Best Practices in Industrial Distribution: Success in Hose Shops

In the last conversation of this series between Mary Gannon with Fluid Power World and Bill Horrigan with Tribute, Inc., they discuss best practices in hose distribution. You'll get a rundown from Bill on the things he has discovered through visiting more than 1600 distributors in his career that can help a hose distributor become more efficient. He covers the best practices in lot control and warehouse visibility, workflow and crimp instructions, labor & burden, kitting, work centers, and more.…

Best Practices in Industrial Distribution: Streamlining Inventory Management

In part 2 of our 4-part series with Mary Gannon, Editor of Fluid Power World and Bill Horrigan, VP of Sales & Marketing at Tribute, Inc. Inc., Bill shares his best practices for industrial distributors to manage their inventory. He covers the methodologies and tools that work best to ensure accurate counts of your largest asset: inventory!…

Best Practices in Industrial Distribution: Improving Customer Service

Mary Gannon, editor of Fluid Power World, sits down with Bill Horrigan, Vice President of Sales & Marketing of Tribute, Inc., and discusses best practices for fluid power and industrial distributors. In this first session, they cover best practices for improving customer service - from tracking and following up with sales leads, the personal touch with selling and upselling, and how inside and outside sales can benefit from better enterprise management software.…