Würth Industry North America Launches 3D Printing Division
The creation of Würth Additive Group will give customers manufacturing on demand, the company said.
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A Technology-Driven Future is Coming, Whether You’re Ready or Not
The future we’re headed toward has no sympathy for resource constraints, resistance to change or incompatible legacy systems.
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Are Your Leadership Skills Ready for the Future?
At MDM’s Future of Distribution Summit, Jim “Pouli” Pouliopoulos will show leaders how to manage their teams post-pandemic to ensure wellbeing and happiness.
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5 Misconceptions About Data and AI Projects
The existence of AI does not mean data will be fixed automatically, more data will produce better outcomes or that the AI is ready to create out-of-the-box solutions.
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What’s Your Pandemic Transition Plan?
Long-term focus includes talent, culture and transformation.
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Key Elements that Can Make or Break a Digital Distributor
In a recent MDM webcast, Mike Marks explains how, when it comes to meeting customers’ needs, a distributor is better equipped than a $25 billion giant.
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March M&A Roundup: Big Names Highlight Average Month for Deals
A few market-leading distributors announced acquisitions last month, but overall M&A activity continued at a moderate pace in March.
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Prepare for M&A by Making a Pandemic Checklist
With deals poised to accelerate throughout 2021, Reed Anderson of Houlihan Lokey explains an important step for any distributor looking to sell — document what your company did to cope with COVID.
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Presenting the 2021 MDM Women in Distribution Award Winners
MDM’s inaugural industry awards recognize the exceptional job performance and overall industry influence of women in the traditionally male-dominated field of distribution.
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Minimum Order Quantities Are a Game-Changer
Analytics-based policies & price breaks change everything, says Randy MacLean, president of WayPoint Analytics.
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What Got You Here Won’t Get You There
Challenge your thinking and embrace new ideas to rethink your company’s path forward.
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How the 4 P’s Have Drastically Changed and What to Do About It
Optimize your product portfolio, shift your pricing strategy, place your product properly and re-think your promotion strategy, says Revenue Management Labs’ Anthony Guarnaccia.
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8 Cost-Effective Warehouse Security Improvements
Conduct an assessment, audit your current system, don’t forget about proper signage and then regularly test your system to create a safety-first environment.
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Up Your Customer Experience Game By Leveraging Your Product Data
Strong taxonomy and product data allow functions such as attribute filters and indexable search to be possible. Here are four key functions that show how product data can make or break the user experience.
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COVID-19’s Impact on Distribution Is Here to Stay
The pandemic caused real change. Now we have the opportunity to push digital transformation further and faster into the distribution industry. That’s a long-term win, says proton.ai’s Benj Cohen.
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Fourth-Quarter 2020 Earnings Recap
How did the public distributors (and manufacturers relevant to this space) perform in the calendar fourth quarter? Our recap provides highlights of their revenue and earnings results.
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Customer Service Automation Helps Distributors Manage Pandemic Surge
Distributors ADI Global and D&H Distributing saw jumps in customer service requests, including significantly longer call times, over the last year. Here’s how they handled the spike.
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An Argument for Why You Need to Change (or lose control of your future)
If you look around your organization and you see policies and processes that haven’t changed in years, you need to worry. If the consensus is you’re “under margin pressure” and “customer loyalty” has evaporated, those are warning bells alerting you to the lack of necessary and critical change in your company.
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4 Ways COVID-19 Will Have a Long-Term Impact on Distributor Price Management
Disruptive developments brought on by the pandemic impacted distributor price management for the short-term, but may also permanently alter key aspects of pricing moving forward, says consultant Lee Nyari.
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Future of Distribution Event Will Lay Out the Dynamics of the Industry’s Next Stage
MDM’s first-ever Future of Distribution Summit will take place online on Tuesday, April 13.
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