DISTRIBUTION · WAREHOUSE OPERATIONS · LEADERSHIP

I've spent 25 years on distribution floors. I write and speak about what actually works.

Will Quinn — The Distribution Guy® — is a distribution and warehouse operations leader, Marine Corps veteran, adjunct professor, and author of Modern Warehouse Management and Steel-Toed Leadership.

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Will Quinn on a distribution floor
25 YEARS
Running distribution operations
TWO BOOKS
On the work and the people
60+ ARTICLES
Across the industry's publications

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MODERN DISTRIBUTION MANAGEMENT INDUSTRIAL SUPPLY DISTRIBUTION STRATEGY GROUP AMERICAN SUPPLY ASSOCIATION INBOUND LOGISTICS SUPPLY HT

SUBJECTS

Four subjects, twenty-five years of receipts.

The topics I write about are the topics I speak about. They come from buildings I've actually run.

Frontline Leadership

Building supervisors who create cadence and accountability — and hold a standard when it costs them something.

Warehouse Operations & Flow

Slotting, travel reduction, dock sequencing, and the movement problems dashboards never show you.

AI & Technology on the Floor

What's real, what's sold, and what breaks. Evaluating warehouse technology as an operator, not a buyer.

Leading Through Change

Rolling out a system, a process, or a standard on a floor that has seen initiatives come and go before.

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BOOKS

Two books for people who run the building.

Modern Warehouse Management is about running the operation. Steel-Toed Leadership is about leading the people in it.

Steel-Toed Leadership: From the Corps to Corporate by Will Quinn Coming October 1 Steel-Toed Leadership From the Corps to Corporate Modern Warehouse Management by Will Quinn Available now Modern Warehouse Management Steel-Toed Leadership That Drives Performance
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LATELY

Sixty articles. Forty publications. One point of view.

Warehouse operations, frontline leadership, AI adoption, and continuous improvement — written from inside the building, for the people running it.

All insights

HEARD AND SEEN

On podcasts, panels, and stages.

Distribution Talk. Supply Chain Now. Around the Horn in Wholesale Distribution. The Warehouse Underground. Sessions at ProMat, ISA, NAED, BLUE HAWK, and the FEDA Frontline Leadership series.

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ProMat ISA NAED BLUE HAWK FEDA Stratosphere Applied AI for Distributors We Supply America

Notes from the floor.

One email a month. One idea worth using — something I saw, something that worked, something that didn't. No roundups, no promotions, no filler. Unsubscribe anytime.

SPEAKING

Planning a conference, chapter meeting, or leadership day?

I speak to distributors, associations, and operations teams about warehouse performance, frontline leadership, and what technology can and can't fix. Tell me the audience and the date — I'll tell you honestly whether I'm the right fit.

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