will be surprised just how many possibilities there really are. Keep brainstorming until your options include a number of possibilities that you like.

Step 5: Make a conscious choice

Once you have established your basis for choosing and brainstormed for more possibilities it is time to actually make a decision and choose. This is where you have to draw on your strength of character and stick to your criteria for choosing.

Resist the temptation to say «yes» to something you don’t want to do just to keep the peace. You are not keeping the peace by doing that. You are severely damaging your own inner peace. When you want to say no then say no. It may take some practice but saying no is the way to get that practice.

Your responsibility is to yourself and your own happiness. That means that in the case of choosing what you do and what you don’t do, your responsibility is to consciously make your choice according to the criteria that you set in step 1.

Step 4: Evaluate the Outcome of Your Choice

No matter what you do in life you should always evaluate your outcome to see what you can learn about the system that you are using. In this case you are evaluating your outcomes to see if they are meeting the objective you set in step 1.

Step 5: Improve Your Choice Making System

If your choices aren’t producing the outcomes that you want then maybe you need to modify the way you are making those choices. Over time you will develop the criteria that work best for you.

A word of warning though. Never sacrifice your long term happiness for the promise of short term peace of mind. The price for that short term peace of mind may be that you fail to achieve true happiness and self fulfillment in your life.