MDM’s Top 5 Blogs of March
A common theme resonated throughout MDMs most-read blogs.
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How SIOP Can Help Distributors Better Integrate Business Functions
Sales, inventory and operations planning can introduce significant benefits.
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Online Course Focuses on Supply Chain Management
ISSA targets younger generation with blended approach to digital learning.
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MDM Digital Innovator Award Nominations Now Open
Accepting nominations now through April 26.
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How Distributors Can Raise Margins Without Raising Prices
Six mistakes keeping you from buying at the lowest possible prices.
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MRO Buyers Primed for New Suppliers
Large-account buyers may be warming up to Amazon Business.
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I’m Too Busy to Think About Profits!
Growing profits is the true measure of a great business. How much time do you spend learning how to get more profit out of your company?
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4 Strategies to Get Ahead in B2B E-Commerce
You may not compete with Amazon, but your customers expect you to serve like them.
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Institute for Supply Management Is Meeting Members Where They Are with Mobile Learning App
ISMs CPSM certification prep course syncs across platforms to help modern learners keep up with increasing marketplace talent demands.
Recession Preparation: Don’t Panic on Pricing Strategy
Distributors tend to respond to the threat of an economic downturn with ineffective across the board cuts.
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How Distributors Can Embrace the Adaptive Supply Chain
Traditional vertical and horizontal integrated supply chains are not necessarily reflective of changing customer expectations or variations in the ecosystem.
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5 Risks Distributors Take When They Don’t Know Their Customers
A commitment to determining the communication preferences of individual customers can bring high returns.
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Your Inside Sales People are Giving Away Your Profits
Approaching calls with a customer-service focus often results in unsolicited discounts that create an unnecessary margin hit.
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Tapping into the Value of Technology
Distributors can utilize data and open architecture to effectively automate and advise business practices.
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The Blind Spots of Pricing Strategy
Five margin and profit erosion forces that cause persistent poor financial returns.
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Maybe Your Margin Problem is That You’re Buying Wrong, Not Selling Wrong
Five solutions to common distributor purchasing mistakes that will put lost dollars back in your pocket.
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Fix Your Pricing, Profitability and Culture in 2019
Do your sales and service employees give away value they should charge for and erode margins unnecessarily?
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February Wholesale Distributor M&A Roundup: Strong Pace Continues
The hot start to 2019 distribution M&A in January continued in February, but marked by fewer big deals.
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MDM Classics: Managing Pricing Algorithms
Three factors for distributors to consider when evaluating risks in automatic pricing.
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How to Build a Strong Sales Playbook
Bring the right people on board with a focus on emotional intelligence, says SalesLeaderships Colleen Stanley.
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