Midwest Manufacturing Index Rises 1.5% in August
Production in three of the four regional sectors increased in August.
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Production in three of the four regional sectors increased in August.
Midwest Manufacturing Index Rises 1.5% in August Read More »
This is an exclusive interview with Andrew Place, president of the Center for Sustainable Shale Development. In this Q&A, Business & Environmental Collaboration Fighting Polarization in the Shale Industry, Place explains how this partnership of business and environmental groups is working to remove the polarization from discussions around shale development to develop the energy resources both economically and environmentally.
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AmazonSupply and Google can compete in the B-to-B space in a few ways.
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Distributors are helping to drive increased adoption of industrial vending in recent years. The Fastenal Company, Winona, MN, is largely credited with sparking the growth, but many of the largest distributors – and several smaller ones – have introduced their own vending solutions for customers. This article looks at the current state of industrial vending, drivers of growth and where industry experts and distributors expect vending to go. This article includes an estimated size of the vending market by number of machines.
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You can’t open a paper or go to a conference without hearing a reference to the “new normal,” but the new normal is sometimes difficult to define. What does it mean for the future of distribution?
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Over the past two years, AmazonSupply.com and Google Shopping for Suppliers launched as new players in an already competitive B-to-B landscape. This article provides more details on these two platforms and examines their current and potential impact on the wholesale distribution industry, as well as the challenges and opportunities they bring. Distributors also spoke with MDM about what they are doing to stay relevant as business increasingly moves online.
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Sales and inventories data for wholesaler-distributors in July 2013.
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Modern Distribution Management's monthly Industrial Inflation Index measures a cross-section of industrial supplies.
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