Have you ever seriously evaluated your relationship with your disposable glove vendor? Sure, they’re happy to sell you gloves—but do they do anything beyond the sale to help you sell those gloves to your customers?
Not all vendors will give you what you need to be successful. You buy their merchandise, money changes hands, and you have little if any contact until it’s time to order again. Continue reading “What Does Your Glove Vendor Do for You?”
What are the most difficult challenges that small to medium-sized distributors face?
Eroding margins that damage your bottom line? Online retailers that create chaotic price structures? Or maybe getting the support you need from vendors to help you achieve your sales goals?
AMMEX crafts its relationships to deliver maximum benefit to our partners. Over 30 years, we’ve developed a highly effective, no-risk program that has helped thousands of distributors to sell millions of gloves. Continue reading “Why Partner With AMMEX?”
How do you position your wholesale business on the Internet? There are a ton of places to be online these days. Agencies would have you believe that you must be everywhere to succeed with digital marketing. They’re wrong, however—you only need to be in as many places as your target audience is. Does your target audience use Pinterest? If not, you don’t need to be there.
We’re willing to bet that your customers are on LinkedIn. As a social media platform, it offers the most returns to B2B companies looking to connect with their customers. Wholesalers should pay attention to this platform.
Continue reading “Get Your Wholesale Business Set-up on LinkedIn”
Today we’re taking a look at three tools you can use to improve your inventory-management functions. Retailers and consumers have more choices than ever. In order to stay competitive, top wholesale distributors have lowered their profit margins and constantly seek ways to innovate.
Continue reading “3 Tools and Techniques to Improve Your Inventory Management”
If inventory is the lifeblood of a wholesale distribution company, then the inventory management process is its circulatory system. Inventory management systems pull in products from suppliers and push them out to customers. Benchmarking your inventory process is a bit like a wellness exam. So how would your company do?
Continue reading “Improve Your Inventory Management Processes, Skyrocket Your Success”
“If you want your company to be known as the best in its industry, commercial sector, or even in its niche, you must gain awareness of the only goal that matters – the one which none of your competitors have yet surpassed.” – Rob O’Byrne, Logistics Bureau
Continue reading “Benchmark Inventory Management for Continued Success”
As distribution business models continue to evolve, many wholesalers are discovering that enterprise resource planning (ERP) solutions are a vital part of their strategy to keep pace with changing industry demands. Outdated ERP systems often deliver limited functionality and prevent organizations from improving collaboration and efficiency through a lack of integration with other critical systems. However, there are newer solutions that are good alternatives to on-premise ERP—developed specifically to facilitate differentiation, promote growth, and prepare a distribution business for the future.
Continue reading “Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) for Wholesalers and Distributors”
In our last article in this series on inventory management, we explored three ways that you can improve your inventory management system. We mentioned a cloud-based inventory system as the first tool you can use, and thought it was worth exploring further.
Continue reading “Can you Make Your Inventory Management System Better?”
Wholesale distribution is an industry that has been around for a long time. That means a lot of the “best practices” reflect a less technology-filled era. Wholesale distributors face more innovation than ever, and the future favors those who embrace new tools, techniques, and technologies. Those who don’t will likely become obsolete, like some of the out-of-season inventory sitting in their warehouses.
Continue reading “Inventory Management Practices That Are Hurting Your Bottom Line”
