What\u2019s the key to increasing efficiency, driving productivity and improving bottom-line results in\u00a0wholesale distribution<\/b>? Employing \u201cclear thinking\u201d processes from top to bottom.<\/p>\n
Ray Baxter, CEO of Kepner-Tregoe, explains in an interview on the Industrial Distribution website that \u201cclear thinking is the last competitive advantage\u201d in a time when information is immediately and widely available.<\/p>\n
\u201cTo get and stay competitive today, businesses have to change faster and execute better than any of their competitors, but they need a well understood process from top to bottom to achieve lasting results,\u201d Baxter says.<\/p>\n
What Baxter is trying to convey is that companies need a solid management structure, or a \u201cthinking organization,\u201d to respond to what their competitors are going to be doing. That\u2019s partially true. Every company\u2019s situation is a bit different. Some are in the distribution environment and thrive because they\u2019re the largest or they can move the product the quickest. Others are there simply because there is no competition.<\/p>\n