Leadership Archives

4 Ways to Create a Human Resources Strategy

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.

February 11, 2020

Leadership

Martin Supply’s Doug Ruggles on the Secret to Family-Owned Success

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.

February 6, 2020

Strategy

Fastenal, Anixter, WESCO Grab Headlines: MDM’s Most-Read Blogs of January

WESCO lands Anixter International acquisition and Fastenal draws attention as earnings season gets underway. Follow the links below to read MDMs most popular blogs from January.

February 4, 2020

Operations

NAW Elects 2020 Officers

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.

January 31, 2020

Operations

Kennametal Announces Executive Leadership Changes

Ron Port, currently vice president and president of the Infrastructure segment, will become vice president and CCO, metal cutting business segments.

January 31, 2020

Strategy

How to Overcome Barriers to Delivering Integrated Supply Solutions

January 16, 2020

Featured Blog

Distributors are About to Get Commoditized

Nearly every product you sell will soon be readily available, online, from other sellers who can deliver quickly, too.

November 27, 2019

Featured Blog

A Distributor’s Innovation Playbook for 2020

MDMs Tom Gale recaps highlights of our latest webcast with Mike Marks on the key factors to position for growth in the year ahead.

November 18, 2019

Featured Blog

Don’t Let Turbulence Go to Waste in 2020

Theres a quote about not letting a good crisis go to waste; it can provide an opportunity to leverage whatever disruption is in play to address other issues in addition to the main event. Thats a great mindset to think about 2020.

November 12, 2019

Featured Blog

Finding Your ‘Why It Matters’

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November 11, 2019

Featured Blog

Strengthen Supplier Relationships with a 360-Degree Survey

There is tremendous value in reaching out to associates, suppliers and customers to gauge and benchmark the quality of the relationship from all sides.