Russ Graf's guest appearances

Russ Graf

B2B Growth

WBSRocks: Business Growth with ERP and Digital Transformation

Joe Sullivan

Jeff White

Ben Baker

Robert Johnson

Mike McDerment

Kara Goldin

Vanessa Van Edwards

Michael Bungay Stanier

David Burkus

Chris Voss

Gary Vaynerchuk

Daniel Ramsey

Dave Ramsey

Drew McLellan

Ann Handley

OwlTail

Demand and inventory planning is a dark art that even trained S&amp;OP practitioners struggle to understand. Each company goes through a maturity curve as they scale their operations. They will start with a spreadsheet or a combination of a spreadsheet and an ERP system. They might also do a lot of planning inside the ERP, but the development of those reports could be costly, and your planners may still not like to use it due to the rigidity of the ERP systems. As they grow, they need a sophisticated planning system that can talk to the ERP back and forth.In today's episode, our guest, Russ Graf, shares his insights on the inventory maturity curve for manufacturers and distributors. He also discusses how the inventory and S&amp;OP planning differs for manufacturers and distributors. Finally, he discusses how the ERP systems might not have all the datasets the planners need to compute safety stock.For more information on growth strategies for SMBs using ERP and digital transformation, visit our community at wbs.rocks or elevatiq.com. To ensure that you never miss an episode of the WBS podcast, subscribe on your favorite podcasting platform.

Demand and inventory planning is a dark art that even trained S&amp;OP practitioners struggle to understand. Each company goes through a maturity curve as they scale their operations. They will start with a spreadsheet or a combination of a spreadsheet and an ERP system. They might also do a lot of planning inside the ERP, but the development of those reports could be costly, and your planners may still not like to use it due to the rigidity of the ERP systems. As they grow, they need a sophisticated planning system that can talk to the ERP back and forth.In today's episode, our guest, Russ Graf, shares his insights on the inventory maturity curve for manufacturers and distributors. He also discusses how the inventory and S&amp;OP planning differs for manufacturers and distributors. Finally, he discusses how the ERP systems might not have all the datasets the planners need to compute safety stock.For more information on growth strategies for SMBs using ERP and digital transformation, visit our community at <a href="https://wbs.rocks/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">wbs.rocks</a> or <a href="https://www.elevatiq.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">elevatiq.com</a>. To ensure that you never miss an episode of the WBS podcast, subscribe on your favorite podcasting platform.

WBSP236: Grow Your Business by Staying Ahead on the Inventory Maturity Curve w/ Russ Graf

There are producers of products and there are the end users of those products. Then, there are middlemen in between, or “channel partners.” They’re incredibly valuable in the world of marketing and sales, but you have to know the ins and outs of marketing to and through channel partners to get the most out of that relationship. Russ Graf, VP of Sales at NetStock, has a lot of experience in channel partner businesses, so he knows how to seamlessly fit a product or service into their world. Check out his advice to learn how to involve channel partners in your growth strategy.

There are producers of products and there are the end users of those products. Then, there are middlemen in between, or “channel partners.” They’re incredibly valuable in the world of marketing and sales, but you have to know the ins and outs of marketing to and through channel partners to get the most out of that relationship. Russ Graf, VP of Sales at <a href="http://www.netstock.co/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">NetStock</a>, has a lot of experience in channel partner businesses, so he knows how to seamlessly fit a product or service into their world. Check out his advice to learn how to involve channel partners in your growth strategy.

34: Everything You Need to Know About Growing Through Channel Partners w/ Russ Graf