Sonepar's acquisition of IDG at No. 1 highlights list dominated by M&A activity.
Eric Smith
Senior Editor Eric Smith is an award-winning business journalist whose coverage focus includes economic news and insights, industry trends, M&A, and analysis of small businesses and public companies across the wholesale distribution marketplace. Reach him at eric@mdm.com or 720-207-0335.
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Highlights from a year of interviews with distribution and manufacturing executives.
Sonepar's acquisition of IDG tops most-read list of the fourth quarter.
MAPI forecasts production to grow 3.5 percent next year thanks to job gains.
Monday meeting fails to deliver labor contract resolution.
OSHA seeks consistency from chemical manufacturers, distributors.
Delays at West Coast ports disrupting companies' supply chains.
Recruiting new talent into the manufacturing industry isnt a new challenge, but a new study from ThomasNet highlights that part of the challenge is internal: Companies arent recruiting millennials as actively as they think they are and they have misconceptions that prevent them from doing so. This article examines what that means for manufacturing.
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- Problems associated with recruiting
- How to get millennials interested in the industry
- Where to find prospective employees
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Company looks to reinvest proceeds from sale of HD Supply Hardware Solutions.
Sika executives say they'll resign if sale to rival goes through.
Sonepar's recent acquisition highlights the "unique" targets companies seek in M&A deals.
A distributor that doesn’t provide training opportunities for its work force will get left behind in today’s competitive market. But training resources abound for wholesale distributors, including online, on-demand courses, giving companies of any size the chance to continuously educate their employees.
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- The need for training within the industry
- Resources available for distributors
- Training areas where distributors are laging
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Popular resources include The Learning Center, University of Innovative Distribution.
Sectors capacity utilization close to previous peak.
As your company prepares for the new year, remember that a number isnt a plan.
Speculation over increased merger and acquisition activity has created a lot of buzz among distributors, and some sectors have seen increased activity.
Conditions ripe for additional market moves nationally across all sectors.
Export statistics show benefit of selling to international customers.
Using a third party instead of in-house professional could save money.
Purchase of Barnes Distribution North America proves valuable.
