Travelling Salesman
At one of the better sales meetings I've attended the sales people (reps and direct salesmen) were asked to list the 5 best fastener suppliers as seen in the eyes of their distributors. Each sales person had about a month to poll their customer base and ask them to provide their best 5 suppliers, regardless of product, company size, etc. Surprisingly, or maybe not, certain companies showed up on almost every person's list regardless of what part of the country the salesperson was reporting from. Then there were some "regional" suppliers that were only familiar to those salespeople from specific geographic regions. So.....let's hear from you. Who are the top 5 fastener suppliers you deal with? If you want, post the reasons why they made your top 5 list.
Fastener Industry Future
We have all seen consolidations, companies close their doors. We've seen an influx of fasteners from China and India and many other countries. We have seen online ordering, we see high tech warehousing all across the country. But.....where do we go to discuss the evolution of our industry with other people from our industry?? Welcome to Fastenerblog!
I'm not sure what this site can accomplish. Perhaps distributors across the country can discuss sources for products both domestic and overseas. Maybe someone moving across the country can do some job searching on the site. Maybe a company can discover some marketing insights by linking up with other bloggers. All I know is I have kids under the age of 20 and they all have blogs and "My Space" pages and "Face Book" accounts and I thought....why not us? The bolts and nuts people.
So, welcome the Fastenerblog. Please leave a note and let's see where we go from here!
