What's the Best Way to Monitor Your Distribution System? Tips on how to manage your relationship with your distributor.

By Christopher Hann • Oct 18, 2012

Opinions expressed by Entrepreneur contributors are their own.

Q: What's the best way to monitor your distribution system?

A: It's hardly a hyperbolic leap to consider the entrepreneur-distributor alliance as a marriage of sorts. To keep the union happy, the parties must have a mutual understanding of each other's expectations.

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