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Make Your Purchasing Manager a Rock Star: How Reinvention Drives Growth

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Some distributors treat purchasing and procurement roles as administrators tasked with buying what the company needs to function. But you can unlock profits by rethinking purchasing and treating your purchasing manager like a rock star.

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How Rockstar CFOs Solve the Inflation Puzzle

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Nelson Valderrama discusses how CFOs can navigate market disruptions by reimagining pricing and inventory processes.

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5 Ways Distributors Can Manage Inflation

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Data is the new currency of business, and distribution leaders must guide their teams while there’s no guarantee as to what will happen next, Nelson Valderrama explains.

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Improve Sales Rep Effectiveness with AI

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By taking advantage of AI-driven recommendations, organizations are seeing a significant increase in the return on their sales and marketing activities.

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Traditional Budgeting and Forecasting Don’t Cut It Anymore

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But there are ways distribution financial planners can build a more adaptive financial-planning process. Here’s how to reset the planning process in your business.

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There is only one market leader in any given territory. Any successful growth strategy has to be built on your position in the market – you have to pick your battles and create tactics to win. The question is how you decide where to focus your sales and marketing resources to increase your market share. This analysis presents a methodology for developing more precise strategy.

5 Steps to Increase the Value of Your Distribution Business

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Whether ready to sell or not, distribution executives in forward-thinking companies can effectively harness innovations while aligning their organization to increase the value of the company.

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3 Practices that Prevent Healthy Pricing in Distribution — and How to Fix Them

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With the right strategies, distributors can reduce price/cost volatility impacts by using predictive analytics and evaluating cost pass-through methods.

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Make Your Purchasing Manager a Rock Star: How Reinvention Drives Growth

How Rockstar CFOs Solve the Inflation Puzzle

5 Ways Distributors Can Manage Inflation

Improve Sales Rep Effectiveness with AI

Traditional Budgeting and Forecasting Don’t Cut It Anymore

5 Steps to Increase the Value of Your Distribution Business

3 Practices that Prevent Healthy Pricing in Distribution — and How to Fix Them

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