DGI Supply has hired the Production Tool & Supply employees and will continue to operate under the PT&S brand for its customers in the Rockford area.
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Machine Tool Supply is a distributor of cutting tools, abrasives, mold components, workholding products, MRO and safety supplies.
The 11.4% decline represents the smallest decline since mid-March.
MDM strengthens research and industry analysis capability with seasoned business writers return. Smith returns to MDM after a two-year stint in the outdoor equipment business media, where he reported on industry M&A, trend analysis, competitive landscape and corporate profiles. He previously was part of MDMs research and content team for nearly four years.
The decrease in real GDP in the first quarter reflected negative contributions from PCE, private inventory investment, nonresidential fixed investment and exports that were partly offset by positive contributions from residential fixed investment, federal government spending and state and local government spending.
When volume compresses, your contract pricing will be under pressure from your end customers. At the same time, you will have to react to many price changes from your manufacturer partners. MDMs John Gunderson says, if you dont have a tracking system built for your CSP/contract prices, it is time to get one in place.
Derek Bufkin is currently vice president, head of sales USA West for Henkels General Manufacturing & Maintenance
These changes create president roles that will drive the business units for McNaughton-McKay Electric Company and The Reynolds Company, including Flow-Zone, the most recent acquisition.
Today's environment may be full of factors outside of our control, but distributors also have an opportunity to re-examine long entrenched practices and explore new, more efficient ways of doing business.
All four broad categories of indicators used to construct the index made negative contributions in April.
This is the second article in a three-part series for distributors to improve long-term financial performance. Part one addressed first steps to create a financial appraisal of your firms current financial position. Part two tackles profit improvement variables and key mistakes distributors make.
Modern Distribution Management's monthly Industrial Inflation Index measures a cross-section of industrial supplies.
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Wholesale revenues, inventories and ratios from March 2020.
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Today's environment may be full of factors outside of our control, but distributors also have an opportunity to re-examine long entrenched practices and explore new, more efficient ways of doing business.
Blindly following a competitors lead or treating every customer the same are two common mistakes that distributors cant afford to make in todays environment. Consultant Robert Sabath explains how these and other common actions can hold you back.
The index shows eight weeks of double-digit average declines and five consecutive weeks with declines in the mid-teens.
