Wholesalers, distributors and other middle parties-between customers and suppliers-fight the challenge of being price competitive and service responsive, while making a profit. The traditional role of middlemen has changed. Customer base, customer locations and market size have expanded. More is expected and required. With all these pressures to compete and to differentiate yourself, there is one approach that some have successfully implemented as part of their strategic business plan and tactical operation while others have given token recognition to-supply chain management.
Web Site Content Management
How often should you update the content and design of your web site ?
Is it OK once having setup your site to leave it as it is, particularly if the nature of your business and its products/services does not change ?
Eight Tips for Selecting a Sales Lead Management Service Company
1. Determine what your inquiry handling or sales lead management system must include. Construct a flow chart of the process, including the steps required and the time allotted to each.
Who Needs Change Management?
You’ve spent thousands of dollars on that cool technology; clustering, redundant controllers, redundant disks, redundant power supplies, redundant NIC cards, multiple network drops, fancy tape backup devices and the latest and greatest tape technology. You’re all set. There’s no way your going to have downtime.
Calculating ROI on your Investment in Requirements Management Tools
There’s no question that a commercial Requirements Management tool is very useful; but, can it pay for itself at your company? In this article we’ll look at a model to help you calculate ROI on Requirements Management tools.
Outsourcing Supply Chain Management – 8 Issues
Outsourcing is done for various reasons. The driver can be generating cost reductions and downsizing; this has been a traditional reason for outsourcing. But there are others, such as gaining capabilities that are not available internally, implementing lean programs, streamlining operations, strategically positioning the company, or improving or adding capabilities to gain competitive advantage. Regardless of the reason, outsourcing succeeds when it is well thought out and done properly.
Integrity in Management
If you want to motivate your team you must demonstrate integrity.
There is no alternative.
Networking for a Job: How to Find the 80% of Management Jobs that are Never Advertised.
Most management jobs, as many as 80%, are never advertised. They are available through a process of personal networking. This consists of contacting everyone you have ever known, have ever met or have ever heard of, and using the networking multiplier.
Sales and Distribution Management and Training
Are you interested in distributing products using the web? With the customer-centric distribution chain today, the role that a distributor plays includes enabling direct ordering and tracking of orders over the Internet. Does it mean that you switch your current operations to the Internet? Or does it mean making use of the Internet in such a manner that optimizes your role in the value chain.
Time Management For The Internet Marketer
After a very short while operating your internet business you’ll notice that you just don’t have enough time to do all of the things that you think you “have” to do. I certainly felt that way. I mean – you download from you ISP to your desktop computer – 200 or 300 emails at a time and it soon gets overwhelming. So what did I do? Flounder – then learn what others were doing.