James Dorn and Tom Gale discuss distributors’ use of data analytics to inform profitability decisions in the year ahead, which figures to involve more strategy as firms can't lean on inflation.
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Cutting tool consumption totaled $189.6 million, according to the U.S. Cutting Tool Institute and Association For Manufacturing Technology.
Machinery, up four of the last five months, led the increase at $0.2 billion or 0.5% to $37.8 billion.
Projections showed the central bank would raise rates to a median 5.6% by the end of the year — up from the current range of 5.25% to 5.5%.
Following July's considerable 1.0% monthly gain, August was held by somewhat by a drop in automotive output.
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A national freight office would help guide federal decision-making in supply chain competitiveness, security, and fluidity.
Nonresidential construction input prices also increased 1.5% for the month, but are up just 0.2% from a year ago, according to ABC.
The August advance is the largest increase in final demand prices since moving up 0.9% in June 2022.
A tight labor market, unbalanced federal regulations, and critical policy debates continue to confront the sector, according to a new study.
Research lead Kevin Reid-Morris and Tom Gale discuss the insights, surprises and hopes for AI that this 2023 exploration surfaced, along with behaviors and supporting building blocks for distributor AI success.
August’s 0.6% month-to-month accelerated from a 0.2% increase the previous two months, according to the latest data.
Wesco says its goal of reducing landfill waste intensity by 15% across U.S. and Canadian locations is 70% complete.
Backlog decreased on a monthly basis for all categories of company size except for those with more than $100M in annual revenue.
New orders of manufacturing tech totaled $353.9 million in July 2023, according to the latest U.S. Manufacturing Technology Orders Report.
Total inventories of merchant wholesalers were $902.3 billion at the end of July, down 0.2% from the prior month.
Distributors who build a learning organization empower creativity and agility, differentiating themselves in the face of challenges and nurturing growth.
The annual sales growth for the 12 months through July 2023 is 6.2% percent, according to a HARDI news release.
Aspirations direct our distributor innovations, so let’s aim high and build a supply chain worthy of our future. Mark Dancer advises in the third part of his Facing the Forces of Change initiative with NAW.
