Set the frequency by tier and write it down. A top-tier distributor typically warrants two joint planning sessions a year, [...]
Published July 26, 2026Measure distributor performance on both lagging and leading indicators. Lagging indicators include trailing twelve-month revenue, margin, and the three-year revenue [...]
Published July 26, 2026Distributor management is the repeatable set of practices a manufacturer uses to rank, develop, document, and measure its relationships with [...]
Published July 26, 2026Contact the top twenty accounts personally in the first week, with someone who already knows them. Name one owner per [...]
Published July 24, 2026One named person inside the business, with written decision rights, direct access to ownership, and roughly half their calendar cleared. [...]
Published July 24, 2026Cost savings are inside the acquirer's control and can be executed by decision. Revenue growth requires a customer to buy [...]
Published July 24, 2026Revenue synergies are the additional sales the combined company is expected to produce that neither business could have generated alone, [...]
Published July 24, 2026Organize the checklist into four windows. Day 1: live announcements to both teams, one-page talking points for customer-facing employees, payroll [...]
Published July 24, 2026Most integrations run twelve to eighteen months, with the phases split by risk. The first ninety days protect revenue: customer [...]
Published July 24, 2026



