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Inventory Positions could be the top growth driver for industrial distribution in 2025

December 18, 2024 by John Gunderson Leave a Comment

Managing your inventory is the key to drive top-line sales and gross margin performance in 2025 – In a recent discussion with Brent Johnstone from ACTvantage we talked about how industrial distributors can increase gross margin without hurting top-line sales in 2025. When we both started into distribution, the prevailing thought for distributors and manufacturers in the B2B … [Read more...] about Inventory Positions could be the top growth driver for industrial distribution in 2025

Is Your Team Curious? Are You Investing in “Ventures?”

November 15, 2024 by David Gordon Leave a Comment

Recently I was talking with a client about strategic planning as they are beginning their journey to define their path forward to 2030. They’ve set a goal, identified values, have a vision of their purpose, and currently have a strong business. The executive management team is being brought together to share insights and build the “framework” of the plan. After that, others … [Read more...] about Is Your Team Curious? Are You Investing in “Ventures?”

Prokeep Helps Capture the Text and Turn it Into Dollars

November 4, 2024 by David Gordon Leave a Comment

Capture the Text Prokeep

As distributors seek cost-effective ways to improve customer experience, improve productivity and have a cost-effective sales tool, while doing all of these digitally, Industrial Trends is pleased to welcome our newest partner, Prokeep. Prokeep offers a unique solution to distributors, which can also cost-effectively and easily be used by manufacturer representatives, which … [Read more...] about Prokeep Helps Capture the Text and Turn it Into Dollars

Do you value your Industrial Manufacturing reps?

October 27, 2024 by David Gordon Leave a Comment

There’s long been been “scuttle butt” conversation in the industry regarding some manufacturers cutting rep commissions. Their premise is that they need to do this due to their price increases. While some of the conversations are what manufacturers are thinking (so, “water cooler conversation”), some at times have reduced commissions which has dismayed many and demotivated the … [Read more...] about Do you value your Industrial Manufacturing reps?

The world of industrial customer segmentation in 2025

October 10, 2024 by John Gunderson Leave a Comment

This past month, I have been going through old boxes of work material and coming across some foundational material on customer segmentation and pricing that I used as a distributor. I found in the archives my personal pricing Encyclopedia Britannia (the Complex) and the Texas A&M Industrial Distribution Customer Stratification Model (the Simple) and it made me think … [Read more...] about The world of industrial customer segmentation in 2025

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