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Smaller distributors can benefit from offering high-touch, personal service; going after large companies' unprofitable customers; and embracing the lack of bureaucracy that bigger competitors have, says Al Bates, principal of the Distribution Performance Project.
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Companies with integrated systems and a product-to-consumer strategy can track product availability on all channels and instantly communicate that information to potential customers, says Marcel Hollerbach of Productsup. "For example, companies that implement a P2C strategy have an easier time onboarding product data and are better prepared to make adjustments in real-time as inventory changes," Hollerbach says.
Shipping containers are stacked at the Port of Los Angeles. (Mario Tama/Getty Images)
The Port of Los Angeles is seeking approval from the Los Angeles Harbor Commission to begin charging ocean carriers $100 for each empty container that sits idle for nine days and an additional $100 per day until the container is removed. "[T]he objective with this empty-container program is not to collect fees but to free up valuable space on our docks, clearing the way for more ships and improving fluidity," said Gene Seroka, the port's executive director.
Ambreen Ali outlines six questions that marketers can use to form the basis of their video marketing strategy. These include determining video marketing's message, audience and goal and whether to feature thought leaders or influencers.
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Getting started on 2022 goals can include reflecting on 2021, combining big goals and small steps, and finding someone to hold you accountable, writes executive coach Elisabeth Hayes. "Your accountability partner should be someone you trust, respect and whom you don't want to disappoint," Hayes writes.
"Compassion, courage, and curiosity" are three attributes every leader should have, and they can instill those values in employees by helping people speak up, feel understood and work more effectively, Karin Hurt writes. "Celebrate effort -- especially when someone takes a risk of challenging one of your ideas," Hurt writes.
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