Episode Title: The Morning Rush Command Center: Engineering the Inventory (Episode 93) Episode Description: "Your sales associates can only stage the backup inventory that you actually provide for them." In this episode of Thrive, Mike Hernandez explains why Store Managers must stop visually guessing their supply orders and start using historical point-of-sale data to calculate exact inventory levels for the morning rush.

What You Will Learn:

• The P&L Podcast: A special announcement regarding a new financial training resource specifically designed for your Assistant Managers.
• The Ordering Error: Why failing to provide adequate backup supplies completely destroys the morning labor deployment plan.
• The PAR Level Calculation: How to isolate your morning sales data and mathematically calculate the exact inventory required to survive peak volume.
• The Safety Margin: Why you must always add twenty percent to your minimum daily requirement to prevent operational outages.

Resources & Links:

• Download the Morning Rush Supply Calculator: Text the code word RUSH to 9 5 6 - 8 9 7 - 9 1 9 2.
• Recommended Listen: Drive: Episode 84.
• Watch the Channel: Check out the YouTube channel and subscribe at @cStoreCenter.