2024 Industry Benchmarking Report Now Available! 

The best source of financial benchmarks for the industry is the FPDA Financial Benchmarking Report. The information in this report provides answers to questions such as “Are the most successful firms in a down market placing more emphasis on gross margin management or expense control?”

In short, this report presents a wealth of financial and operating guidelines. In addition, it provides direct comparisons between your firm and other participating firms. This valuable information is only available for free to distributor firms that participate in the study. Participants receive:

The FPDA Industry Report provides a summarized analysis of trends and insights garnered from the data of all participating FPDA distributors. Each participant will also receive a confidential Customized Benchmarking Report which compares their company’s metrics to distributors of similar, size, customer/product focus, and regional profile.

If you have any feedback or questions, please contact Joe Calvello at 440.465.2234 or Calvello@EdgewaterRC.com. 

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FPDA Bi-Annual Compensation Survey

Hiring and keeping good employees is essential to the profitability of your business, especially in today’s economy. To achieve that goal, you must consider your overall employee compensation plan—not just your pay scales, but your benefits program as well—in comparison to other firms in distribution.

How does your firm’s employee compensation package stack up in the industry? To help you evaluate your situation, FPDA is co-sponsors the Annual Employee Compensation Study conducted by Profit Planning Group. Approximately 2,500 firms in over 35 distribution lines of trade will be participating.

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Financial Benchmarking Report

This is an annual financial analysis of typical distributor performance in terms of sales growth, return on investment, gross margin, and additional comparative financial performance information. Participating members are provided an individual Company Productivity Report, which can be used to compare company profitability to the industry.

Be sure to participate in and benefit from these unique FPDA benchmarking tools!

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eShipping updates

Monthly metrics, trends, and key takeaways on the state of the LOGISTICS INDUSTRY to help your business plan for the coming months.

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