POJA WAREHOUSE

The POJA Shuttle emerged six years ago. With lots of planning and test runs, we began to run a cube truck from member to member every week. With weekly delivery now possible, we decided we could change our ordering and stocking processes. Members split up the niche lines we were buying direct and began to build up warehouse inventories of those lines so that they could fill weekly stock orders for the other members from their inventory. Simultaneously they could reduce their stocking levels on the other lines since they would be getting weekly replenishment instead of monthly. We split the cost of the truck and drivers equally, and continued to sell at a 2% markup to each other since we were all sharing the workload. The Shuttle allowed these lines to flourish and allowed us to take on additional lines and members. There were logistical limits to the capacity of the shuttle and so as things got cramped and difficult to manage inside the truck, the decision to explore the option of..

Also known as: POJA

Primary location: Burlington United States