Steve Cook: Celebrating 50 years Steve Cook November 8, 2019 In September at NETWORK, ASA’s annual conference held this year in Washington, D.C., we celebrated 50 years of our association leading our industry.Read More
Mike Miazga: Lion Plumbing Supply keys in on its customers Mike Miazga November 7, 2019 One of my favorite vacation stories is a trip my wife and I went on to the Florida Keys right after the birth of our daughter.Read More
Guest Editorial Rock Rockwell: How to compete against Amazon Rock Rockwell October 17, 2019 What if you viewed the last 10 feet of the supply chain differently? What if you saw it instead as the first 10 feet of the demand chain? Read More
Dirk Beveridge: 9 strategic planning lessons Is your leadership team embracing the inevitable change? Dirk Beveridge October 17, 2019 Over the last 36 months, I had the opportunity to lead strategic planning workshops for associations, buying groups, independent distributors and one manufacturer.Read More
Bruce Merrfield: Human biases trump analytics Survey stats: The brave and the fading. Bruce Merrifield October 17, 2019 I scan a lot of articles, with one of my research themes being return on investment for analytics, for which there are frustrating results.Read More
Dan Holohan: Your customers' pet peeves Dan Holohan October 17, 2019 “Just curious. What gets under your skin these days when it comes to your local wholesalers?”Read More
Mike Miazga: The memorable speech Gateway Supply's Chris Williams delivered Still the best. Mike Miazga October 11, 2019 Over the last decade I have lost count of the amount of guest speakers I have listened to at the many meetings and conventions I have attended.Read More
Hank Darlington: How committed is your company to training? If you think training and watching employees leave is expensive, try not training them and watching them stay. Hank Darlington September 13, 2019 I am a huge proponent of employee training. Many of you might believe you do a great job in this area.Read More
Eye on Safety: Inside the new DOT clearinghouse Brittney Cornillaud September 13, 2019 Mark your calendars! On Jan. 6, 2020, the U.S. Department of Transportation Clearinghouse will be up and running.Read More