Profit IdeasMultidimensional Negotiating to Support Your Sales Team
Barry Wright, Director Grosvenor USA
Grosvenor Training
• distribution management best practices • sales practices • industry perspective • sales management • sales management styles in distribution • leadership training • sales training • executive briefing • Distribution Personnel Training and Development
Thursday, January 21, 2021
In this video, Barry Wright, Director of Grosvenor Training and Consulting, and Randy MacLean, President of WayPoint Analytics, talk about helping sales management and executives in the distribution industry bring negotiation skills to the forefront in order to gain an edge in the marketplace. [click for article]
For more information about Barry Wright, visit: www.grosvenortraining.co.uk
Why Salesmen Are Different than Sales Managers
Dirk Beveridge, President
4th Generation Systems
• WayPoint Analytics • distribution management best practices • sales practices • management strategies • Wholesale Distribution Industry • sales management • sales management styles in distribution • distribution industry sales management • promoting to management • Randy MacLean • Dirk Beveridge
Thursday, January 14, 2021
Dirk Beveridge and Randy MacLean discuss the challenges in moving from a sales representative role to a sales manager role.
They discuss how the priority of the sales rep is to identify and then satisfy the customers' needs properly. The same goes for a sales manager, but the sales manager's "customer", in this case, is the sales representative.
Sales managers get to use the same skills of identifying and meeting their clients' needs, but their 'client' is the sales rep, and so they must bring solutions to help those individuals meet their goals which, in turn, will help the company. [click for article]
For more information about Dirk Beveridge, visit: www.4thgenerationsystems.com
A Culture of Innovation Starts at the Top
Steve Epner, President
the Startup Within
• distribution management best practices • management strategies • distribution industry sales management • personnel development • leadership training • Innovate for the Future • Simplfy Everything book • innovation
Thursday, January 07, 2021
In this video, Randy MacLean talks with Steve Epner, President of The Startup Within, about best practices for integrating innovation into your business. Managers can and should encourage employees in innovating new ways of doing what you already do that are better for the company and especially better for the customer. [click for article]
For more information about Steve Epner, visit: www.thestartupwithin.com
MOQs - A Game-Changer for Profits
, President
the Startup Within
• Randy MacLean • change action chain • minimum order quantity • order minimums • small orders • MOQs • analyzing orders
Thursday, October 15, 2020
There's a new technique that can cut costs and boost cash-flow, and it's surprisingly easy. In a challenging and competitive environment, distributors are looking deeper into analytics and we've discovered a new way to address small orders that's a win-win for you and for your customers.
Spend 30 minutes with us to learn about MOQs, and how they'll be a game-changer for you. [click for article]
Downloads: webinar-MOQ - Copy.pdf
For more information about , visit: www.thestartupwithin.com
Wholesale Change Show: Get Over the Small-Order Hurdle
Ian Heller, Senior Partner
Distribution Strategy Group
• WayPoint Analytics • expert interview • WayPoint reports • profit gains • Randy MacLean • Dr. Jonathan Bein • recovery • change action chain • small orders • minimum order quantities • MOQs • analyzing orders
Thursday, October 08, 2020
There is a way to get over the widely recognized "small-order" issue in distribution in a truly actionable way. Establishing and monitoring Minimum Order Quantities requires just small changes once the right building blocks are in place. [click for article]
Downloads: podcast-DSG.pptx
For more information about Ian Heller, visit: www.distributionstrategy.com
After the Virus — Thinking Inside the NEW Box
, Senior Partner
Distribution Strategy Group
• WayPoint reports • executive briefing • efficiency • High Efficiency Accounts (HEAs) • High Leverage Accounts (HLAs) • money-losing activities • market share • money-losing customers • strategic planning • best customers • coronavirus • COVID-19 • pandemic • cash-flow protection • cutting intelligently • downsizing • profit deltas • rationalizing • market shake-up • recovery
Thursday, May 28, 2020
The coronavirus pandemic is disrupting the market as never before, and the recovery will represent the greatest opportunity for business in more than 70 years. The "new normal" will be radically different from the "before", and companies that anticipate and position to exploit the changes will become the Amazons, Apples, and Facebooks in the next decade. [click for article]
Downloads: After-the-Virus.pdf After-the-Virus.pptx
For more information about , visit: www.distributionstrategy.com