Field Notes
Practical notes on wholesale order extracts, fill rates, and how traders read a visual pack.
Short articles from engagements across Great Britain — written for buyers, warehouse leads, and finance partners who share an order book.
What a clean wholesale order extract actually contains
The columns we ask for before a Wholesale Order Analytics Review — and the ones that quietly break a fill-rate chart.
Reading fill rates without losing the aisle story
Why a single fill-rate percentage can hide backorder clusters that depot managers already feel on Fridays.
When a velocity map should stay on the packing bench
Print choices that keep SKU velocity visible where wholesale orders are actually picked.
Season overlays for horticultural and builders’ merchants
How we compare a trading season to its prior twin when weather and promotions refuse to match.