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BRAND NEW: Lean Operations in Wholesale Distribution
Becoming lean in wholesale distribution is more important than ever in today’s challenging economic market. Applying lean concepts makes sense because becoming lean means becoming a more effective distributor. And becoming lean will lead to higher profitability.
This book discusses the steps distributors must take to design and manage a lean culture. It deals with one lucrative area: Operations, which includes all aspects of the order processing system—from the time you seek an order, to order entry, and all the way through to delivery of products and services. Apply the tools and techniques in this book to your company so that it will operate with minimal waste and few errors, while at the same time meet your primary goal of adding value to the products and services you provide.
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Large Company CEO/COO Roundtable
September 24th-25th, 2008
O'Hare Hilton
Chicago, IL
This by-invitation-only event attracts a prominent group of industry executives and is open to the President, CEO, COO, and Executive Vice President of wholesale distribution companies with annual sales of $100 million and above.
NAW's Large Company CEO/COO Roundtable is a unique event designed for wholesaler-distributors by wholesaler-distributors. A proverbial who's who in wholesale distribution, this event carefully pairs participants in networking sessions with non-competing peers across a diverse range of commodity lines. You will have the most in-depth business discussions ever at this event!
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NAW Health Insurance Program
The NAW Health Insurance Program offers fully insured and comprehensive group PPO plans that are designed exclusively for NAW direct members, and members of NAW’s member associations — representing thousands of companies nationwide. And, all members, not just distributors, are eligible to participate.
The program uses a trust established by the NAW, to allow participating member companies to join together to obtain coverage under a single policy of insurance. The result of the trust is a large risk pool that may lower insurance premiums for many businesses that would otherwise have to buy insurance on their own.