Articles | Distribution & Supply Chain


Advocacy in Action
John Nothdurft | January 29, 2020

In 2018, the ISSA board of directors decided to invest in an expansion of ISSA’s advocacy efforts to help create a legislative...read more


New Year, New You: How Mentoring Can Benefit Your Career
Dr. Felicia L. Townsend | January 20, 2020

Are you ready to boost your career this year? Considering January is National Mentoring Month, it’s a great opportunity to utilize a...read more


The 12 Perks Your Distributor Should Be Offering
Warren Jacobs | November 11, 2019

My friend knew a facility manager who was using a power washer to clean up the outside of his facility in preparation...read more


The Elements of Value
Duane Carey | February 19, 2019

If we were to travel back about three decades, we would likely find some jansan distributors marketing the same products they had...read more


Uncovering the Truth About Private Label
Gretchen Roufs | January 21, 2019

Sales growth of private-label products was more than three times the rate of branded products in 2017, according to the Nielson Co....read more


Tariff Talk
Michael Wilson | January 2, 2019

Tariffs are taxes or import duties imposed on items imported from one country to another. Typically, they are applied in situations where...read more


360 Degrees of Cleaning
Joan Weis | October 22, 2018

Welcome to the ISSA Show North America 2018—and Dallas. Wow, what a great city! In the decades since the ISSA Show has...read more


Time for Distributors to ‘Think Water’
Klaus Reichardt | October 2, 2018

The role that today’s cleaning professionals play has evolved to become something quite different from what it once was. In the past,...read more