The National Association of Wholesaler-Distributors (NAW) is a leading trade organization representing wholesaler-distributors in North America. There are 300,000 companies in wholesale distribution in North America, representing 5 million employees and $2.9 trillion in sales. NAW represents the industry through direct company representation and other trade associations. Deloitte Consulting LLP’s (Deloitte Consulting) alliance with NAW is summed up in NAW’s goal statement: to make wholesalers so good at what they do, no one else will want to do it.

Deloitte Consulting participates in a number of events and conferences organized by NAW for its members. Deloitte Consulting professionals are frequent speakers on topics that are important to the wholesaler-distributor industry. Through the Distribution Research Education Foundation, Deloitte Consulting has created a significant amount of intellectual property that is used to help deliver services to wholesaler-distributor clients, such as the Distributor Value Map. Finally, Deloitte Consulting creates thought leadership that is distributed with NAW throughout the industry, including an industry benchmarking study, and white papers on radio frequency identification (RFID) and mass maintenance for the wholesale distribution industry.

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