Mike Braun, President and CEO of Meyer Distributing Corporation, was recently named as one of "Americas Most Innovative Business Leaders" by the World Business Network. The award is given to those in business that have proven themselves over the years to be innovative and are continuously growing their customer base. Mr. Braun brings years of experience in the warehouse and service industries to the table as a result of his work as a VP of Sales & Marketing for Inglewood-based Distribution Masters, LLC. Currently, he is responsible for overseeing the company's growth as well as marketing. Prior, to that he served as Senior Vice President of Logix, Inc., where he was responsible for the company's North American Internet Marketing strategy.

Mr. Braun enjoys traveling and enjoys speaking about service, security, innovation, and sharing personal experiences to help others along the way. As a result of his love for helping people, he enjoys meeting new people, visiting different facilities, and discussing different topics with management professionals. It has been said that the way to a man's heart is through his stomach, and that is what clearly separates a warehouse distributor from an actual warehouse distributor. The warehouse distributor depends on reliable delivery and dependable delivery times and is more concerned with cost savings than anything else.

Warehouse and distribution companies will regularly visit various manufacturers. During this time they are checking out their facilities and seeing if any new products need to be added to their inventories. Once a manufacturer is not happy with the way the warehouse distributor handles their products, many times they will tell the manufacturer directly rather than turning down their products. In turn the manufacturer will tell the distributor. In the end both parties suffer due to the poor working relationship that develops between the manufacturer, distributor, and warehouse.

Many times when manufacturers send their finished goods to a distributor for storage, the warehouse distributor has to pick up the products and deliver them to the manufacturer. Some distributors are happy to do this because it means additional work for them, but usually it isn't the case. Warehouse distributors aren't just shipping their products, they are receiving them and storing them. Sometimes they need to store some items longer than others. Sometimes they have to hold back some of the products until they can get to them. If there aren't enough stock sizes or widths available from the manufacturer the warehouse distributor may need to order the items they are carrying in bulk from the manufacturer.

The manufacturer will provide the warehouse distributor with lists of product numbers, sizes, stock quantities, and shipping requirements. The warehouse distributor needs to purchase these items from the manufacturer, and then enter those numbers into the data file provided by the manufacturer. This data file is utilized by all of the other inventory tracking systems in place at the warehouse.


here Inventory control and reporting systems are very important to warehouse distributors. Warehouse Directories makes it easy to track and trace product movements in the warehouse. They are also helpful for the customers who are purchasing products. Customers can use Warehouse Directories to track the locations of items on their purchase lists, and Warehouse Directories is sometimes combined with customer support systems that can provide the customers with answers to frequently asked questions. Warehouse Directories can improve the efficiency by which companies manage their inventories.