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DISTRIBUTION CASE STUDIES
Over the years, MDM has presented case
studies so that our readers can learn from other distributors’ experiences in
the areas of technology, sales, pricing and profitability, business processes
and inventory management. We recently pulled case studies from our archives and
indexed them below for your quick reference.
Business
Processes
Outsourced Billing  Catalog Case Study:
Leveraging the Clout of Local Distributors – J&L Industrial
Supply
Case Study:
Fee-Based Safety Audits - C.J. Smith Machinery 
Three Distributors in One  Turf Equipment and Supply: With
one primary supplier, clearly segmenting customers is
critical
Use Lean to Improve
Processes – Gates Corporation  Business Ethics as a Differentiator: Owens & Minor  Case Study: Return on
Net Assets Trend Ranking 
Channel
Relationships
Case Study: Don’t Go
Direct! – Atlantic Fasteners  Manufacturers: Know How
to Communicate with My Organization – DXP Enterprises 
Flexible Steel Lacing
Company: Work With Me to Improve Efficiencies
Inventory
Minimizing Surplus Inventory  A Live Network for Dead
Stock
Have an Honest
Obsolescence Program – Minarik Automation and Controls  Product Linkage
Development
Pricing/Profitability
A Flexible Pricing Model –
Laird Plastics
Better Margin
Management
The Pricing/Value
Equation  Case Study: A Margin
Optimization Project  Better Margin
Customers: Company Shifts Segments  Distribution
Profitability Case Study  Squeezing Dollars
from Profitability Reports  Rethinking
Distributor Profitability: A Distributor Case Study 
Sales
Preempting Problems  Missing Sales Management: Sales
Effectiveness Program
Updating Sales
Compensation Plans  Salesforce
Overcompensation  Dual Compensation
Plans Prove Destructive
Technology
Routing Costs  Automating Processes – C.C. Dickson  Wireless Warehousing –
The Reynolds Company  Merging Sales Teams –
Neff Group Distributors  Managing Complex Pricing - Heads and Threads International  Making the Switch to VoIP  MDM is always looking for new case studies
to help our readers. Please email Editor Lindsay
Young or Publisher
Thomas P. Gale with story suggestions.
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