For the 12 months ended September, prices for finished goods rose 0.3 percent.
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Nine-month sales increased slightly.
Wausau Paper Sales Up 5.6% in Third Quarter Read More »
CEO: Shift is part of ITW’s increasing focus on organic growth.
ITW Shifts Portfolio to Better ‘Drive Innovation’ Read More »
The 25,000-square-foot facility will include F.W. Webb’s full inventory.
F.W. Webb Opens Location in Falmouth, MA Read More »
Acquisitions contributed $17.8 million to results for the segment.
Kaman Industrial Technologies Sales Up 5.7% in 3Q Read More »
Michael Buseman joins Avnet from Plexus Corp.
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The gain is a slight acceleration from August.
Industrial Production Up 0.6% in September Read More »
As vending in distribution grows, distributors veterans and newcomers to vending are uncovering new challenges.
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CEO: Product offering expansion helped maintain and perhaps boost market share.
3Q Sales for Encore Wire Jump 15.1% Read More »
The key to success in new markets is allocating resources effectively.
Lessons from Pentair’s Shift from Power Tools to Water Systems Read More »
Before joining B/E Aerospace in 2006, Lieberherr filled an executive role within ABB.
B/E Aerospace Names Lieberherr Co-CEO Read More »
Including acquisitions, sales jumped 41.9 percent.
Eaton Core Sales Up 3% in Third Quarter Read More »
In a recent conversation with MDM, Mike Rowlett, CEO of Womack Machine Supply, said: “If we treated young folks new to the business today the same way that I was treated 35 years ago, we wouldn’t be able to keep any of them.” How distribution companies integrate new talent today can have a big impact on success tomorrow.
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Inventories of durable goods were at the highest level since the series was first published on a NAICS basis.
Durable Goods New Orders Up 3.7% in September Read More »
Distributors face many kinds of risk, including product liability claims, economic uncertainty, employee injuries, natural disasters and supply chain disruptions. By identifying potential scenarios, and ranking and planning for each of them, risk can be reduced and managed, Vernon Grose, author of Managing Risk: Systematic Loss Prevention for Executives and founder of Omega Systems Group Inc., tells Staff Writer Angela Poulson. Grose is a former member of the National Transportation Safety Board and a risk management aviation expert who has applied lessons from that work to help businesses and organizations.
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The August inventories/sales ratio for merchant wholesalers was 1.17.
August Wholesale Trade Revenues Up 0.6% from July Read More »
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Aerospace and industrial segment sales both increased.
Barnes Group Sales Up 15.9% in Third Quarter Read More »
Many distributors struggle to effectively separate what should be stocked from what shouldn’t, according to Jon Schreibfeder, president of Effective Inventory Management Inc. But by ranking inventory by activity levels, cost of goods sold and profitability, distributors can determine when and whether to stock products.
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