Center for Distribution Excellence

IFDA's Center for Distribution Excellence (CDE) is a valuable online resource designed specifically for IFDA members. The goal of the CDE is to provide and promote awareness of best practices and alternatives that will help foodservice distributors grow and prosper even in today's challenging climate.

Find a library of resources to address foodservice industry common challenges (including rising fuel costs, insurance costs, employee turnover, and more). Enjoy access to a pool of materials from past IFDA conferences and web seminars, sponsored research, latest developments in EFR, and other must-know information such as regulatory happenings and white papers by leaders of the industry.

What's New? Check below for some recent additions to the CDE.

IFDA released the Executive Update for 3Q 2008 (click to review).

Upcoming Webinars...

Title	Added	Section
Study: Restaurant Workers Blame Host of Reasons for Overlooking Food Safety	12.23.08	Safety
Top 3 Sustainability Trends for 2009	12.23..08	Sustainability
Benefits on a Shoestring Budget	12.23.08	Human Resources
Employers: No Layoffs Here	12.23.08	Human Resources
2009 Trends Distributors Should Grasp	12.23.08	Transportation
Tight Credit Squeezing Small Businesses	12.23.08	Transportation
ISM Report: Some Growth in 2009, Maybe	12.23.08	Warehousing
10 Lessons in Aggressively Marketing Your Business even in Bad Economy	12.23.08	Warehousing
Sales & Marketing Trends your Operators MUST KNOW... and more	Added	Source
On the Move The eye is attracted to three things – movement, sound, and color...	10.29.08	SellingPower.com
Three Ways to Improve your Lead-Nurturing Strategy	9.26.08	Marketing Profs.com
Twelve Presentation Derailers There are 12 preventable visual errors that can undermine even the best presentation.	10.29.08	SellingPower.com
The Butler Did It When customers complain... the knee-jerk reaction is to say: “The warehouse did it.” Often, the warehouse didn’t make the mistake...	10.29.08	MyIDAccess
Doing More With Less: Winning Sales Strategies to Navigate a Challenging Market	10.29.08	GMA
P&G Web Move is Challenge to Retailers (free subscription required) P&G is using the Internet to sell directly to households..	10.29.08	FinancialTimes
As Belts Tighten, Lobsters Shrink and Bar Menus Grow (free subscription required)	9.26.08	NYTimes
Making the Most of Customer Complaints	9.26.08	Wall Street Jrn
Back to Basics: Keeping the Sale	9.26.08	ManageSmarter
Foodservice Distribution – It’s not Just about Food Distributors Can Offer Services without Price Tags to Help Customers’ Improve their Margins	9.26.08	my IDaccess
Enhancing Distribution of Organic Products Consumer demand grows and organic distributors are turning to technology for more reliable distribution.	9.26.08	FoodLogistics
Graphics Gone Wild Fleets who make outstanding use of vehicle graphics for consumer awareness.	9.26.08	FleetOwner.com