Running a Wholesaler (Thok) Business: Credit, Stock and Customers
A thok business lives on credit, stock turnover and trust. Here is how to keep customer balances, price tiers and stock under control.
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Targets, KPIs, reports and running the team.
A thok business lives on credit, stock turnover and trust. Here is how to keep customer balances, price tiers and stock under control.
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A fixed agenda, five screens and a rule that every topic ends in a named action turns the weekly meeting from storytelling into decisions.
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Sales, stock and collections are often reviewed in separate rooms. One short weekly routine puts them together and turns data into decisions.
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Production planned from the loudest salesperson wastes money. Planned from order history, stock cover and dealer sell-out, it gets steadier.
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Dealers extend your reach, but they also hold your stock and your money. Here is how to structure, measure and support a dealer network.
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Most field staff work honestly. A few do not. Here are the signals that separate the two, and an ethical way to act on them that keeps good people on your side.
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A good commission plan is simple enough to explain in one minute and fair enough that nobody games it. This guide builds one step by step, with hypothetical NPR numbers.
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A new hire's first month decides whether they stay and sell. Here is a four-week plan using routes, targets, flags and day comparisons.
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A stock count is only useful if you can trust the result. Learn how to prepare, count, investigate variance and adjust records cleanly.
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Ten minutes, five screens, one list of decisions. A repeatable morning routine so the owner sees problems before customers do.
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A five-working-day rollout plan: data on Monday, people on Tuesday, routes and training mid-week, live on Friday, and a review after.
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A monthly agent report should fit on one page and answer one question: is this person worth more investment? Here are the numbers that matter and how to discuss them.
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