Business Service providers are essential contributors to our increasingly integrated industry

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Role of Business Service Providers in Industry Integration

🎉 Business service providers are essential contributors to our increasingly integrated industry.

💼 The service provider community has played a significant role in the growth and integration capabilities of the industry.

🤝 The committee responsible for promo standards aims to foster a safe place for collaboration and defining common ground to advance promo standards initiatives.

💼 With over 3,500 service providers in the industry, their integration plays a crucial role in meeting the needs of the majority.

💻 Service providers play a crucial role in connecting distributors and suppliers, offering not only connectivity but also hosting services for those who lack the expertise.

💡 Collaboration plays a crucial role in pushing forward the concerns and ideas of promo standards members, fostering innovation and progress in the industry.

💻 The development of a tool to proactively analyze product data and its potential donation to promo standards could revolutionize the way service providers, distributors, and suppliers handle and utilize data.

🌍 The integration of a product data tool into the existing schema validation tool can greatly enhance the capabilities of promo standards validation, benefiting the entire community of service providers.

💼 Business service providers play a crucial role in automating workflows and order processing, often behind the scenes, impacting the industry in ways that salespeople may not even be aware of.

🤝 The collaboration and efforts of the service provider community are essential for the growth and success of organizations in the industry.

Impact of Business Service Providers on Cost and Efficiency

💰 Business service providers can significantly reduce costs for companies by handling customer service calls and emails, potentially saving millions of dollars annually.

📞 Customer service reps can be utilized for more strategic tasks, such as driving sales and providing project support, rather than just answering inventory and order status calls.

Summary

TLDR: Business service providers are essential contributors to the industry's growth and integration capabilities, offering a variety of services, reducing costs, improving efficiency, and promoting collaboration.

1. 00:00 📈 Business service providers are essential contributors to the industry's growth and integration capabilities, as demonstrated by the upcoming networking event, virtual hackathon, and formation of a new committee for focused representation.

   1.1 Business service providers are essential contributors to the industry and there is an upcoming in-person networking event for members in Chicago.

   1.2 A virtual hackathon will be launched in the next few days, and Dave Schultz, the vice president of supplier relations, leads the service provider committee.

   1.3 Business service providers are essential contributors to the industry's growth and integration capabilities, as they have played a significant role in the consumer growth of suppliers and distributors.

   1.4 Service providers are an increasingly important part of the integration picture in the industry, and a new committee has been formed to provide focused representation for this community within the organizational structure of promo standards.

   1.5 Business service providers are essential contributors to the industry, as demonstrated by the various committees and individuals involved in strategic planning and collaboration.

2. 04:48 📊 Business service providers are crucial in promoting promo standards, reducing friction, and fostering collaboration in the industry, as direct integration between distributors and suppliers becomes more common, benefiting those with technical capability and large enough to create these services.

   2.1 Business service providers play a crucial role in promoting and implementing promo standards, fostering collaboration, and reducing transactional friction in the industry.

   2.2 Direct integration between distributors and suppliers is becoming increasingly common, with distributors creating integrations on their end and suppliers hosting the endpoints, benefiting those large enough to create these services and with the technical capability to integrate with them.

   2.3 Promo standards without the help of service providers do not have a significant impact on the majority of distributors and suppliers in the industry, as only a small percentage have managed to directly integrate with these standards.

   2.4 Service providers are essential contributors to the industry, with a large number of suppliers representing the majority of volume and integration.

   2.5 Business service providers offer connectivity, hosting, and integration services to distributors and suppliers, aiming to increase industry efficiency and integration by enabling every distributor and supplier to tap into the benefits of standards such as promo standards.

3. 09:40 📞 Business service providers are essential in reducing costs and improving efficiency for distributors, allowing them to focus on selling products, while a committee was formed to address concerns and challenges in the service provider landscape and a service provider directory has been created on the promo standards website.

   3.1 Business service providers can significantly reduce costs and improve efficiency by minimizing the number of customer service calls and emails, allowing distributors to focus more on selling products.

   3.2 Business service providers with specific capabilities are becoming increasingly sought after by distributors, who are actively seeking ways to connect and collaborate with them.

