Principles Of Marketing Channel Management

The Autobiography and Ministry of Bishop M. D. Spires

This unique book helps business executives to improve their company's business performance by showing how to build an effective and future-proof distribution channel, and adopt effective commercial policies and value-based pricing strategies. For the first time, an ex-McKinsey consultant and general manager reveals the methodology adopted by successful Fortune 100 multinationals, offering readers a concise, informative and pragmatic guide to the core principles, with an abundance of concrete examples and visual frameworks. Every good business manager needs to have a microscope on one eye and a telescope on the other eye – this practical, easy to follow book, anchored in solid analytic principles, allows for fast and solid transitions between diagnosis, long-term strategic thinking, and short-term execution. Bruno Barcelos, General Manager Sandoz, a Novartis Company

Channel management has become one of the most important components of a firm's competitive strategy, with mistakes often costing companies millions--and channel managers their careers. The Manager's Guide to Distribution Channels provides managers and decision makers with proven tools and go-to-market strategies for refining channel strategies and managing distribution relationships. Self-assessment tools combine with realworld cases and examples to give managers a nontheoretical, balanced blend of thought-provoking insights and hands-on tactics.

This book has a strategic emphasis that focuses on decision making in a changing environment. It presents the latest developments in channels management, including: electronic data interchange, relationship marketing, customer service, wholesaler contacts, parallel importing, legal areas, product recall, recycling, hub-and-spoke distribution, and slotting allowance.