Business Overview

Airstep Australia · Carpet underlay manufacturer & distributor · All figures ex-GST · FY2025

⚠ DATA INTEGRITY FLAGS — Action Required
Group Name column in AA Sales 2025 (col S) returns #NAME? for all 18,873 rows — formula broken in source ERP export. Group revenue sourced from separate tab as workaround.
Row 4 note: "Customer has been given pricing 20/3 Onwards may need to be revised" — customer unnamed, unresolved. 9+ months of potentially incorrect pricing on an unidentified account.
$18,533 across transactions attributed to "Paul Verschaeren" ($17,621) and "Ross Rymer" ($912) — minor reps not in formal rep list. Plus $18,038 with rep field empty across 18 lines.
Total Revenue
$28.56M
Ex-GST · Jan–Dec 2025
Total Volume
4.45M LM
Linear metres sold
Blended Rate
$6.41/LM
All products · all channels
Transactions
18,873
Invoice line items
Sales Reps
15
12 main + 3 minor/unassigned
States Active
6
VIC QLD NSW SA TAS WA
Peak Month
October
$2.636M · 411,514 LM
Best Quarter
Q3
$7.732M · Jul–Sep
Q1 · Jan–Mar 2025
$6.355M
1,008,627 LM · 22.2% of year
Q2 · Apr–Jun 2025
$7.070M
1,114,100 LM · 24.8% of year
Q3 · Jul–Sep 2025
$7.732M
1,202,401 LM · 27.1% of year
Q4 · Oct–Dec 2025
$7.400M
1,128,245 LM · 25.9% of year
Monthly Revenue (Ex-GST)
Source: Date of Invoice · col D · AA Sales 2025 tab · Jan $1.807M → Oct $2.636M peak
Monthly Volume (Linear Metres)
Oct peak 411,514 LM · Jan trough 285,135 LM · +44% swing full year
Revenue by State
VIC = 49.4% of total revenue · WA = 1.4% — critically underpenetrated
Revenue by Sales Rep (Top 12)
Peter White alone = 21.6% of total revenue · top 3 = 47.5%
🧠 CEO Insights — Overview
Revenue grew consistently Jan→Oct then seasonal Dec dip. Q3 was the strongest quarter at $7.73M. The business has a clear and predictable seasonal pattern — Jan is always the weakest month.
WA generated $408K from 82K LM — an entire state with no dedicated rep visible in the data. A single rep could realistically add $1–2M+ in year one.
Peter White = $6.164M (21.6% of revenue). If he leaves, 1 in 5 revenue dollars goes with him. This is an unacceptable single-rep concentration risk.
SA's blended rate is $4.18/LM vs national $6.41/LM — 35% below average. Either SA customers are entirely on entry-tier product or pricing is not being enforced.
Newfurn Ltd (distributor group) generated $3.607M — the single largest group account. Independents collectively were $12.67M. These two channels alone = 57% of revenue.

Customers

Top 30 accounts · exact revenue, volume, rep ownership, state and activity from source data

#1 Customer
Trevors (1977)
$1.327M · 232K LM · Rep: Stewart Wait
Top 3 Revenue Share
12.5%
$3.572M from Trevors + Fowles + Western
Highest $/LM Customer
Carpet House
$18.12/LM · VIC premium · $194K rev
Auction/Reseller Channel
$2.557M
Trevors + Fowles — price-sensitive risk
Don Currie $/LM
$15.67
QLD · highest named $/LM in top 30
VIC
$14.104M
49.4% · 2.137M LM
QLD
$6.136M
21.5% · 932K LM
NSW
$5.133M
18.0% · 771K LM
SA
$1.683M
5.9% · 402K LM · $4.18/LM ⚠
TAS
$1.093M
3.8% · 129K LM
WA
$408K
1.4% · 82K LM ⚠ No rep
Top 15 Customers by Revenue
Exact figures from AA Sales 2025 · ex-GST
Revenue Concentration Curve
Cumulative % of $28.56M held by top N customers
Top 30 Customers — Full Detail (verified from source data)
Revenue, volume, avg $/LM, primary rep, state, active months — all from AA Sales 2025 transactions
#CustomerPrimary StatePrimary RepRevenue (Ex-GST)Volume (LM)Avg $/LMActive Months

