Running a Distribution Business in Tanzania: From Purchase Order to Invoice
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A cement or building-materials distributor in Dar es Salaam might order three truckloads from the factory on Monday, receive two of them on Wednesday, and have six customers waiting on orders by Friday. If those orders, deliveries and stock counts live in a notebook, a WhatsApp group and a spreadsheet, nobody can say with confidence what's in the yard, what's still on its way, or which customer orders haven't been invoiced. This guide shows how to run the whole cycle in one place.