Amazon’s latest ASCS expansion gives businesses access to LTL freight for shipments to warehouses, distribution centers and retail partners — further positioning Amazon as a full-service logistics provider.
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What if AI doesn’t replace Lean Six Sigma, but finally makes it scalable? The first in this four-part series from NAW Chief Innovation Officer Bart Tessel introduces LSS AI: a disciplined operating model to help distributors move beyond AI hype, close learning loops and build organizations that learn faster than volatility.
It was the company's 11th straight month of double-digit daily sales growth year-over-year as nearly every key sales metric improved sequentially. We provide a full breakdown of Fastenal's May sales numbers here and the context around them.
A new presidential proclamation temporarily lowers Section 232 duties on certain agricultural equipment, residential HVAC products and mobile industrial machinery — offering targeted relief for distributors but leaving much of the broader metals tariff regime intact.
Apex Tool Group named Chris Keffer — most recently President and CEO of STIHL Inc. — as its new CEO, succeeding Jim Roberts after a decade in the role.
Minnesota-based CPM is a manufacturer of processing equipment used in oilseed and animal feed production, while North Carolina-based MW Components makes fasteners, springs and precision metal components.
The U.S. government says bankrupt supplier First Brands underpaid tariffs on imported goods for years, adding another major development to the company’s ongoing collapse and its growing fallout across the automotive aftermarket distribution channel.
Warehouse automation often falls short — not because of technology, but because distributors automate the wrong problems. This piece outlines three critical questions to reduce friction, improve workflow orchestration and ensure automation investments actually deliver efficiency gains.
The DOJ charged four major container manufacturers — which combine to produce nearly all of the world's standard unfrigerated shipping containers — and seven of their executives with allegedly conspiring to restrict output and inflate prices during the pandemic-era supply chain crisis.
Parker Hannifin is set to significantly expand its Aerospace & Defense footprint by acquiring CIRCOR’s commercial and defense aerospace business, adding flight-critical motion and flow control technologies tied to major OEM and defense platforms.
Cincinnati-based Valco Melton manufactures adhesive dispensing machinery, cold glue and hot melt systems, coating equipment and vision inspection technologies used in packaging, paper converting, nonwovens, automotive and woodworking applications.
NAW joined a growing coalition urging the U.S. Supreme Court to reverse a Colorado ruling allowing climate liability claims against energy companies to proceed under state law.
Late payments aren’t just a collections issue — they expose deeper breakdowns across distributors’ revenue lifecycle. This contributed article explores the operational causes behind delayed cash flow and how unified data, contract-driven billing and AI can help close the gap.
A proposed class-action lawsuit filed in federal court accuses Ace Hardware and software provider Epicor of orchestrating a long-running scheme to coordinate retail pricing and allocate local markets among thousands of Ace-affiliated stores nationwide.
The company’s Innovative Pumping Solutions segment continues to see substantial year-over-year expansion.
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Sales and margin growth well-exceeded the market's expectations and that of Grainger itself, with the company attributing it to both pricing and volume.
It was the company's 10th straight month of double-digit daily sales grwoth year-over-year and its best month since August 2022 in the height of post-COVID market recovery. We give a full breakdown of Fastenal's April sales metrics here and the context around them.
The MRO supplies distributor's gross margin narrowly dipped year-over-year, though profits saw double-digit growth.
Hi-Force is a designer and manufacturer of high-pressure hydraulic tools, heavy lifting systems and torque/tensioning equipment.