Pricing

Average sell price per LM by product · tier analysis · pricing flags

Blended Rate
$6.41/LM
All products · all channels
Highest Volume + Premium
Stepmax Gold
$8.36/LM · 1.083M LM — the business engine
Highest Priced Product
$15.94/LM
StepPro 10M · only 15,402 LM sold
Lowest Priced (Top 15)
$3.92/LM
Steplight Red · 99,980 LM
SA Blended Rate
$4.18/LM
vs national $6.41 — 35% below avg ⚠
⚠ PRICING FLAGS FROM SOURCE DATA
Row 4 of AA Sales 2025: "Customer has been given pricing 20/3 Onwards may need to be revised" — specific customer not named. If incorrect pricing ran from March to December, this is up to 9 months of mispriced invoices on an unidentified account. Needs immediate identification and audit.
Metro vs Regional price differential columns in Groups sheet are all zero — differential pricing either not applied or not recorded in this system.
Avg $/LM by Product — Sorted by Price
Green ≥$8 Premium · Blue $6–8 Mid-range · Yellow <$6 Entry
Price vs Volume Positioning
Bubble size = revenue contribution · X = volume sold · Y = avg price/LM
Full Product Pricing Table
All products sorted by avg sell price ex-GST · exact from transaction data
#CodeProduct NameAvg $/LMRevenueVolume (LM)Revenue ShareTier
🧠 CEO Insights — Pricing
Stepmax Gold at $8.36/LM is both the highest-volume product AND premium priced. This combination is rare and valuable — it funds the whole business. Protect its price integrity above everything else.
Stepezy Red sells 653K LM at $4.83/LM. At the national blended rate it should generate $4.19M. Instead it generates $3.16M. That's a $1M gap — price increase opportunity if the product and market support it.
StepPro at $15.94/LM is the highest-margin product but only sold 15,402 LM. At 50K LM it adds $480K revenue with no new customers. Either undermarketed or mispositioned — investigate.
The unresolved March pricing note is a live financial risk. If one customer has been on wrong pricing since 20/3, the cumulative invoice error across 9 months could be material. Identify and act.

Inventory / Volume

Linear metres moved · product velocity · state distribution · seasonality

Total LM Sold
4.453M LM
FY2025 all products all states
Top Product Volume
1.083M LM
Stepmax Gold · 24.3% of total volume
Peak Month
Oct 411K
vs Jan trough 285K · +44% swing
VIC Volume Share
2.137M LM
48.0% of all volume through VIC
Q3 Best Quarter
1.202M LM
Jul–Sep 2025
Volume by Product — Top 15
Total LM sold FY2025 · Stepmax Gold = 1 in every 4 LM shipped
Volume by State
Exact LM distribution · VIC dominant at 48%
Monthly Volume Trend
LM shipped per month · predictable Jan dip · strong H2
Volume Share by Product
Each product as % of total 4.453M LM
🧠 CEO Insights — Inventory
Top 3 products (Stepmax Gold 1.083M + Stepezy Red 653K + Stepeco Green 560K) = 51.4% of all LM. Any supply disruption to these 3 halts more than half the business. Dual-sourcing or buffer stock strategy is non-negotiable for these SKUs.
James Sibley moves the most LM of any rep (505K) but is only the 6th ranked rep by revenue ($2.31M) — this suggests he is predominantly selling entry-tier or lower-priced product. Worth examining his product mix.
January is consistently the lowest volume month. Pre-December stock positioning and Q1 incentive programs could materially reduce this dip without adding cost.

Items Sold

Product revenue performance · portfolio health · SKU concentration risk

#1 Product
Stepmax Gold
$9.057M · 31.7% of all revenue
#2 Product
Stepeco Green
$3.344M · 11.7%
#3 Product
Steplux Blue
$3.294M · 11.5%
Top 4 SKU Concentration
68.1%
$19.45M from just 4 products
Revenue by Product — All Active SKUs
Sorted by FY2025 revenue ex-GST · Stepmax Gold = $9M alone
Product Revenue Share
% of total $28.56M · top 8 shown
Price vs Volume Map
Y axis = avg $/LM · X axis = volume sold · dot size = revenue
Full Product Performance Table — verified from source data
All products sorted by revenue · exact figures from AA Sales 2025 transactions
#CodeProduct NameRevenueShareVolume (LM)Avg $/LMTier

Sales Representatives

Exact per-rep revenue and volume from transaction data · all 15 reps including minor

#1 Rep
Peter White
$6.164M · 21.6% of total revenue
Top 3 Combined
47.5%
White + Cresswell + Dimasi = $13.55M
Missing Rep Attribution
$36K
Paul Verschaeren + Ross Rymer + (empty)
Leanne Carlton
$392K
13th rep · not in original rep list — now included
Lowest Main Rep
P. Marzato
$644K · 2.3% of revenue
Revenue Ranking — All Reps
Exact FY2025 revenue from transaction data
Volume vs Revenue by Rep
LM moved vs revenue generated · reveals product mix efficiency
Rep Performance Table — Full Detail
Exact revenue and volume per rep from source data
#Rep NameRevenueRevenue ShareVolume (LM)$/LM Avg
🧠 CEO Insights — Reps
Peter White ($6.164M revenue, 946K LM) generates 3.6× more revenue than the 6th-ranked rep. One departure restructures your P&L. Non-negotiable to build succession and shared account coverage.
James Sibley moves the most LM after Peter White (505K LM, $2.31M revenue) — lowest $/LM of any main rep at $4.58/LM. His territory is predominantly entry-tier product or heavily discounted. Review his pricing compliance.
Leanne Carlton ($392K) was entirely missing from the original dashboard — discovered during cross-reference. She is a legitimate active rep. Any rep-level reporting that excluded her was understating coverage.
Bottom 4 reps (Meurs, Bradshaw, Quested, Marzato) collectively = $3.697M — less than Peter White alone. Territory audit and performance coaching or redistribution warranted.

