New Wholesale Distribution Strategy Report Coming in March

The National Association of Wholesaler-Distributors' (NAW) Distribution Research and Education Foundation (DREF) and Pembroke Consulting of Philadelphia, Pa., have announced that the eighth edition of the wholesale distribution strategy report will be released March of 2007.

NAW and DREF say the report, titled Facing the Forces of Change®: Lead the Way in the Supply Chain, provides wholesaler-distributors, manufacturers, suppliers and their customers with strategic insights into the key business and economic trends affecting the wholesale distribution supply chain through 2012. They also say it describes innovative strategies and tactics that wholesaler-distributors can use to capitalize on these trends.

DREF executive director, Ron Schreibman said, "The Facing the Forces of Change® series remains the only major research study to analyze the future of wholesale distribution within multiple supply chains."

Pembroke Consulting's president, Adam J. Fein, Ph.D., advises, "Future success in wholesale distribution will come from understanding how to profit from crucial external business trends, followed by appropriate strategy execution to deliver results."

NAW and DREF say the report draws on a broad set of data, including in-depth interviews with senior distribution executives, manufacturers, customers, analysts, professors and association executives, and includes survey responses from nearly 1,000 wholesale distribution executives and approximately 300 manufacturing executives.

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