Your Guide to Finding and Fixing Profit Leaks in Distribution Operations

Most resources on margin leaks stop at the diagnosis. They tell you what’s wrong and what “fixed” looks like, but leave you to figure out the path between the two.

This guide is structured differently. For each of the three major leak categories (inventory, pricing, and order flow) you’ll find three things: the specific mechanisms behind the leak, a practical audit you can run inside your own operation, and a clear signal for when the problem is something you can manage internally versus when a second set of eyes will save you real money.

You don’t need to be considering a system change to get value here. The audits work regardless of what technology you’re running. The benchmarks come from real mid-market businesses.