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Home » distributor innovation

Articles Tagged with ''distributor innovation''

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Four Metrics Vital to Digital Transformation Success

Measuring the success or failure of any digital transformation can be a challenging task due to complex data and an abundance of information
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Earl van As
November 20, 2018
As more B2B businesses continue to invest in digital solutions, it has become evident that less than 15 percent of companies can accurately calculate the impact or success of their digital transformation projects.
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Money

Creating Product Differentiation with New Connective Reward Program Technology

In today's economic reality, HVACR distribution companies must utilize new business strategies to thrive
Steve Damerow
Steve Damerow
July 5, 2018
As behavioral psychologists noted in an article published on National Center for Biotechnology Information, “the subjective value of a reward decreases with increasing delay to its receipt.”
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Understanding the Power of Unstructured Data -- Part II

Unstructured data is too valuable for distributors to ignore
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Earl van As
May 30, 2018
Distributors with a forward-looking perspective should be examining unstructured data and taking advantage of the benefits it offers to drive growth and increase business efficiency.
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Understanding the Power of Unstructured Data -- Part I

Part I: Structured versus unstructured: What is the difference?
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Earl van As
May 1, 2018
This is the first in a three-part Create Smarter Businesses series. The two subsequent articles are scheduled to appear in June and July. 
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F.W. Webb Co. Inks Deal with New York Yankees

The company will serve as the official plumbing; heating; HVAC; refrigeration; and pipe, valves, and fittings (PVF) supplier to the New York Yankees through the 2021 baseball season
April 3, 2018
The F.W. Webb name will appear on in-stadium signage, and the company will promote its partnership through advertising and customer engagement activities in Yankee Stadium and at F.W. Webb locations within the Yankees' territory.
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Incentives

Which Incentive Program is Right for Your Business?

It all boils down to who you want to target as your audience and what your business goals are
Chris Largent
Chris Largent
April 3, 2018
There are also many determination factors that come into play when picking an incentive program, such as the number of anticipated participants, earning criteria, budget, company and distribution size, how long the program will run, company culture, etc.
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MacLean Balnace

Mix & Balance: How to Net Sizable Distribution Profit Gains

Changing the balance between the money makers and the money losers will deliver profit rates beyond your expectations
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Randy MacLean
March 27, 2018
Whether your company has money to burn or is hanging on by its fingernails is directly determined by your mix of profitable to unprofitable accounts and transactions.
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Motion Industries

Motion Canada’s TechCan Services Earns Two SKF Certifications

Company now authorized as an SKF Certified Rebuilder – Gearboxes as well as an SKF Certified Rebuilder – Conveyor Pulleys
December 3, 2017
SKF associates audited TechCan Services and presented certification signifying that TechCan had met all the necessary criteria with the emphasis on teardown and inspection procedures, machine tools and repair procedures, storage, documentation, and other exacting standards and technical specifications.
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Unleash WD Hosts Innovation Conference

Lift and Shift Sessions Bring Creative Concepts to Distributors
December 5, 2013

Agnostic innovation with intention to disrupt: an apt description of the Unleash WD Summit and its 17 storytellers from unrelated industries. Brought together by Dirk Beveridge, president and CEO of 4th Generation Systems, and founder of Unleash WD, each speaker shared ideas that to some HVAC wholesale distributors may border on absurd.


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Taco Bell Teaches Trend Setting

September 3, 2013
What do the disappearance of Taco Bell’s kids’ meals and your business have in common? 


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