Recession Preparation: Don’t Panic on Pricing Strategy
Distributors tend to respond to the threat of an economic downturn with ineffective across the board cuts.
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March 2019
3M Announces New Business Segments and Leadership Appointments
The new alignment aims to better serve global customers and markets.
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David Derrow, Ohio Transmission Corporation Co-Founder, Dies at 95
Derrow founded OTC with his business partner, Phil Carstens, in 1963.
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Industrial Production Up 0.1% in February
Manufacturing production fell 0.4% during the month.
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Canadian Manufacturing Activity Increased in January
Sales rose in 15 of 21 industries.
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Sandvik Sales Up 10.2% in 2018
Profit grew 3.3% for the year.
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How Distributors Can Embrace the Adaptive Supply Chain
Traditional vertical and horizontal integrated supply chains are not necessarily reflective of changing customer expectations or variations in the ecosystem.
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U.S. GDP Up 2.9% in 2018
BEA estimates GDP rose 2.6% in the fourth quarter.
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December U.S. Exports Decrease, Imports Increase
Goods and services deficit increased 12.5% in 2018 over 2017.
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Manufacturing Employment Grows by 4,000 in February
The unemployment rate declined 0.2% in February.
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FedEx Names President & CEO of FedEx Express
Jill Brannon will succeed Don Colleran as executive vice president, chief sales officer of FedEx Corp.
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Ballard Industrial Announces Restructure of Executive Leadership
The company stated that these moves provide the structure to support its continued growth throughout the Pacific Northwest and Alaska.
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Allied Motion Sales Up 23.3% in 2018
Fourth-quarter sales rose 13.2%.
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Schneider Electric Partners with Planon
The collaboration will further enable organizations to implement data driven strategic portfolio decisions.
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Sonepar’s Viking Electric Supply Opens New Facility
The new location will allow the company to expand services in Northern Minnesota.
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Construction Spending Increased in January
The January figure is 0.3% above the January 2018 estimate.
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5 Risks Distributors Take When They Don’t Know Their Customers
A commitment to determining the communication preferences of individual customers can bring high returns.
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Tech Trends in Distribution 2019
Distribution companies expect their customer touchpoints to radically change in the next three years, as sales channels continue to rapidly evolve. Even so, the distribution community is not aggressively embracing digital strategies, according to a recent MDM survey in conjunction with Infor. Read the results of MDM’s Technology Trends in Distribution survey.
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2019 Outlook for Wholesale Distribution
MDM provides an outlook of the state of the distribution industry based on reader surveys and data collection in partnership with Oracle NetSuite. This white paper includes the growth outlook, top concerns, pain points, plans for building revenue and cutting costs and technology plans for 2019.
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Emerson and Repsol to Form Alliance on Cloud-Based Exploration and Development Software
The partnership will enable the companies to produce commercially available software products for license to help other oil field operators and service companies.
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