Having top notch industry supply chain partners is important to running your business safely, efficiently, and effectively. If you don’t have high-value partners, it makes it that much more difficult to ensure that you make a profit, grow your business, and put more people in your community to work. Part of that equation for many chemical distributors is using a warehouse to store products until they are ready for distribution to customers. Unfortunately, sometimes decisions are made that make sense at the time but ultimately create headaches costing your business time and money.
I recently read an article about employee development where the author cited some very interesting statistics about the importance of offering your employees training opportunities. According to the author, training can play a big role in employee recruitment and retention, especially among younger workers who tend to value their own personal and professional growth over other jobs perks.
Did you know that the business of chemistry touches 96% of all commerce in the United States? Did you also know that chemical distributors generate $30 billion in economic output, employ more than 70,000 people, and contribute $5 billion to the local, state, and national tax base? As these numbers show, chemical distributors play a pivotal role in the U.S. economy and in the supply chain that produces the consumer goods we use every single day.