Amazon from Above?
“Flying warehouse” concept another example of continuous innovation.
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December 2016
McKesson Names CEO of McKesson Canada
Domenic Pilla appointed to position.
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Top 10 Tips of 2016
List highlights the importance of a strategic sales plan and technology.
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Top Distribution M&A Deals in 2016
Dearth of blockbuster activity sets tone for mild year in M&A.
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Conference Board Consumer Confidence Index Increases in December
Index improved in December to 113.7, from 109.4 in November.
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Top 5 MDM Articles from 2016
Industry trends, adaptation front of mind for readers in 2016.
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Top 10 Most-Read Blogs of 2016
Top distributors’ successes and stumbles dominate this year’s list.
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Monthly Wholesale Trade Data: October 2016
Sales and inventories data for wholesaler-distributors in October 2016.
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MDM Industrial Inflation Index: November 2016
Modern Distribution Management's monthly Industrial Inflation Index measures a cross-section of industrial supplies.
This index includes:
- Abrasives Products
- Cutting Tools
- Power Transmission Equipment
- Fasteners
- Valves, etc.
- Power Tools
- Material Handling Equipment
- Belting
- Hand Tools
- Misc. Metal
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- Listen to Customers or Lose Them
- Market Snapshot: Abrasives Market Demand in the United States
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MDM News Digest 4624
News briefs from December 11-25, 2016.
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Top Trends for 2017
This article, based on the 2016 MDM Industry Outlook Survey, outlines and analyzes key trends and issues affecting how distributors will do business in 2017.
This article includes:
- Economic & regulatory challenges
- How distributors are adapting to industry changes
- Ways distributors are growing revenue
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- The Future of Relationship Selling: The Gorilla in the Room, part 2
- MDM-Baird Distribution Survey: Industry Sputtering Back to Life
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Download this Issue in PDF: December 25, 2016
This is the PDF of this issue of Modern Distribution Management.
Table of Contents:
- Top Trends for 2017
- Commentary: Resolve to be More Strategic in 2017
- Forecast: Continued Growth in 2017
- Monthly Wholesale Trade Data: October 2016
- MDM Industrial Inflation Index: November 2016
- News Digest
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ISM Semiannual Forecast: Continued Growth in 2017
The Institute for Supply Management provides a semiannual forecast that distributors can use to gauge the health and expectations of manufacturing and non-manufacturing industries. This article provides the highlights from the latest forecast, which was released in December.
This article includes:
- Economic growth expectations for 2017
- Manufacturing sector expectations
- Non-manufacturing sector expectations
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- Small Manufacturers Focus on Tactical Applications for Tech
- MDM-Baird Distribution Survey: Industry Sputtering Back to Life
- Supply Chain Sustainability Efforts Grow
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Commentary: Resolve to be More Strategic in 2017
With all the uncertainty, how well have you planned for 2017?
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- What Millennials Want
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Conference Board Leading Economic Index Unchanged in November
Coincident Economic Index up 0.1 percent and Lagging Economic Index up 0.3 percent.
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Canadian Wholesale Sales Up 1.1% in October
Higher sales in the building material and supplies contributed to the increase.
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Chicago Fed National Activity Index Decreases in November
The index’s three-month moving average, CFNAI-MA3, increased during the month.
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U.S. GDP Up 3.5% in 3Q
Increase due to positive contributions from host of areas, including personal consumption expenditures.
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Tip: Be More Price Competitive by Changing Sales Model
Field sales reps are quickly losing their “differentiating value.”
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MAPI Forecast: ‘Persistently Sluggish Activity’
Industrial outlook projects no more than 2 percent annual growth in U.S. GDP through 2020.
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