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10/14/2024
026. Onboarding Excellence: Setting New Hires Up for Success from Day One (morning)
Instructor: Lisa Ryan
Level of Complexity: Intermediate
9:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Onboarding is more than just an introduction—it's the foundation for a new hire's success and long-term engagement with your organization. This session dives into the essential elements of a high-impact onboarding process, specifically tailored for the distribution industry. You will explore strategies to create an onboarding experience that not only welcomes new employees but also integrates them seamlessly into your company culture.
Attendees will discover how to design personalized onboarding programs that foster connection, boost productivity, and set the stage for a successful, long-term career within the organization. This session will equip you with practical tools and insights to enhance your onboarding process and ensure new hires feel valued and supported from day one.
Learning Objectives:
- Discover the Importance of Strategic Onboarding: Learn why a well-designed onboarding process is crucial for new hire retention and overall organizational success, particularly in the distribution industry.
- Design a Personalized Onboarding Experience: Explore techniques to create customized onboarding experiences that make new employees feel valued and integrated from day one.
- Implement Effective Training and Development Programs: Gain insights into developing structured training plans that equip new hires with the skills and knowledge they need to thrive in their roles.
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Achieving Effective Inventory Management – 6th Edition
Jon Schreibfeder
Achieving Effective Inventory Management, 6th Edition, based on our most recent research and up-to-date “best practices”, provides a complete guide for managing a large and often troublesome asset: inventory.
The economic challenges facing distributors today have resulted in EIM conducting a thorough review and update of the entire 5th edition. This update, coupled with discussions regarding the impact and adjustments that the current economic challenges have produced in all areas of inventory management, has produced our new 6th edition.
This book helps you achieve the goal of effective inventory management — to meet or exceed customers’ expectations of product availability with the amount of each item that will maximize your organization’s net profits or minimize its total inventory investment.



