The item file is the distributor's capital. Size, material, grit and manufacturer reference per line decide whether a quote takes two minutes or two hours.
The customer's price is rarely the list price. Bands, annual agreements and project pricing belong on the account, or every salesperson calculates differently.
Turnover separates dead capital from live. A disc moving twenty times a year and one moving twice cannot share the same reorder point.
Returning special tooling is an operation of its own. Taking back a cutter made to drawing loses money, and the order must say so from the start.
Regrinding is a service with a loop of its own. The tool leaves, comes back and must stay identified, or it vanishes between customer and grinder.
The field rep needs to see stock on the phone, in real time. A promise made at the customer's plant that the warehouse then cannot cover costs far more than the order ever earns.