Managing Critical Control Points through Activity-Based Costing
(February 24, 2009)
How can you ensure that purchasing decisions or process changes you make today will result in profits for your business down the line? By using activity-based costing to understand how unique costs and activities related to products sold and customers served are consuming your resources, you will find the key to accurately identifying true cost savings and true profitability.

SERIES: A Special Two-Part Series
(2 Webinars, from December 16, 2008 through December 18, 2008)
IFDA is presenting two online seminars to help distributors weather the current economic downturn.

Fuel Industry Overview & Procurement Strategies
(December 8, 2008)
Energy costs took center stage this year for many foodservice distributors. Our speaker, Ron Boffa, specializes in strategic fuel procurement and fuel management.

Good Distribution Practices for Handling Meat & Poultry
(September 9, 2008)
Join an interactive presentation on up-to-date proper handling methods of meat, poultry and egg products during all phases of distribution, and learn the key differences between “food defense” and food safety.

Produce Traceability Initiative - An Industry Solution for Traceability
(August 28, 2008)
Fresh off of their 5th meeting, come hear the specific milestones the Produce Traceability Initiative identified as imperative to a traceability process that can work for the entire supply chain and understand when they are expected to be incorporated.

How to Reduce the Impact of Fuel Costs for Foodservice Distributors
(June 25, 2008)
What can distributors do to cope with the brutal fact that the industry, along with the rest of the world, is reliant on a diminishing source of fuel supply? It’s easy to feel hopeless; however, there are aspects of your business you control that, if addressed correctly, can reduce costs and increase efficiencies.

Effective and Efficient Management of Earned Income Programs
(April 10, 2008)
Fifty percent or more of the typical foodservice distributor’s operating income (about three percent of net sales revenue) is comprised of earned income received from suppliers. Some distributors actually report that their earned income represents a higher percent of net sales revenue than their operating income. That makes effective and efficient management of earned income programs by foodservice distributors a strategic financial imperative.

Best Practices for Office of Federal Contract Compliance (OFCCP) Requirements
(February 19, 2008)
This webinar is a follow up to the OFCCP Best Practices publication that IFDA will be issuing early next year. The Office of Federal Contract Compliance (OFCCP) is charged with ensuring that federal contractors comply with all applicable federal discrimination laws in their hiring and retention practices. Many foodservice distributors have been the subject of audits which have resulted in large restitution charges for improper procedures.

Better Coaches, Better Players: Training Your Supervisors to Motivate!
(December 6, 2007)
Front line supervisors have a bigger influence on employees’ day-to-day performance than any other level of management, but all too often they are not equipped with all of the key competencies necessary for success. This session will show you how to train your supervisors to be more effective, create a more productive workplace, and develop practices that support long-term success.

Part II: Strategies to Reduce Costs and Protect Margins
(September 25, 2007)
Here’s What You Said at the 2007 IFDA Sales and Marketing Conference!
Using the Roundtable Exercise Session feedback taken from the IFDA Sales and Marketing Conference, seasoned foodservice industry veteran, Jim Cremins will expand on the top three methods provided by the attendees. Jim will develop a functional plan to implement cost reduction and provide suggestions on maintaining it.