Cost Reduction -- Information

This section of isapartners.org outlines some of the cost-reduction programs available to members of ISA. It also features articles about how member companies can lower their costs, plus provide cost-reduction programs for customers.

Cost reduction programs

Here are the ISA  Cost Reduction Programs and explanations on how ISA members can take advantage of them to reduce costs.

Tabell Communications -- The Industrial Supply Association recently added Tabell Communications to its strong list of approved Affinity Partners. Tabell is a firm focused on producing world-class custom brochures and catalogs.

Typically, custom brochures and catalogs are funded by suppliers that participate in the publications thus assuring their products reach the final marketplace. You select the suppliers to participate – Tabell does the rest. The publications are totally customized to your specifications and corporate culture.

ecmarket -- ecmarket provides an easy to use e-business solution called CONEXIOM|ERPLink that allows suppliers to convert customer fax orders into electronic orders, without requiring their customers to change their buying process. This means not having to convert to using EDI and not having to re-key orders into supplier web-sites.  If customers can print orders and access the internet they can use ERPLINK.
To learn more click here.

IBM -- The IBM Technology Offerings Program (TOP) develops partnerships between key associations, IBM and its Business Partners, to offer industry solutions that deliver enduring value to ISA’s small and mid-sized business members. Learn more.

YRC Regional Transportation -- You want reliability. We deliver it. ISA members are eligible for special discounts with New Penn, USF Holland, and USF Reddaway. Our companies are all industry leaders in consolidation and pool distribution.

OfficeMax discounts -- ISA and OfficeMax have put together a special agreement that offers you significant savings on more than 12,000 office products. Click here to learn more.

TAG Logistics LLC -- TAG Logistics LLC is a transportation consulting company that specializes in helping distributors identify areas of cost reduction and efficiency improvement in the delivery, transfer and freight process.

FedEx Corp. -- As an ISA member, you can now save up to 22% on select FedEx Express shipping services and up to 20% on select FedEx Ground shipping services.

Sentry Insurance -- ISA members now qualify for Sentry’s Workers’ Compensation and Property and Casualty insurance protection.

Elavon (formerly NOVA Information Systems ) -- ISA has partnered with Elavon to bring you a credit card processing program specifically designed to fit your needs.

Tooling U -- Tooling U offers a 10 percent discount to ISA members who sign up for courses.

Yellow Transportation -- ISA members get the deepest transportation discounts in the association industry.

Cost Reduction Information from the
National Association of Wholesaler-Distributors (NAW)

Hertz -- Under NAW and Hertz's Business Account Program for wholesaler-distributors, enrolled companies can take advantage of special low NAW-negotiated rates, earned Free Rental Days and other premium benefits.

Solveras -- NAW has teamed up with Solveras Payment Systems to provide wholesaler-distributors with the latest credit card processing technology.

Health Benefits -- Through the NAW/FBSC Program, industry members have the opportunity to save significant healthcare dollars by pairing a consumer-driven health plan with a tax-advantaged savings account—FlexHSA Health Savings Accounts or FlexHRA Health Reimbursement Accounts! You can save on premiums while gaining greater options to choose your own doctors and hospitals.

CP Insurance -- Champion Partners (CP) is a NAW endorsed national network of independent agents chosen because of their dedication to and deep experience in providing wholesale distribution companies with the highest quality business insurance programs available. 

Credit Insurance -- Euler Hermes ACI is North America’s oldest and largest provider of accounts receivable insurance, offering both domestic and global credit insurance policies that insure wholesalers against commercial and political risk in more than 160 countries worldwide.

Shipping Plus -- The NAW/Shipping Plus program extends firms pre-negotiated discounts with DHL, Yellow Freight System, Menlo Worldwide and Roadway Express.

WDPAC -- The Wholesaler-Distributor Political Action Committee (WDPAC) is the political arm of NAW. WDPAC has assisted in the election of scores of pro-business candidates and serves as a vehicle through which wholesaler-distributors can actively participate in the political process.

DREF -- For nearly four decades, DREF has worked with academia and the distribution consulting community to advance the state of knowledge in wholesale distribution.

Wholesale Distribution Manager's Course(WDMC) -- NAW's Wholesale Distribution Executive Management Course is centered on cross-training in the fundamentals. WDEMC registrants acquire hands-on expertise in strategic planning, team building, sales management, marketing, e-commerce, financial management, logistics and human resources.

The Hartford -- The Hartford has been endorsed by the NAW as a commercial insurance provider. The Hartford offers NAW members quality property & casualty insurance. With a business owners policy that has been described as an insurance industry gold standard, The Hartford has earned the respect and loyalty of agents countrywide.

NAW Government Announcements

Senate committee passes small business health insurance bill
The U.S. Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) Committee has approved S. 1955, the “Health Insurance Marketplace Modernization and Affordability Act of 2006.”

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