Articles | Distribution & Supply Chain


The Opposite of Yes
Dave Fellman | March 19, 2018

I presented a seminar at an industry conference last weekend. Immediately afterward, I had a table set up alongside the stage to...read more


Consultative Selling: What, Why Not, and Why Now?
Leah Waldrop | March 8, 2018

Over the past few years, distributors and salespeople in the professional cleaning industry have heard the term ‘consultative selling’ used more frequently....read more


Implementing a Sustainability Program
Stephen P. Ashkin | February 12, 2018

A decade ago when green cleaning was first taking hold in the professional cleaning industry, where did cleaning contractors and in-house cleaning...read more


Face to Face Still Matters
Christian Brosnan | February 7, 2018

Every beep, buzz, or ping acknowledges that society is engrossed in technology. It dominates much of the communication between human beings on...read more


Welcome to Green Cleaning 3.0
Brian Peters | January 23, 2018

In a sense, we are now beginning Green Cleaning 3.0. Green Cleaning 1.0 began all the way back in the mid-1990s when,...read more


Excuses, Excuses
Dan Merkel | January 15, 2018

I had a really weird dream the other night. I was sitting with a group of salespeople, and they went around the...read more


The Evolving Jansan Distributor Model
Leah Waldrop | January 10, 2018

Experienced building service contractors (BSCs) are well aware of the changes that have occurred when it comes to selecting professional cleaning products,...read more


Navigating the Channels of Change
Joan Weis | December 11, 2017

The Predicament We live in rapidly changing times. The familiar ebb and flow of business cycles has been replaced by a systemic...read more