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Published on a monthly basis, FEWA's Tips newsletter provides news of the membership and the industry.  Articles/press releases may be emailed to FEWA and will be included on a space-available basis.  FEWA Members are given space priority.
 

2008 newsletters (PDF files)

January
[105K PDF]
July
February
[108K PDF]
August
March
[125K PDF]
September
April October
May November
June December

 

2007 newsletters (PDF files)

January/February
[105K PDF]
August
[101K PDF]
March/April
[155K PDF]
September/October
[128K PDF]
May/June
[88K PDF]
November
[147K PDF]
July
[132K PDF]
December
[125K PDF]

In addition to press releases, news from the membership, information about Association events, etc. Tips also includes "how to" articles written by various distribution industry experts. 

This is the complete list of articles published in the Tips newsletter.  All are PDF files, 45K or smaller, unless otherwise noted.  New articles will be available for download as soon they are published in the newsletter.

 

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FAMILY OWNED BUSINESS The un-touchable topics: F-TheUntouchableTopics.pdf

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FORECASTING Forecasting items with long lead times:  F-ForecastingItemswith
LongLeadTimes.pdf
 

E

E-BUSINESS The next big thing in 'E': E-NextBigThingInE.pdf

E

EMPLOYEE MANAGEMENT How to get employees to make "good mistakes:" E-EmployeeMistakes.pdf
 

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WAREHOUSING Identifying improvement opportunities in your warehouse operations: W-WarehouseActivityProfiles.pdf  (80K)

Liquidate all slow-moving inventory?: W-LiquidateAllSlowInventory.pdf

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ACCOUNTING Sales & Cash Flow (Credit & A/R mgt): A-SalesCashFlowQuiz.pdf

New ways of seeing & asserting the coherence of things: A-NewWaysOfSeeing.pdf

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TECHNOLOGY Where did I save that document? Organizing your computer files:  T-OrganizingFiles.pdf

Tips for upgrading technology under a tight budget:   T-UpgradingTechology.pdf

What's what when evaluating software?: T-EvaluatingSoftware.pdf

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TERRITORY Territory management: T-TerritoryManagement.pdf
TIME MGT. Time management attitudes:
T-TimeManagement.pdf
TRADE SHOWS Avoid these common exhibit marketing mistakes:T-AvoidExhibitMarketingMistakes.pdf
 
TRENDS Industry Trends - The forces of change remain:  T-ForcesOfChange.pdf
 

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INVENTORY MANAGEMENT Encouraging inventory accuracy:
I-EncourageInventoryAccuracy.pdf

Implementing effective inventory management: I-ImplementingEffective-InventoryMgt.pdf

A questionnaire for new inventory items:
I-InventoryQuestionnaire.pdf

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INCENTIVES Why are a majority of incentive plans failing?:
I-IncentivePlans.pdf

Hey CFO, "What's wrong with sales incentives?": I-SalesIncentives.pdf

INDUSTRY Hey Mr. Manufacturer: Distributors Are Not Catfish! I-DistributorsAreNot-Catfish.pdf
  INDUSTRY
MANAGEMENT
Basic fraud prevention tips for small businesses: I-PreventingFraud.pdf  
 

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PARTNERING Building your pentad for partnering success: P-PartneringPentad.pdf

What can your customers do for you?: P-WhatCanYourCustomersDo.pdf

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PERSONNEL Motivating your employees through acceptance: P-MotivatingEmployees.pdf
PLANNING The 'big' fat difference between succession and estate planning:
P-PlanningDifferences.pdf
PRODUCTIVITY Navigate the river of paperwork with a record retention policy: P-RecordRetentionPolicy.pdf

How to read more productively: P-ReadProductively.pdf

PROJECT MANAGEMENT Beyond best practices: P-BeyondBestPractices.pdf
 

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SALES Achieve breakthrough sales results in 2006 and beyond: S-BreakthroughSalesResults.pdf

Is it time for distributors to get serious about developing your salespeople?
S-DevelopingSalespeople.pdf

Prevent Unpaid Consulting: S-PreventUnpaidConsulting.pdf

Rx for sales effectiveness:
S-RXforSales-Effectiveness.pdf

Think of your customer list as an investment portfolio: S-SegmentingCustomers.pdf

Value-added selling?:
S-ValueAddedSelling.pdf

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SUPPLIERS Reinvigorate your supplier relationships: S-ReinvigorateSupplierRelationships.pdf