   3.3 Customer service reps can focus on more strategic tasks, such as assisting with projects and driving sales, rather than answering inventory and order status calls, which is why a committee was formed to address concerns and challenges in the service provider landscape.

   3.4 The company aims to provide a platform for service providers to share their suggestions and concerns, and collaborate on finding solutions to meet their needs.

   3.5 Creating a service provider directory on the promo standards website would be beneficial for those in the industry seeking various services such as hosting, consulting, application development, and connectivity integration.

   3.6 A service provider directory has been created on the promo standards website as a minimum viable product to gather initial data and eventually integrate it in a more elaborate fashion.

4. 15:22 📝 Business service providers are essential contributors to the industry, offering a variety of services and contact information, with an improved directory available for searching and filtering based on services offered.

   4.1 The embedded Google sheet is used to identify service providers based on the type of services they offer, such as integration, hosting, consulting, or promo standards compatible applications, which is helpful for distributors in need of specific services.

   4.2 Business service providers offer a variety of services, with contact information available, making it easy to find and connect with companies that can help, and this is a new development that was previously lacking.

   4.3 The website will have an improved directory where service providers can be searched and filtered based on the services they offer, and being listed in this directory is a member benefit for companies that are members of promo standards.

   4.4 Business service providers are essential contributors to the industry, as they handle various tasks such as managing email addresses and providing attendee lists for trade shows.

   4.5 Service buyers hosting endpoints for promo standards do not have to be members, but it is encouraged as it allows them to provide feedback and be listed in the member directory, with membership costing $500 a year, and there is a suggestion to create AI tools to fight against list sellers.

   4.6 The service provider directory is a public page on the website that allows users to find services, and it will be continuously updated with new listings.

5. 22:01 🔧 Business service providers have developed a validation service and a tool to analyze and visualize product data, improving promo standards and resolving issues for service providers, distributors, and suppliers.

   5.1 Product data validation is a challenging aspect of promo standards for service providers and distributors, as it often involves missing information such as imprint locations, colors, and decoration techniques, which can cause issues when customers try to create purchase orders.

   5.2 Business service providers have implemented a validation service to ensure that all product data meets the required standards, allowing for a more structured approach in resolving issues with missing or incorrect products.

   5.3 A tool has been developed to proactively analyze product data and will be donated to promo standards, with discussions ongoing about how it can be used by service providers, distributors, and suppliers.

   5.4 Suppliers often lack a clear way to visualize their own promo standards data, so having a tool that allows everyone to easily access and use it would be valuable for the community.

6. 26:09 📝 Business service providers are essential contributors to the industry, with upcoming events and opportunities for involvement in committees and work groups, and the member directory now includes a technical contact for each organization to facilitate connections.

   6.1 Chris and his team are ready to implement a new service, which could have a significant impact on the community, and they will also continue to improve the service provider directory and explore new ideas.

   6.2 Business service providers play a crucial role in the industry, and although the committee may not add new members this year, they will continue to work on projects such as the validation tool and consider adding new members in the future.

   6.3 Business service providers are essential contributors to the industry, with the standards committee doing technical work and work groups being the main contributors, managed by committee leaders and supported by a volunteer network.

   6.4 Business service providers are crucial contributors to the industry, and there are upcoming events and opportunities for involvement in various committees and work groups.

   6.5 The member directory on promocenters.org now includes a technical contact for each organization, making it easier for members to connect and benefit from the matchmaking process.

   6.6 Business service providers can help guide and connect individuals in the industry, even though contact information may change frequently.

7. 32:54 📞 Business service providers are essential contributors to the industry, showcasing workflow and automation to trade show attendees, and should keep their contact information updated in the slack community directory.

   7.1 Business service providers are encouraged to keep their contact information updated in the slack community directory, as it is the freshest source for contact information within the industry.

   7.2 Business service providers are essential contributors to the industry by showcasing the behind-the-scenes workflow and automation of order processing to trade show attendees.

8. 35:27 💼 Service providers are essential contributors to the industry's growth and expansion.