Consignment or drop ship.
These are a couple of options that could work, but you need to do some work to set up.
For consignment, you work a deal with one or more vendors where you convince them that you can sell their product of you could stock it, you do serious testing and documentation to show they are reliable and create any configuration files.
You enter into a contract where they supply you with a limited stock to allow you to quickly collect, configure, test, and ship a set, and you then purchase replacements for what you sold.
I worked in a company owned Motorola service center, which is how the parts inventory was set up.
This allows minimal on-hand stock and investment.
You may be able to buy seed stock at a discount, too.
This would need a hard sell to convince the vendor that you have the ability to move products.
The drop-ship solution takes a bit more work, but over time, the work reduces.
You select specific units from specific vendors.
To be really cheap, you work with customers who have purchased these to get them mounted, configured, and tested.
From this, you create a collection of drawings and configuration data from your customers.
You market the DIY kit that is machine specific (if you already have the data). The invoice is one total cost paid to you.
You provide items that you source directly, then items like scales, you order and pay for these, and the end customer and shipping location is your customer.
The warranty is between the customer and the scale.
You placed the order so you confirm the product ordered is exactly what was used before.
The provided instructions and drawings are to install the equipment on the machine.
You pre-configure the equipment so it is plug and play.
This requires no upfront expense at a loss of some control.
You get set up to buy as a dealer so you get a discount rate, and customer can buy direct at retail if they want more.
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These are a couple of options that could work, but you need to do some work to set up.
For consignment, you work a deal with one or more vendors where you convince them that you can sell their product of you could stock it, you do serious testing and documentation to show they are reliable and create any configuration files.
You enter into a contract where they supply you with a limited stock to allow you to quickly collect, configure, test, and ship a set, and you then purchase replacements for what you sold.
I worked in a company owned Motorola service center, which is how the parts inventory was set up.
This allows minimal on-hand stock and investment.
You may be able to buy seed stock at a discount, too.
This would need a hard sell to convince the vendor that you have the ability to move products.
The drop-ship solution takes a bit more work, but over time, the work reduces.
You select specific units from specific vendors.
To be really cheap, you work with customers who have purchased these to get them mounted, configured, and tested.
From this, you create a collection of drawings and configuration data from your customers.
You market the DIY kit that is machine specific (if you already have the data). The invoice is one total cost paid to you.
You provide items that you source directly, then items like scales, you order and pay for these, and the end customer and shipping location is your customer.
The warranty is between the customer and the scale.
You placed the order so you confirm the product ordered is exactly what was used before.
The provided instructions and drawings are to install the equipment on the machine.
You pre-configure the equipment so it is plug and play.
This requires no upfront expense at a loss of some control.
You get set up to buy as a dealer so you get a discount rate, and customer can buy direct at retail if they want more.
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