Decoding the Supply Chain for 2023: Your Next Steps
The past two years of supply chain disruption and how to plan for 2023.
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Distributor Services: Reinforcing Value with No Charge Invoices
Is adding a “No Charge” to invoices helping – or hurting distributors?
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Stop Using Yesterday’s Obsolete KPIs
Distributors need to work off new KPIs that match today’s market to achieve profitable growth.
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4 Acronyms that Can Improve Your Sales Effectiveness
These four acronyms, and the concepts behind their meaning, will improve your sales force’s effectiveness.
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5 Key Principles for Executing Your Next Price Increase
Here are five principles to keep in mind for your pricing strategy.
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Stop Shaking Your Fist and Act: 5 Steps to Rein in Pricing
Here are five steps to take back control of your pricing.
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How to Build Key Account Plans That Get Results
Check out this key account management process that gets results for distributors.
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More Than a Budget: How Distributors Should Do Strategic Planning
Distributors need a strategic plan if they want to remain competitive and profitable.
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Distributors: What’s Delaying Your ERP’s ROI?
Distributors need to know the ins and outs of what ERP can do for them.
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One Size Does Not Fit All: Stop Force-Fitting Sales Model, Process & Methodology
Mike Kunkle shares why one size does not fit all distributors.
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Break Down the Walls Between Channels: How an Omnichannel Approach Keeps Customers Spending More
Going beyond the traditional approach and building an omnichannel experience.
Distributors’ Dead Skunk Pricing: How to Avoid the Stink
7 examples of common dead-skunk pricing practices distributors need to let go of.
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The 5 Growth Engines of Grainger’s High-Touch Solutions Division
A look at Grainger’s 5 growth engines and how the distributor plans to use them to drive growth.
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The Surprising Power of Understanding ‘Who Sells What to Whom and How’
When you understand this, you can foster alignment, communicate effectively and improve customer experience.
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How Specialty Building Products is Building a Bridge Between Generations
Learn about SBP’s philosophy that happy, purpose-driven employees are the foundation of company success.
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How a Sales Management Operating System Can Transform Your Results
When implemented well, an SMoS can radically improve sales force performance.
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Value Management for Distributors, Part 2: The Lifecycle of a Service
Services go through predictable stages and become mature, price-sensitive and commoditized.
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How NAW is Promoting Cooperation in Uncertain Times
Hoplin shares distributors’ key concerns and how NAW is working to support distributors.
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The B2B Marketplace Threat Is Coming from All Sides: What Distributors Need to Do Next
How can distributors differentiate amid stiffening competition from B2B marketplaces?
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Value Management for Distributors, Part 1: The Problem with “Value”
Value can be defined, marketed and delivered in such a way that it improves profitability.
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