Murray Fife

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New on Patreon: The Black Tide Trading Company.
Three ships. Six ports. Four colonial currencies. Same ERP disciplines as the Waterdeep guides. Different sea. Considerably more rum.

Full article: https://t.co/Dz6ZDRDFuX

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Shop Floor Automation in Faerûn. How does the Waterdeep Trading Company control quality, cost, and inventory without slowing production?

Runes shift. Seals bind. Ledgers update themselves. See how event-driven manufacturing works in the Realms.

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Rolling carts are not just workshop clutter. They are mobile inventory control points.

Learn how the Waterdeep Trading Company manages materials, sets par levels, and prevents costly stockouts across Faerûn.

Read the full article here: https://t.co/bDGBcA59N1

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Point. Line. Area. Not all assets behave the same in Faerûn and neither should your ledgers.

Learn how the Waterdeep Trading Company models point based, linear, and polygon based assets across roads, warehouses, and trade districts.

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Formulation is not guesswork. This article shows how potency-based substitutions change BOMs, routes, and costs in Faerûn production.
Flour to xanthan.
Gelatin to agar.
Sap to arcane resin.

Full breakdown here:
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Billbacks, chargebacks, and deductions all reduce revenue, but for very different reasons.
This article breaks down what each one really is and walks through a full worked example from the Waterdeep Trading Company.

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I finally wrote an article I have wanted to write for years, mainly so I could properly use the word Buttload.

It turns out a buttload is a real unit of measure used for barrels of wine and ale, and it matters for trade, ledgers, and wagons in Faerûn.

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Some ideas should never be built. This article shows how the Waterdeep Trading Company studies restricted materials without ever touching them, using feasibility, custody, routing, and full risk and cost to reach a clean stop-or-go decision.

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Brightstock is a finished product without a final decision. Produced clean, verified, and unlabeled so it can become many products later.

This article explains how the Waterdeep Trading Company uses brightstock from production to stay flexible.

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What if a business had stats, just like a character. Capital, operations, planning, control, and reputation are all measured the same way you track strength and skill.

Business Ability Scores bring structure to trade-focused play and worldbuilding.

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Module 3 of the Advanced Dungeons and Dynamics 365 Bare Bones Configuration Guides is now available for early preview.

This module covers General Ledger configuration and is free for patrons at the Patreon Benefactor tier and above.

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Manufacturing is never quiet, even on good days.
This article uses dice tables to model real production events like delays, defects, gains, and surprises inside a Faerûn workshop. Useful for training, simulation, and storytelling.

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Strong trade is built on strong ledgers. The Waterdeep Trading Company runs on eight accounting principles that keep coin honest, contracts clear, and caravans profitable.

This article breaks down how trade survives across Faerûn.

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Manufacturing problems often hide in plain sight.
OEE shows how time, speed, and quality really behave on the shop floor.

A Faerûn focused look at OEE with worked examples from the Waterdeep Trading Company.

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How do you feed a workforce of dockhands, clerks, guards, and planners every single day without chaos?
At the Waterdeep Trading Company, food is treated like any other operational input. Planned, scaled, and accounted for.

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Cut optimization is where profit is quietly won or lost.
From meat cuts to timber and ribbon, the Waterdeep Trading Company treats every blade stroke as a cost decision.

This article shows how planning cuts protect yield and margin.

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Not every crate belongs on a shelf. Cross-dock replenishment is how the Waterdeep Trading Company keeps ale moving, coin flowing, and warehouses clear. Goods arrive, are checked, and leave the same day; they are never counted as resting stock.

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MOQ and EOQ are not just planning formulas. They reflect product strategy. Some goods reward volume. Others punish excess. When teams align ordering quantity with how a product creates value, cash stops getting trapped in inventory.

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Lila climbs into the oversized office chair with the determination of someone who has absolutely decided she is in charge today.
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