Fighting the Digital Disruption War: Protect the Last Mile
If you build a strategy and leaner model from your core strengths, you can out-compete any type of competitor.
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June 2019
Wholesale Prices Up Slightly in May
The May gain came from a 0.3% increase in the wholesale price of services.
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Distribution International Expands North American Footprint with Silvercote Acquisition
The mechanical insulation distributor is buying the metal building insulation laminator and distributor from Knauf Insulation
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HD Supply’s First Quarter Sales Up 7.5%
Construction and industrial sales increased 8.3% in the fiscal first quarter.
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Turtle & Hughes Names Operations Manager
Nicholas Marcello was most recently Inventory control supervisor at the companys Bridgewater, New Jersey, Central Distribution Center.
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Digital Threats Loom in MDM’s Top May Blogs
Catch up on the most-read blogs of the month.
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Commentary: Fighting the Digital Disruption War: Protect the Last Mile
Theres a meme bouncing around the internet thats attributed to a Walmart banner that hung at its headquarters many years ago. It read something like this: You cant out-Amazon Amazon. Great advice! But if you build a strategy and leaner model from your core strengths, you can out-compete any type of competitor.
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Download this Issue in PDF: June 10, 2019
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Table of Contents:
- How to Make Your Company a Destination of Choice
- Commentary: Fighting the Digital Disruption War: Protect the Last Mile
- Ohio Power Tool Optimizes its E-commerce and Online Presence
- Technology Yields Returns for Precision Medical Products
- FleetPride Excels in E-commerce
- Market Snapshot: Gearing MRO
- News Digest 4911
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Ohio Power Tool Optimizes its E-commerce and Online Presence
By investing in and embracing an e-commerce strategy nearly 20 years ago, this Columbus, Ohio-based distributor brings in more than half of its sales from its website, with both web and local business growing about 20% each year for the last several years in a row.
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Technology Yields Returns for Precision Medical Products
Shedding outdated technology is not only improving productivity and efficiency for the California-based company, but also allows for controlled scale and growth, with improved data accuracy and elevated customer satisfaction levels.
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The Death of the Keyboard in the Online Order
The transition away from keyboards is already underway and it has big implications for distributors.
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Market Snapshot: Gearing MRO
The MDM Market Snapshot, based on data from MDM Analytics, includes market demand for Gearing MRO in the U.S., plus the top end users by 6-digit NAICS.
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Orders for Manufactured Technology Goods Decreased in April
April orders declined 16.5% from March.
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Nichols Acquires DawnChem
The acquisition significantly expands the companys presence in the Northeast Ohio area.
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News Digest 4911
MDM’s top news briefs from News briefs from May 26 – June 10, 2019.
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How to Make Your Company a Destination of Choice
There are several things distributors can do internally to improve recruitment efforts, including reexamining company branding and internal marketing, and incorporating the businesss market stance into the interview and recruiting process.
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FleetPride Excels in E-commerce
The Irving, Texas-based distributor is taking its e-commerce capabilities to the next level with an investment in master data management to overcome limitations of legacy systems, and continuing to invest heavily in technology and talent in order to provide customers with a best-in-class online experience.
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Manufacturing Employment Shows Little Change in May
The unemployment remained at 3.6% during the month.
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Do Your Customers Want to Order or Shop?
There are two types of online purchases made by distributors, each requiring its own e-commerce strategy.
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Valin Corp Acquires Pacific Technical Products
The acquisition strengthens Valin Corporations automation product portfolio.
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