{"id":44,"date":"2008-01-03T14:51:37","date_gmt":"2008-01-03T14:51:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/timandrewsblog-asicentral.com\/timblog\/2008\/01\/03\/distributor-choice-awards-and-business-examples-from-supplier-of-the-year\/"},"modified":"2008-02-04T01:56:54","modified_gmt":"2008-02-04T01:56:54","slug":"distributor-choice-awards-and-business-examples-from-supplier-of-the-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/timandrewsblog-asicentral.com\/timblog\/2008\/01\/03\/distributor-choice-awards-and-business-examples-from-supplier-of-the-year\/","title":{"rendered":"Distributor Choice Awards and Business Examples From Supplier of the Year"},"content":{"rendered":"

We just announced the winners of the 2008 Counselor<\/em> Distributor Choice Awards at ASI Orlando.<\/p>\n

These popular awards recognize the most-valued ASI suppliers in 42 product categories, determined by ASI supplier performance ratings and real votes cast by ASI distributor peers.\u00a0 Over 230 finalists were recognized and 33 suppliers named winners at the ceremony at the Hard Rock Live Universal Studios.<\/p>\n

There were 40% more finalists this year versus last – an increase that indicates a solid turnout of distributor voters, the addition of new product categories and a healthy industry.<\/p>\n

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The Supplier of the Year award, the honor that recognizes the best overall results from all votes, was presented to Journalbooks\/Timeplanner Calendars \u2013 which has consistently outperformed its peers by ranking first place in all of these areas of the ASI Supplier Ratings: quality, communication, delivery, problem resolution and imprinting. The combined rating was 4.91 out of 5 stars.<\/p>\n

<\/a>But being named Supplier of the Year is more than just about the numbers.<\/p>\n

Here are two examples why Journalbooks\/Timeplanner Calendars is the Supplier of the Year.<\/p>\n

The first is a personal story. A few years ago, at a two-day industry event, 40 of us were in a session on how to better manage our business. One of the ideas was to recognize employees \u2013and to do so by keeping a notebook, by employee, of things they had done during the year.<\/p>\n

So, the next day, completely by surprise, one of the owners of the Supplier of the Year walked in with \u2013 guess what? \u2013 a custom notebook for each of us to take back.<\/p>\n

This hadn\u2019t been planned ahead \u2013 he had called the office, faxed off the design for the pages and his company had printed and shipped the journal to arrive the next day.<\/p>\n

Not only was it a useful gift, but it also was something I\u2019ve remembered \u2013 and used \u2013 every day since.<\/p>\n

Here\u2019s another example.<\/p>\n

A call comes in from a distributor, checking to make sure an order for 5,000 books was shipped on time. Unfortunately, customer service found that an error \u2013 in order entry \u2013 meant the books were on a train and not on a plane. That meant the order was going to arrive several days late. Instead of saying \u201csorry, we goofed,\u201d this supplier did what was right.\u00a0 In a matter of hours, they reprinted the inserts for the 5,000 journals, bounded and imprinted them and then shipped them overnight \u2013 just in time for the client\u2019s conference.<\/p>\n

They took responsibility, stepped up, and did what was right. It\u2019s exactly these types of adrenaline-pumping situations that test the strength of a supplier-distributor relationship.\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n

And, while we might all wish that\u2019s the way it always is, it isn\u2019t \u2013 our Supplier of the Year sets a standard by which we should all be judged, and by which we all should judge.
\nCongratulations to Tim O’Boyle (pictured above with award) and the entire team at longtime industry company, Journalbooks\/Timeplanner Calendars, and to each of this year\u2019s winners.<\/p>\n

For the complete list of winners and finalists, and to view photos from the awards event, visit <\/strong>www.asicentral.com\/dcawards<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Tell me what you think anytime \u2013 post now on the blog or email me at tim.andrews@asicentral.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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