At MDM, we get to interview dozens of distribution and manufacturing executives every year, as well as other business experts.
We have split the top 10 interviews for 2013 into two lists: top 5 audio interviews, featuring the most-listened to interviews in our monthly 7 Minutes With … program, and the top 5 most-read MDM Premium interviews.
Top 5 Audio Interviews of 2013
This year’s top 5 audio interviews featured diverse topics, including the role of integrated supply in the industry and the distributor-manufacturer relationship. Click on the links below to visit a summary of the interviews. At the bottoms of those summaries, listen to the full interviews:
- Jay Drummond of Turtle & Hughes on integrated supply
- Chester Collier of Walter Surface Technologies on channel partnerships
- Replenex President Matt Cohen on documenting value
- Univar CEO Erik Fyrwald on building a “fanatical” focus on customers
- Kahn Tools Founder Mark Kahn on American-made
Would you like your distribution business to be featured in MDM’s 7 Minutes With … monthly audio interview feature in 2014? Let us know at editor@mdm.com.
Top 5 Premium Interviews
Here are the top 5 most-read interviews featured in MDM Premium in 2013. Log-in to read now or subscribe today if you’re not a subscriber:
- Fastenal CEO Will Oberton on Fastenal’s vending evolution
- Columbia Business School Professor Rita Gunther McGrath on redefining your competitive advantage in a changing market
- President Ken Sweder on Interline Brands’ growth in jan-san distribution
- Wolfgang Mitschke and Matt Johnson of Simon-Kucher & Partners on countering price pressure
- CEO Erik Fyrwald on how Univar balances global and local markets
Read more interviews from MDM at www.mdm.com/interviews.
