Who we help · Distribution
Stop firefighting your warehouse. Start flowing orders.
When every day is stockouts, rush shipments and missed orders, growth stalls and margin leaks out the back door. Mike finds the one constraint choking your fulfilment and installs the cadence to fix it in weeks.
Sound familiar?
The challenges we hear most in distribution
Inventory says one thing, the shelf says another
Your system shows stock you can't find and hides stock you're paying to carry. So you over-order to be safe, tie up cash, and still stock out on your fastest movers.
Pick, pack and ship is a daily scramble
Throughput depends on who showed up and how loud the phone is. Orders ship late, accuracy slips, and your best people spend the day chasing problems instead of moving volume.
Margin leaks out through freight and write-offs
Carrier costs creep, rush shipments eat the order's profit, and dead or damaged stock quietly gets written off. On thin distribution margins, those leaks decide whether the year works.
Typical outcomes
What changes when distribution starts to flow
98%+
inventory accuracy restored
30%
fewer stockouts on A-items
20%
more orders shipped same day
Use case · Distribution
We went from firefighting every morning to a warehouse that runs on its own numbers. Cycle counts are tight, freight is down, and I finally trust what the system tells me.
Managing Director
Industrial parts distributor, Richmond · ~$22M
$1.1M
working capital freed from overstock
16%
lower freight cost per order
99.4%
order accuracy
How VITO helps
The levers that move distribution
Procurement & Inventory
Get the right inputs at the right time without tying up cash or causing shortages.
Learn more →Planning & Supply Chain
Align demand, materials and capacity so the operation isn't always reacting.
Learn more →Logistics & Distribution
Get product to customers reliably, on time and at the right cost.
Learn more →KPI & Daily Management
Make performance visible with the numbers and daily rhythms that drive it.
Learn more →Lean & Continuous Improvement
Build a culture that finds and removes constraints, week after week.
Learn more →Pricing & Margin Recovery
Recover margin that's quietly leaking through pricing, rework and scope creep.
Learn more →Why VITO
Why VITO gets distribution
Distribution is a value stream: stock flows in, through the warehouse, and out the door to customers. Mike maps where that flow actually breaks, then installs the ownership, daily numbers and routines that keep product and cash moving without the constant scramble.
- ✓Reads inventory, throughput and freight as one connected flow, not separate departments
- ✓Installs daily KPIs and cadence so problems surface early, not at month-end
- ✓Owner-led BC focus: practical fixes in weeks, sized for thin-margin reality
Ready when you are
Ready to unlock your value stream?
Start with a value-flow review and get a clear read on where growth is getting stuck, and what it takes to set it moving.