Aslan Sales Training, a global sales training and consulting firm, has announced its new training partnership with Carlton-Bates Company, one of the industry's leading distributors of electronic components and barcode data collection products. Under the terms of the partnership, Aslan will provide a customized suite of sales and leadership training programs for both inbound and outbound sales initiatives to the company's sales organization for more than 30 locations nationwide.

Carlton-Bates, a subsidiary of WESCO Distribution, distributes electronic/electromechanical products/solutions, including electronic components, bar code products, automation products, switches and valves, safety products, wire management products, illumination products, testing and measuring equipment, and more from approximately 300 manufacturers.

Aslan will work closely with Carlton-Bates' sales reps and managers to provide inbound and outbound sales training programs, as well as its coaching skills program.

Tom Stanfill, CEO and Founding Partner of Aslan is extremely happy with the new partnership agreement. "We are excited to have the opportunity to work with a client like Carlton-Bates," reports Stanfill. "As we begin this partnership, we look forward to employing our experience in the distribution industry while developing programs to address the unique challenges and objectives faced by this particular client. They are very clearly focused on providing their sales organization with top-notch training and the complete suite of tools they need to be successful and we are eager to work together to achieve their goals in this process."

Aslan has partnered with some of the world's leading companies to provide
complete sales training solutions, including creating hiring strategies to recruit and identify reps that have telephone sales competencies, transitioning managers from administrative support to coaching and developing their teams, and improving the performance of inside sales and field sales reps that prospect through customized, tactical skill development programs.

About Aslan
Aslan Sales Training is a global training and consulting firm that offers customized inside sales training, field sales training, and sales leadership development. For over 15 years, Aslan has helped internationally recognized brands, such as FedEx, Oracle, Xerox, GE, Apple and others, improve the performance of their sales reps and managers. Aslan recognizes that selling, managing customers, and prospecting over the phone require a unique skill set. As a result, the company has developed a total solution that includes hiring strategies, transitioning managers into coaches and leaders and improving overall performance. To learn more about how we can help you, download our whitepaper, The 7 Barriers to Inside Sales Success. For more information on Aslan, visit us at www.AslanTraining.com or call us at (770) 690.9616, ext. 104.

About Carlton-Bates
Founded in 1957 by Joe Carlton and Doyle Bates to supply electronic components to industrial plants in Arkansas, Carlton-Bates Company has grown to stocking more than 80,000 parts numbers in its inventory from more than 300 manufacturers. Carlton-Bates serves as a leading distributor of electronic components, bar code data collection products, material handling and safety products, and testing and measuring equipment distributed from 30 locations throughout the US and Mexico. In 2005, the company was bought from the Carlton family and acquired by WESCO International.