“The pricing optimization program has been an invaluable tool for highlighting opportunities to improve margins. Implementing the principles in a pilot location raised gross margins by over 3% in less than a year. It has been an eye-opening experience for those salespeople using the cost-plus method for determining sales price.”
Main Content
Research
The Read Center conducts research through two branches. The Global Supply Chain Laboratory (GSCL) is utilized to educate our students, create cutting edge solutions for wholesale and industrial distribution channels. The Talent Incubator Program is an industry-sponsored research program that hires top Industrial Distribution students to work part-time on company research projects.
Professional Development
The Read Center works with industry leaders and their projects to discover new ways of productively and profitably servicing the needs of the marketplace. We offer customized and open enrollment professional development programs so that personnel training fits the company’s specific needs.
Collaboration
The Read Center establishes and runs industry consortia every year to conduct research and develop research driven educational programs. These consortia will conduct research in distribution topics and develop practical methodology and tools that can be used by the consortium members to improve their operations.
