Wholesale Distribution Industry Leaders To Discuss Strategies for Growth

April 14, 2011 - PRLog -- Wholesale distributors represent a huge segment of the global economy. This sector has grown to six trillion dollars in the US and is forecast to grow 6 percent annually through 2015, much faster than the economy as a whole. How do they do it? What keep this segment thriving?

To help answer these questions, ChainLink Research has conducted research and is hosting a webinar on April 20th at 1:00 EDT, where senior executives from highly successful wholesale distributors will discuss how their firms have been able to continue healthy growth through economically challenging times. They will discuss:
• Strategies and technologies they used to create dramatic growth
• How they manage costs while still providing superior customers service
• Workforce management
• Customer services
• Innovation in business models and technology.

The speakers include:
• Zach Stassen, CEO of Emerge Surgical – Zach will describe how Emerge Surgical manages growth through remote sales and service workforce.
• Jesse Menczer, CIO of DiscounTechnology, will explain how they've been able to grow their business 50-100% every year with low overhead.  
• Ann Grackin, CEO of ChainLink Research, will discuss the innovative strategies and new services being used by wholesale distributors to create high growth and high margin and how the economics of the businesses are impacted by cloud technologies.
• Roman Bukary, Head of Manufacturing and Distribution Industries for NetSuite, will talk about Cloud ERP’s success in meeting the needs for the Wholes Distribution sector.

Business managers interested in high growth strategies without the high cash investment are encouraged to attend this webinar. Interested parties may register for the webinar at http://www1.gotomeeting.com/register/496995265. The webinar will be held on April 20th at 1:00 Eastern Daylight Time.

For more information or to view a recording after the webinar visit: http://www.chainlinkresearch.com/research/detail.cfm?guid...

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