Manufacturers raise availability of specialized inventory....

Last week, a large pharmaceutical company announced that they would be increasing the availability of a flu vaccine to US distributors and sales partners.  If you were working in this industry you would want to be on the "list" of distributors that receive the notification and the option to take stock and deliver on this demand.  Most of the ways a distributor would be considered for this extra benefit is by keeping close alignment of inventory levels, sales performance, and forecasting with its vendor partners.  Keep a current business plan that highlights business drivers that can help you and help your vendors partners strategically bring new products to market with their partners.
 
For those interested, the company mentioned at the beginning of this article is Chiron Corporation.  These principles do apply to any manufacturer across any vertical.  The fulll article is available at this site:  http://www.bizjournals.com/sanfrancisco/stories/2004/07/19/daily50.html