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e-commerce executive
e-Commerce

The Executive Problem With E-Commerce

Is your firm falling behind, keeping pace, or making the right changes? 
May 8, 2017
Scott Benfield
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The major issues with e-commerce, when it comes to distribution, are easy enough to identify.  Our 2016 research on distributor...
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Business Blog
Momentum Building Marketing

Dear, Plumbing Diary

Your plumbing business should be blogging, and here’s why.
March 31, 2017
Heather Ripley
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You may have read in print articles, or by searching online for business marketing tips, that blogs are a good...
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Royal Arch
Letter From the Editor

'Ain’t No Mountain High Enough'

As professional women, we are often faced with challenges in our career paths. But we always find a way around or through them. 
March 31, 2017
Sharon Rehana
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I’m not a professional hiker by any stretch of the imagination. But that didn’t stop me from taking on a...
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Inventory Management
Business Management

Think you’re an expert? Think again!

Few companies have a written record of how and why the inventory and purchasing systems settings are set the way they are set.
March 29, 2017
Rich & Jen Schmitt
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Last month Rich presented a webinar on optimizing use of your ERP system along with Mark Jensen from Epicor.  The...
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Trends
e-Commerce

E-Trends in the PHCP Channel

PHCP industry prognostication is something we all do and rather poorly the further out we stretch the time period.
March 29, 2017
Scott Benfield
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Hence, for this installment, I’ll stay with existing trends for predictions on the effect of e-commerce in the PHCP channel....
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Inventory Counts

Dealing with nostalgic employees

It's important to know when to hold on and when to let go. 
March 29, 2017
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A few weeks ago, an employee of one of the companies I coach privately reached out to me.  I had...
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Best Practices
Business Management

Hold ’em or Fold ’em?

Knowing when to stand behind business decisions, and when to walk away, is key to success. 
March 9, 2017
Rich & Jen Schmitt
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Most of us remember the popular Kenny Rogers song about knowing when to “hold’em” and when to “fold ‘em.” A...
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The imperative of operational excellence

In the face of changing business operations, this isn’t just another Amazon discussion… but includes your customary competitors too. 
March 9, 2017
Howard Coleman
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Given the speed of change in wholesale-distribution, particularly in the “business value” every wholesale distributor will need to project, operational...
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Buying Online
e-Commerce

Buying Online

A little Survey Monkey goes a long way. But instead we find most distributors rely on questionable advice from their peers who, too often, don’t sell that much online either.
March 9, 2017
Scott Benfield
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A few years back, we were asked to review the e-commerce efforts of a sizable distributor/manufacturer serving the MRO/Industrial sector....
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Frog
Investment Strategies

Boiling the Frog

This story reminds me of today’s investors, including individuals with IRAs, 401(k)s and other retirement accounts. 
March 9, 2017
Roger S. Balser
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We’ve all heard the old fable about the “Boiling Frog.”  In the story a frog is placed in a large...
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