How to Optimize Distributor Profitability
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Distribution is the most purely competitive sector of the American economy. That reality makes it challenging to permanently and significantly increase profitability. The competitive nature of distribution also means that the difference between winning and losing is very small.
Despite the challenges, distributors can embrace approaches that drive higher profits in a way that competition cannot easily match. Watch on-demand as Al Bates shares the small changes that can be made in two key areas of the business to exponentially increase profit.
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Speakers
Al Bates
Al Bates has worked in distribution for more than 30 years. For the first portion of his career, he ran The Profit Planning Group, the largest benchmarking business in distribution, which was benchmarking nearly 2,000 companies a year through associations and buying groups. After selling the business, Bates started a think tank called The Distribution Performance Project. He and his colleagues analyze what causes some distributors to succeed and others to stagnate.
Ian G. Heller
Founder & Senior Partner
Ian Heller is Founder & Senior Partner at Distribution Strategy Group, and has more than 30 years of experience executing marketing and e-business strategy in the wholesale distribution industry. He has written and spoken extensively on the impact of digital disruption on distributors.