September 2013 - Modern Distribution Management

September 2013

MDM Premium Extra: Business & Environmental Collaboration Fights Polarization in Shale Industry (Transcript)

This is an exclusive interview with Andrew Place, president of the Center for Sustainable Shale Development. In this Q&A, Business & Environmental Collaboration Fighting Polarization in the Shale Industry, Place explains how this partnership of business and environmental groups is working to remove the polarization from discussions around shale development to develop the energy resources both economically and environmentally.

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Download this Issue in PDF: Sept. 25, 2013

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Table of Contents:

  • Industrial Vending: ‘A Runway for Growth’ – part 1 of The Industrial Vending Boom Special Report
  • Commentary: Lessons from the New Normal
  • Amazon & Google’s B-to-B Play
  • MDM Industrial Inflation Index: August 2013
  • Wholesale Trade Data: July 2013
  • News Digest

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Industrial Vending: ‘A Runway for Growth’

Distributors are helping to drive increased adoption of industrial vending in recent years. The Fastenal Company, Winona, MN, is largely credited with sparking the growth, but many of the largest distributors – and several smaller ones – have introduced their own vending solutions for customers. This article looks at the current state of industrial vending, drivers of growth and where industry experts and distributors expect vending to go. This article includes an estimated size of the vending market by number of machines.

This article is the first in MDM’s series on the industrial vending market.

This article includes:

  • A snapshot of the current vending market
  • Analysis of Fastenal's impact on the market
  • A look at the competitive landscape
  • The technology & the future of industrial vending

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  • Distributors Get Smarter About Vending
  • The Counterfeit Challenge
  • Private Label Carries Legal Risks

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