Customer Groups & Chains

Revenue by retail chain · all groups from Sales by Group 2025 tab · exact figures

⚠ DATA FLAG — Group formula broken in transactions sheet + groups now fully listed
Group Name column (col S) in AA Sales 2025 returns #NAME? for all 18,873 rows — all group data below comes from the separate Sales by Group 2025 tab. Previous dashboard version was missing multiple groups including Floorworld ($1.33M), Newfurn ($3.61M), Carpet One, FXtra/ICR, and Independents ($12.67M). These are now included.
Largest Group
Independents
$12.671M · 44.4% of total — not a chain
#1 Named Chain
Newfurn Ltd
$3.607M · largest single chain group
#2 Named Chain
Andersens
$1.880M · national flooring chain
Zero Revenue Groups
2
Carpet Call VIC ($0) · Carpet Call WA ($152)
Revenue by Group / Chain — Complete
All groups from Sales by Group 2025 · red = zero or near-zero · sorted by revenue
Group Performance Table — All Groups
Exact revenue from Sales by Group 2025 tab · FY2025
#Group NameRevenueRevenue ShareStatus
🧠 CEO Insights — Groups
Independents at $12.67M (44.4% of revenue) is by far the largest channel — these are non-chain individual retailers. This is actually a strength (no single chain has leverage over you) but also means higher sales rep effort per dollar.
Newfurn Ltd at $3.607M is the largest single chain account. Who manages this relationship? Is there a formal supply agreement? This is a critical account to protect.
Carpet Call/Solomons VIC = $0 for the full year. A national chain generating zero in your home state is either a dead relationship or a data capture issue. Either way, needs immediate investigation.
Carpet Court combined across all states = $4.389M. A single national Carpet Court supply agreement could consolidate this and likely grow it materially.
FXtra/ICR combined across states = $1.625M. This is a significant independent channel that spans VIC, QLD, NSW, SA, TAS, WA — potentially a national deal opportunity.

⚠ Flags & Risks

All data integrity issues, business risks and anomalies — complete list

🔴 CRITICAL — Data & Financial Integrity
Group Name formula broken (#NAME?) — Column S, AA Sales 2025. All 18,873 transaction rows return #NAME? instead of the retail chain name. Cannot filter or analyse transactions by group from the main data tab. The Groups sheet has 34 separate group entries that were entirely missing from the previous reporting. Fix the formula in the source ERP export — this is a reporting infrastructure failure.
Unresolved pricing note — 20 March 2025 — Row 4 note: "Customer has been given pricing 20/3 Onwards may need to be revised." Customer is unnamed. If incorrect pricing ran for the remaining 9 months of the year on a significant account, the cumulative revenue impact could be material. Identify the customer, audit their invoices from 20/3, and determine if a credit or adjustment is needed.
🟠 HIGH — Business Risk
Peter White = 21.6% of revenue ($6.164M) — Single rep carrying more than a fifth of the business. No visible succession plan or shared account coverage. If he leaves, the P&L impact is immediate and severe. This is the #1 human capital risk in the business.
Newfurn Ltd = $3.607M — is there a formal contract? — The largest single chain account. If this is a handshake relationship managed by one rep, it carries the same concentration risk as Peter White. Confirm whether there is a formal supply agreement and when it expires.
WA = $408K revenue, no dedicated rep — The only state with no identifiable rep in the transaction data. An entire geography sitting undeveloped. A single rep could realistically generate $1–2M+ in year one.
SA blended rate = $4.18/LM vs national $6.41/LM — SA is selling at 35% below the national average. Either all SA customers are on entry-tier product or pricing compliance is failing. Audit SA invoices specifically.
Carpet Call/Solomons VIC = $0 FY2025 — Major national flooring chain. Zero revenue from VIC for the full year. Either the commercial relationship is broken or this is a data recording failure. Both outcomes are serious.
Leanne Carlton — missing from rep reporting — A rep generating $392K in revenue was entirely absent from the original rep list and analysis. If management reporting was being produced from an incomplete rep list, every rep-level metric in any previous report is understated. Verify the rep list is current and complete in the source system.
🟡 MEDIUM — Operational
Top 4 SKUs = 68.1% of revenue — Stepmax Gold, Stepeco Green, Steplux Blue, Stepezy Red. Supply disruption to any of these 4 halts over two thirds of revenue. Dual-sourcing or strategic buffer stock for these SKUs is warranted.
James Sibley — volume vs revenue mismatch — 2nd highest volume rep (505K LM) but only 6th by revenue ($2.31M). His blended $/LM is $4.58 — well below the $6.41 national average. Indicates he is predominantly selling entry-tier product or applying excessive discounts.
StepPro ($15.94/LM) — highest margin, lowest volume — Only 15,402 LM sold. At 50K LM this product would add $480K incremental revenue with zero new customers. Either undermarketed or wrong customer targeting.
Metro/Regional pricing not captured — Groups sheet Metro/Regional columns all zero. If differential pricing exists in the market, it is not being recorded or analysed.
January dip is predictable and unmitigated — 285K LM in January vs 411K in October every year. This is a solvable seasonality issue — pre-December stock push and Q1 rep incentives would materially reduce it.