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FROM EXECUTIVE SPONSORSHIP TO EXECUTIVE ENGAGEMENT

Strategic Account Management Association

We too often confuse strategic account sponsorship with corporate project sponsorship, where sponsorship is a way to escalate issues or decision-making when in need. We also needed to make sure senior leaders are aware of these responsibilities to optimize their speed and impact.

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How We Can Align our Corporate Strategy and Supply Chain Strategy

Flevy

Marketing, Sales, Engineering, Manufacturing, and Procurement. Due to the difficulty in managing these demands and balancing trade-offs, we cannot address issues like cost, customization, speed, and price in an effective, cross-functional manner. Customizers. Value Players. Buy Decision. Premium Players.

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What is value creation in sales?

Mercuri International

Value-creation focused selling is essential for sales and marketing organizations. In a previous article , we discussed the factors driving up to 85% of business leaders to consider the customer-value approach as critical to success. What is customer value? Revenue enhancing values. Productivity.

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Current Challenges in B2B Wholesale

QYMATIX

of wholesalers see the need to significantly increase sales prices in the near future. Ad hoc individual decisions resulting from this circumstance do not help; systematic approaches are needed to rule out expensive decision-making confusion in sales teams and business relationships. This has consequences.

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The Most Important KPIs in Distribution and the Influence of AI

QYMATIX

Because medium-sized distribution and retail companies, including wholesalers, operate in an increasingly complex and dynamic environment, it is essential to make and implement business decisions quickly. Especially in the B2B environment, the multitude of external interfaces to suppliers and customers increases complexity.

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Six Building Blocks for Revitalized B2B Marketing and Sales

Luminas Strategy

Sales visits, trade shows, and demonstrations present opportunities to engage with customers and highlight your knowledge, experience, and the ability to solve problems at scale are key differentiating factors that can make or break your growth curve. Apply design thinking to meet the needs of specific customer personas.

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Transformation through Agile Leadership

Cosawi

We too often confuse strategic account sponsorship with corporate project sponsorship, where sponsorship is a way to escalate issues or decision-making when in need. We also needed to make sure senior leaders are aware of these responsibilities to optimize their speed and impact.