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How many rolls of vinyl do you have in stock?
Just had a massive tidy up today and sorted all the rolls of vinyl back onto the rack..( made using Robs Demo).. just sat and counted 165 rolls of vinyl and 12 rolls of various digital media!!!
Just wondered how much stock others carried?
most of it gloss, but a lot of matt we use for exhibitions and a few colours in baner.. oh yes the etch..the reflective.. the chrome… the translucent… I think I need better stock control…
Cheers
Ian -
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lol, only about 15 gloss and about 8 matt ! plus about 10 odd colours left over from jobs, small fry me !
ooh….. five hundredth post !!!
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Ian,
you are carrying to much, what you should be doing is converting it to cash. stock earns no profit or interest.
buy it sell it or leave it in the bank!
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I agree 100% Peter… There will be a massive sliming down exercise over the next couple of weeks… 13 different shades of blue just in gloss…
All white vans next week will be in any colour the customer wants as long as it is in blue!!! -
i seem to hold a load of vinyl every now and then, but when i see a lot of one colour i try to offer a make believe discount if the customer has “blue” say, after all you get shot of the extra vinyl and the customer thinks hes got a deal
works for me
roffs
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We all do it,
Colour of the month is cerise or teal. 😀
had both on the shelf for ages,
peter -
lol, i’m pretty low on a good few colours, or shades there of, if ya need a clearout give me a shout and i’ll see what i might need,
ust need to build one of them fancy vinyl racks then, so i guess the next big job will be paying for me gold membership !!
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I seemed to have Burgundy on the shelf for months, no one asks for it so i started pushing this colour, just worked out that 3 out of the last 7 vans all done in Burgundy, nearly all gone, down to the last 3 or 4 meters last week.
You know whats coming now don’t you, yes that’s right today i am asked to letter a LWB Sprinter & 10′ x 5′ sign all in mainly Burgundy.
Nowhere near enough left to do this job so i tried to convince him to use brown instead, didn’t work so i now have to order another roll. just can’t win in this job.L J
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what i make a point of doing is, make sure i keep full rolls of stock colours in at all times, and buy in double the amount of vinyl i need for a certain job..so i have some sort of colour range available if i have a rush job on 😀
nik
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I agree with peter, Less inventory the better.
What Helps me with this, is I can get most any color the next day.I have 64 Rolls Total on my racks. 20 of them are stock colors, The rest are extra from jobs that are paid for… If i can sell them, Great! If not, I’ll toss them when i run out of rack space. I rarely throw it away, sell it at areduce rate when it gets older….
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54 rolls of vinyl and 5 rolls of digital media.We usualy re-order when the roll looks about half gone. We can get nearly anything from either Sign & Digital or A & P display on a next day basis.Seldom get caught out except through my own stupidity 😳
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don`t forget you get taxed on your stock.
just doing a stock count this week. …….. i have all the fun 😉
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We have quite a bit of vinyl in stock too ….. but can quite happily say the majority of its all been paid for by customers … as we have included it in the cost of their jobs.
We once accidently ordered in 50mtrs of lime green :lol1: error on ordering … anyway we kept it and bit by bit got rid of it. I remember one client came in spotted it on the rack and said I want that colour included in my scheme … fab!! 😉
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I have a strong line of Scottish blood in my veins so to buy “STOCK” for the sake of it is not in my vocabulary. I only stock one Red, Blue, Yellow, Green etc. Don’t give the customer the choice and his decision is quick and simple. If you do have to match a specific colour, just buy in what you need plus a few extra meters just in case.
I know of a local company that buys in 4ft rolles of every colour in the range. This in my mind is a complete waste of resources as why would you need 10 shades of reds or blues. This stuff does have a shelf life. And the more you stock the more that dissapears out the back door without your knowledge. 🙄
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quote Mike Grant:I have a strong line of Scottish blood in my veins so to buy “STOCK” for the sake of it is not in my vocabulary.
tut tut… 😉
quote mike grant:I only stock one Red, Blue, Yellow, Green etc. Don’t give the customer the choice and his decision is quick and simple. If you do have to match a specific colour, just buy in what you need plus a few extra meters just in case.spot on mike…. 😀 i never knew you had scottish roots 😀 i thought you were welsh full stop 😉
nik
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we have a fair bit, but normally the colours that we use.
