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Marisol Fernandez of AD (Affiliated Distributors)
The Industrial Supply Associations Women Industrial Supply Executives recognized ADs president of Industrial & Safety DivisionU.S. with the award honoring those committed to advancing the development of women in the industrial channel at its fall conference.
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Already a growing strategy for larger global firms, small- to mid-size distributors can benefit the business by bringing HR into overall company planning. Distributors can start by rethinking the HR department label, bringing HR into safety initiatives, ensuring the right leaders are in place and embedding employee relations into recruitment and selection.
Martin-Corporate
While this privately held industrial supplier with more than 300 employees may not be a Harvard Business School case study in management structure, the three-brother leadership team has managed to buck the odds of many third-generation businesses by nurturing an entrepreneurial culture in an 85-year-old company. Listen to Doug Ruggles share whats worked to drive growth with a customer-centric solutions approach, with host Tom Gale.
NAW, National Association of Wholesaler-Distributors
Members of the National Association of Wholesaler-Distributors (NAW), during the associations Executive Summit in Washington, DC, elected as chairman of the NAW Board of Directors, Douglas W. York, president and CEO of Ewing Irrigation & Landscape Supply.

While many distribution owners and managers are making their companies more “user-friendly” with better web tools, they aren’t investing at the same pace in the most critical part of their future – their employees. Here are four tips for talent development that will differentiate your company and strengthen its position against the threats that keep emerging daily.

This article includes:

  • Talking with employees about retirement plans
  • Building "expert systems"
  • Rethinking your talent acquisition strategy
  • employee management

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  • Millennials in Distribution: ‘No Magic’ in US LUMBER’s Strategy
  • Endgame Strategy: A Must for Distributors
  • Grainger’s Pricing Initiative, pt 2: The Quest for Optimization
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This article examines the strategic decision by Atlanta, GA-based U.S. LUMBER to focus recruiting and development efforts on the millennial generation after the Great Recession.

This article includes:

  • Bringing the past to the present
  • Doing more ≠ promotion
  • U.S. LUMBER’s Core Values and Purpose

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  • Millennials in Distribution: Culture Trumps Everything
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  • Commentary: Best Practices for Recruiting Millennials
As millennials compose more and more of the workforce, here are 10 tips for how distributors can better integrate the next generation into their companies, based on MDMs reporting over the last few years.

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  • Endgame Strategy: A Must for Distributors
  • Commentary: Best Practices for Recruiting Millennials
millennialsindistribution

Being intentional about culture can help with recruiting and retaining millennials, who today compose nearly half the company. This article examines the decision by Durham, NC-based ACR Supply, where nearly half the company is comprised of millennials, 20 years ago to focus on culture and how it evolved into a place where the next generation wanted to work.

This article includes:

  • Building culture in leadership’s image
  • Seeking ‘hungry, humble, smart’ employees
  • Making your workplace millennial-friendly

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  • Distribution M&A Playbook, pt. 3: Integration Best Practices
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  • Commentary: Harvey’s Stark Reminder on Disaster Planning

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