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Our margins are shrinking.

And nobody can say where. Revenue holds, profit slips, and every department has a different explanation. We trace where the money leaks and put controls on the few points that matter.

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What it looked like

  • Gross margin down two points in a year, with no single cause anyone agrees on.
  • Buyers reorder by feel, so some lines sit for months while others run out.
  • Discounts and supplier choices are made in chats and never reviewed.

Distribution and wholesaleManufacturing

02 · What we did, stage by stage

What we did, stage by stage

  1. Assess

    Two weeks of interviews and data pulls to rank margin leaks by size: stock, discounts, purchasing, rework.

  2. Map

    We map purchasing and replenishment as they really run, including who decides and on what numbers.

  3. Mature

    Reorder points, approved suppliers, discount limits and a monthly margin review, written as SOPs with owners.

03 · The process

Inventory replenishment

Sales velocity sets the reorder point, suppliers quote, a buyer picks, and the PO goes out before the shelf is empty.

What changed

  • Stock held75 days of sales45 daysExample
  • Purchases outside approved suppliers1 in 31 in 20Example
Inventory replenishmentReorder to PO: 5 days → 1 day · Example

Inventory replenishment

  1. Daily sales velocity
  2. Forecast demand
  3. Below reorder point?
  4. Supplier RFQ
  5. Compare the quotes
  6. Buyer picks supplier
  7. Over approval limit?
  8. Purchase order issued
  9. Restocked before stock-out
  10. Reorder to PO: 5 days → 1 day (Example)

05 · Questions

Questions

  • Is this a cost-cutting exercise?

    No, Devvion looks for money lost to the way work runs: excess stock, unreviewed discounts, buying outside agreed terms. Most of it is recovered by changing decisions and controls, not headcount.

  • Do you need access to our accounts?

    Devvion needs read access to sales, purchasing and stock data for the assessment, under an NDA. We work from your systems and exports; nothing leaves your control, and we hand back every model we build.

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06 · Contact

Book the assessment.

Tell us what is slowing the business down. We'll confirm the scope and the dates on a first call.