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01/11/2021
007. Finding the Balance in Distribution: People, Product & Profitability (afternoon)
Instructor: Jason Bader
Level of Complexity: Intermediate/Advanced
1:30 PM - 4:00 PM
This course is all about building a profitable operation. Managers of wholesale distribution locations need to understand how to lead their team down the path of profitability. Unfortunately, many of them were thrust into these positions without any formal training. It starts with getting everyone on the same page so that the location can provide a superior customer service experience. At the same time, the manager needs to be accountable to the assets they have responsibility over. This is the balancing act of every effective manager. In this session, we will cover the basics of coaching, managing, and driving your way to profitable location growth.
Learning Objectives:
- Understand the basics of net profit enhancement
- Discover how communication builds trust in the team
- Learn effective time management and delegation techniques
- Analyze customers based on profitability
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Achieving Effective Inventory Management – 6th Edition
Jon Schreibfeder
Achieving Effective Inventory Management, 6th Edition, based on our most recent research and up-to-date “best practices”, provides a complete guide for managing a large and often troublesome asset: inventory.
The economic challenges facing distributors today have resulted in EIM conducting a thorough review and update of the entire 5th edition. This update, coupled with discussions regarding the impact and adjustments that the current economic challenges have produced in all areas of inventory management, has produced our new 6th edition.
This book helps you achieve the goal of effective inventory management — to meet or exceed customers’ expectations of product availability with the amount of each item that will maximize your organization’s net profits or minimize its total inventory investment.