IndustryWeek today offers an endorsement of a distributor’s value; the online magazine looks at what it means for a distributor to offer true value, and also offers "nontraditional performance measurements," as provided by SKF’s Bill Moore, to judge whether a distributor is effective as a strategic partner.
Moore tells IndustryWeek that engineering assistance supplied by a distributor is one example of a value-add – it can address recurring equipment failure problems, and improve overall performance.
One metric Moore offers in the article – how prepared a distributor is to react in emergencies – anything from an equipment failure to a …
