Preventing the Dreaded Out-Of-Stock

Your supplier is town on an audit (I know, they don't call them audits anymore. They're just in town on a "visit"). You take her to your best off-premise account. There are your brand's streamers overhead. Forty-five percent of the cold box has your brands in it. The store manager raves about your service. And then you notice that your highest selling SKU is out-of-stock.Out-of-stocks are the second worst crime to a supplier (the worst being old product). The problem,