Tuesday, December 29, 2015

Inventory


     As the year comes to a close there are so many things to look forward to.  Holidays, special meals, and a fresh new year start are just a few things that come to mind, but with the good comes the bad.  Every year about this time we have to schedule out time to do a physical count inventory.  We do not have the exact days scheduled yet, but we will be closing for a day or two to count our inventory.

     We thought this would be a fun time to give you a small glimpse of our inventory time.  As of today the system is saying that we have 40,000 parts in stock, and grand total inventory would be just below 60,000 items spread out over about 65 different vendors.  After everything is counted it gets put into the computer and then we are good to open again.  This has been about a three to four day process in the past.

     Here are some of the top sellers that have kept us busy this year.  As you would probably guess, the Andis blade drives were our top seller this year at 20,500.  Other top Andis parts were guides, sockets, and foam pads.  Blade parts led the way for Oster and Wahl was led by Arco cutters and platforms.

     It has been, and continues to be, a fun adventure finding out the best way to manage all of this product.  From how we stock product here, to when orders are placed to factories, we are working to cut lead times to get it in your hands faster.  We are also working on improving the communication from the factories to you. They are always changing prices, part numbers, availability, and such and we want that information to be readily accessible to you.  We hope this blog is a way we can help with that along with continually updating our website.  We will post details of when we will be closed for inventory as soon as we have those. Thanks for reading!

     "As iron sharpens iron, so one man sharpens another."
                                                                    Proverbs 27:17

Wednesday, December 23, 2015

2015 Snapshot




     This year has been full of changes for The Edge Pro and we just wanted to give you a little picture to catch you up to speed.  In our building we have made some changes to help with flow and inefficiencies.  We added a second shipping line which has allowed us to be able to ship most orders the same day they are placed.  We also reconfigured the work stations to primarily give us more room for inventory, but to also flow better to each respective job.
     We are always trying to make sure we are carrying the product our customers need, and a change we made this year was picking up the Show Gear line of scissors and blades by Kenchii as well as their entire line of grooming and professional products.  We are also carrying several new clippers from Andis and Wahl.  We have also devoted more time and resources to developing our website theedgepro.com to be a more useful tool.  You should be able to find more changes there along with our new products.

     The Edge Pro family has had changes in growth as well this year.  With our second shipping line we hired Rachel (Emily's best friend) to help with shipping.  Rachel has also helped with the website and many other projects since August and we are thrilled with her addition to the family.  This summer was a very busy as Zach, Jason's son graduated from high school in June.  In July Jason's daughter Kristina was married to Jake and in September his daughter Emily was married to Brandon.  Between them in August Ronnie and his wife Olivia were married, so it has been a big summer of changes and additions.


     This year we also began our partnership with Wollf Industries and host two Wolff/Edge Pro trade shows.  We had about ninety attendees, between the two shows, come for training on clipper blade and scissor sharpening as well as clipper repair.  It is also fun to connect and put faces with names and learn new ideas from others throughout the sharpening community.  Our next show will be in Indiana at the beginning of April, but we are still finalizing the last details so I will post more on that later.  

    We are thankful for the opportunity to get to work with and build relationships with each one of you and hope to keep building that.  We are also thankful to God for his blessing and provisions for everything in our lives.  Thanks for reading!

"As iron sharpens iron, so one man sharpens another."
                                                   Proverbs 27:17