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Survival relationships.(Industrial Distribution: Safety Supply Target Report)(strategic business alliances)
Industrial Distribution, March, 1999 by Somervill, Barbara A.
An increasing number of safety equipment distributors are tapping the expertise of manufacturers to make end users aware of the importance of proper safety measures. The trends facing the safety industry parallel those in other sectors of industrial distribution: integrated supply, consolidation, and a change in the role of manufacturers' sales representatives.
According to Clark Huffstutter, national sales and marketing manager for Protectoseal, "With integrated supply, manufacturers are being asked to do more toward warehousing and providing vendors with direct access. The distributor spends more time as an order-taker and managing the logistics of the supply chain instead of providing services." As integrated supply slices costs, customers still...
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