NBMDA is Your Competitive Advantage

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Benefits of Membership

NBMDA provides its members with tools and knowledge designed to help them effectively and profitably fulfill their role in the distribution channel. All areas of the distribution process are addressed, including inventory management, warehousing, credit and collections, transportation, finance, etc. The association also offers several opportunities throughout the year for distributors and suppliers to meet face-to-face to develop and strengthen relationships, investigate solutions to common challenges and learn about new developments in the industry. NBMDA's Education Foundation provides additional educational benefits and resources.

Additionally, NBMDA actively promotes the distribution function through industry publications and by serving as a collective voice on behalf of the membership on key industry issues. Through its affiliation with the Washington-based National Association of Wholesaler-Distributors (NAW), NBMDA keeps its members informed about legislation impacting their business.

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Membership Types:

Distributor | Associate | Allied

Distributor

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Definition of a Distributor Member:

Be recognized as a wholesaler of such products by representative manufacturers and by a sufficient number of customers in its trading area to clearly establish the fact that a bona fide wholesaling service is performed in that area.

Maintain adequately staffed and equipped office, warehouse and shipping facilities, which shall be continuously open to customers during normal business hours.

Maintain a full-time sales organization actively and continuously engaged in calling upon and selling at wholesale to customers during normal business hours.

Normally purchase building materials or other related products in car/trucklot or recognized bulk quantities and maintain a warehouse of stock of such products large enough to adequately serve its customers.

Periodically issue a stockpile list, price list or catalog covering building-related products available for sale at wholesale to customers.

Associate

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Definition of a Associate Member:

Any manufacturer of building materials or related specialty products and any importer of such product who utilizes wholesale distributors to resell their products to the marketplace, may become an associate member.

Allied

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Definition of a Allied Member:

Any person or corporation who provides a product or service, other than building materials, to wholesale distributors for use in their business and not normally for resale may become an allied member.