A tentative 5-year deal has been reached with UPS's 340,000-member union, likely averting a nationwide strike. See our full recap of the deal and the contingency plans several distributors had prepared.
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Missed MDM's free Virtual Profitability Summit? It's now available on-demand. Here, find a quick recap of some final thoughts from the event.
An expected slowdown in deals did set in during the quarter’s final month, but June was still busy by recent historical standards.
As part of the six sigma methodology, Will Quinn lays out how to create a spaghetti diagram and how to leverage it for more efficient warehouse management.
Inconsistent, sluggish revenue numbers dogged some distributors during the second quarter, according to the latest Baird-MDM survey.
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MDM's annual Mid-Year Economic Forecast webcast provided a current snapshot of market conditions and what to expect in a likely bumpy road ahead.
Jonathan Byrnes of Profit Isle joins the MDM Podcast with Tom Gale to discuss the profitability concepts he developed to help management teams meet budget.
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We recap the myriad guests and topics from the first six months of the year.
Applico outlines the most developed B2B vertical in eProcurement, its top SaaS providers and how distributors can take advantage.
Dorn Group's John Gunderson outlines tried-and-true profitability measures distributors will look to take over the next year.
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Optimism remains buoyed by strong order backlogs and feedback from customers noting that demand is still solid overall, albeit choppy.
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The home improvement retailer recently agreed to pay more than $72M to workers who were denied wages while they were ‘standing around.’
MDM reported 27 mergers and acquisitions among industrial distributors and manufacturers during June, representing a slight slowdown as 2Q wraps up.
Distribution consultant Brent Grover joins MDM’s Tom Gale to discuss customer immersion as a best practice for developing breakthrough products and services, and distribution’s M&A landscape.
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