英语翻译
Aninitialinvestigationhasbeencarriedoutandthefollowingstocklevelshavebeenrecordedforeachtypeofapplianceateachtypeofstoragefacility.
•Retailoutletsrangefromzerostocktofiveitemsofanyparticularmodel.
•Countryspecificcentralwarehousesrangefromzerototwentyitemsofanyparticularmodel.
•Transitwarehouserangesfromfiftytotwohundredandfiftyitemsofanyparticularmodel.
•AsimilarsituationexistswithintheUnitedKingdom
Whenaretailoutletisoutofstocktheytrytolocatetheitemateitherthecentralwarehouseoroneoftheotherretailoutletswithinthatparticularcountry.Thisusuallysolvestheproblembut,inthecaseofanotherretailoutletitusuallymeansarrangingtransportofsingleitems,insomeinstances,overseveralhundredmilesandthecustomerstillhastowaitfortheappliance.
Onveryrareoccasionsapplianceshavehadtobelocatedfromanothercountry’scentralwarehousewhichincreasesthetransportationcostsevenfurther.
Thissituationhasalsocontributedtothelosssituationexperiencedbythecompanyoverthepasttwoyears.