240 Logistics: Weekly - August 27 2024
Ever wish you had someone call out potholes for you while you were driving? That's precisely what we're doing for you and your dispensary in this week's edition of 240 Logistics: Weekly!
Over the last few weeks we have seen changes to our consumer insights - here is what we found:
Imagine you're the manager of a dispensary on an average Wednesday, expecting a quiet day with a few customers and your team of budtenders. Out of a sudden, your typical, sleepy Wednesday is flipped upside down when 16 of your vendors tell you that they will all be doing product drop-offs today.?
Let’s explore why this is inefficient and could be avoided with smart technology and intelligent data.?
Inefficient Staffing
The sudden flood of deliveries creates staffing chaos, as you are required to pull employees off the showroom floor to help get the inventory unpacked, input into the POS system, sorted, and put on the shelves.?
This takes your sales staff away from the customers who are there to make purchases, leading to longer wait times and overall dissatisfaction amongst your in-store customers. In the highly competitive cannabis industry where there are dispensaries on almost every block in states like Oregon and Colorado, this can be a costly mistake.?
Additionally, the lack of planning means asking your employees to complete critical tasks that they’ve never been trained to do. This can make them feel unsupported, improperly compensated, and like they’re being spread thin – All of which are factors that contribute to high cannabis retail employee turnover rates.
Inefficient Inventory Management
Having a deep and accurate understanding of your business’ inventory at all times is critical to success, and it all starts with having proper supply chain systems and processes in place.?
Asking untrained employees to take on inventory roles, compounded with the speed and velocity required to get through high volumes of product, leads to unnecessary inventory errors. This in turn leads to bad data and inaccurate inventory reporting, making it difficult to know what is on your shelves, what is in your store, what has been ordered, and what is on its way.?
If not quickly resolved, inventory issues snowball to create an inaccurate image of your store’s inventory, which leads to critical dispensary problems such as expired products being kept on shelves, unnecessary amounts of inventory, and, untimely, stockouts.?
Interested in learning more? Read the full blog here.
Here at 240 Logistics, we prioritize end-to-end solutions for our customers. Efficiently preparing orders is a critical final step in the cannabis supply chain, essential for maintaining smooth operations and ensuring customer satisfaction. Whether handling in-store purchases, deliveries, or pickups, here are some key best practices:
Designate Specific Registers for Different Order Types
To streamline operations and reduce congestion at checkout points:
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Pack Orders Post Customer Check-In
To optimize staff time and enhance customer interaction:
Sync Marketplace Orders to a Single Printer
For centralized management of online and marketplace orders:
Interested in learning more? Read the full blog here.
Ready to take the guesswork out of what to buy and when?
Want to elevate your inventory management and supply chain operations?
Discover the strategies that will guarantee your business has:
No more empty shelves
No more headaches
No more guesswork
Ready to get started? Reach out to us today!