by 10:30 i thought i had the day covered, all that was left to do was the transfer, and run inventory for problems, i told my clerk i was headed to the warehouse to do the transfer, well 1 vendor rep, and a phone call and then fax from the
foundation, and taking of inventory and i got to the warehouse at a little after 2:30.....(oh yeah i stuck lunch in there somewhere)
they, that is the foundation were doing a quote for an order and wanted me to figure out approximately how much space it would take up, now i have a cheat sheet (otherwise know as a spreadsheet) set up with what they usually ship, so all i have to do is plug in the numbers and i have the answer in a flash, but no, can't be that easy ever, 3/4's of the items where new to them and i had to go dig up all the items and the boxes to figure out pieces cube and weights, and then construct a new spread sheet for the new system.......and the fun is only beginning....the order (if they get it) will fill two complete 40' ocean containers......and although all the products that go are common things that we stock, the amounts are huge, now only two things can happen.....i'll never hear another word about it, or RDC will come over and inform me that they have the order, have already scheduled the shipping date and i have 2 weeks or less to get it out, now i know that in one case my supplier and in the other we deal direct with the company that makes the parts are not going to have the amount i need in stock so it will probably take any where from 3 weeks until next christmas ( and i don't mean the one coming) to get the things in house....but i don't dare order them until the order is firm, in some cases it would amount to a lifetime supply......rats......
i should be thinking about supper, but practice is a half hour late tonight, and i'm just not in the mood to think about cooking........double rats
(question after running above thru spell check, why do i always leave the first c out of practice???)