Wholesale, retail, distribution and e-commerce — you don't manufacture, but you don't sell hours either. On the trade profile, Smarty's question set runs on stock accuracy, sourcing and reordering, channel management and margin by product and customer.

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Count

Stock accuracy is discovered at inventory count

The gap between the quantity in the system and the quantity on the shelf surfaces at year-end. Every promise made and order taken in between was built on that gap.

Channel

Every channel in its own system

Dealer orders, marketplaces and your own store collect in separate places; stock is told to each one separately and the same item can be sold twice.

Margin

Revenue hides the profitable product

Freight, discounts and payment-term cost aren't allocated per line, so which product, customer and channel actually earns doesn't show up in the revenue report.

Blind vs measurement-first

Without measurement

Stock discrepancies surface at year-end
Channels in separate systems, the same item sold twice
Reorder points set by gut feel
Margin by product and customer invisible

With Smarty

A question set built for the trade profile — production questions never come up
Stock in one source, every channel sees the same quantity
Lead times and reorder points rest on data
Margin readable by product, customer and channel

What measurement-first changes

A measured start

DMI measures your maturity objectively across 8 dimensions — you know where you stand by score.

Evidence-based scope

Discover surfaces the real need via evidence — needless modules and rework shrink.

Consultant review

AI drafts, an expert consultant approves — speed and trust together.

What's in stock, and which sale actually earns — can you read both from the system?

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Frequently Asked Questions

Frequently asked

We don't manufacture, but we don't sell services either — which profile are we?

The «trade» profile. For buy-sell, wholesale, retail and distribution businesses the question set runs on stock accuracy, sourcing and reordering, channel management and margin by product and customer; bill-of-materials and line-planning questions never come up.

We sell through several channels; does the assessment see that?

Yes. What is measured is not the number of channels but whether they all read one source of stock and price. If dealers, marketplaces and your own store collect in separate systems, that shows up as a gap in the operations dimension of the maturity picture.

Where should we start?

Get a direction in minutes with the free Mini DMI; then the consultant-reviewed full assessment puts your decision on a numerical footing.

What's in stock, and which sale actually earns — can you read both from the system?

Sound familiar?

Stock accuracy is discovered at inventory count

Every channel in its own system

Revenue hides the profitable product

Blind vs measurement-first

Without measurement

With Smarty

What measurement-first changes

A measured start

Evidence-based scope

Consultant review

What's in stock, and which sale actually earns — can you read both from the system?

Frequently asked

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