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I only stock full rolls of Black, white, red and Dk Blue.
I only order the other stock as I need it. I get same day delivery if I order before 10am, or I have another supplier 10 minutes away.
I carry very little stock because as has already been said, it does not earn any money sitting on the shelf.
Our suppliers all sell by the meter, so if I need 1 metre, that is all I buy.
I stock a roll of digital print banner material, and roll or cheap digital print vinyl, and and roll of 5 year digital print (3551) vinyl, and 1 roll of overlaminate.
Other than that, I’ll order what I need. Got to think ahead, but it works well.
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I carry standard colours in stock, black, white, red, green, yellow, and blue. Everything else has been ordered in as and when I need it for a particular job. I usually order twice as much as I need in case I need to recut the job. I have quite a few part rolls but they all get used up on other jobs.
Ive got to do my stock check this week……..I hate doing it 😥 -
70 – 80 rolls, mainly part rolls like 5-6 meters left over.
I only buy black and white as full rolls, red, yellow and blue as 15 – 20 meters and the rest when I need it.
I have a few large rolls of temp vinyl for covering the lettering on my wife’s buses when they get used for filming, you’d be amazed what the camera doesn’t pick up.Steve
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quote Nicola McIntosh:i never knew you had scottish roots 😀 i thought you were welsh full stop 😉
nik
Nik, My surname should have been a little clue. Grandpa was Scottish, Dads Welsh and Mums German. Quite a melting pot eh!
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Probably between 60-70 rolls of colours in different, types 3,5,7,10 year and in different widths, reflective, etch, metallic etc
Then digital, MD3, MD5, MD7 in 760mm and in 1370mm. Rollup banner vinyl, banner vinyl, mesh banner vinyl, one way vision Avery 1005 Easy Apply, VWS and Art Canvas
I find it more cost effective to buy full rolls as we negotiate a good discount. I buy different widths as different jobs sometimes need these and it is cheaper to cut wider widths than to patch. If you only buy the vinyl for the job you will always be left with bits that you cannot use.
Also if you keep buying small qtys chances are supplier is going to charge you for dellivery which then really pushes up the cost of vinyl
However in saying that if you dont have the volume or the cashflow the above is probably not an option
Regards aDrian
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quote Adrian Hewson:Also if you keep buying small qtys chances are supplier is going to charge you for dellivery which then really pushes up the cost of vinyl
However in saying that if you dont have the volume or the cashflow the above is probably not an option
Regards aDrian
You are right mate, but I pass those costs on. Also, I price the job on metre rates, not roll rates, so I win some, lose some.
That said, you can negotiate better buy prices here if you are prepared to remain loyal to a supplier. One supplier here gives you a small discount plus loyalty points that you can spend on a holiday or other goods at the end of the year.
Others tho will give good discounts to remain loyal to a brand.
That said, my main supplier gives a lower discount to my second supplier, but they give excellent service which, at the end of the day, probably counts for a financial incentive anyway.
Spandex gives me no discounts, so is always my last choice
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I have over two hundred rolls of vinyl, most of which is still left over from when I bought a huge lot of vinyl from a manufacturer (about 6 skids!). I made a living last winter selling vinyl on ebay (business was slow), though the stuff was rather low grade calendered vinyl, it is still good for some jobs, though I rarely ever use it. I got a great deal at about $100 per skid (a skid had roughly 100 rolls of vinyl on it, various sizes, but most 15″ X 50 yd.).
I will never get rid of the stuff, it is just taking up space now.
Usually I only stock black, white, blue, red, and yellow for cut vinyls. And now for the printer I have both cast and calendered films with matching laminates, translucent, perferated window film/clear lam., heat transfer, and photo paper. Yes my shop is a cluster.
Doyle
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