MDM’s Fall 2023 Industry Events Preview
Alongside MDM’s own mid-September SHIFT Conference, see a rundown of all the industry events on our radar through early December.
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Articles
The eCommerce Impact: What Can Distributors Do?
Many distributors struggle with eCommerce despite its benefits. Here, Helen Piña covers the challenges involved, how to build trust in doing business online and then embrace and leverage its capabilities.
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Premium Monthly: July Content Highlighted by Distributor-Supplier Relations
Amid growing digital transformation in the industry, maintaining and improving relationships has become more challenging than ever.
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QuickTake: The ‘One Thing’ for Distributor Success in 2024
Teams that pivoted faster have outperformed competitors. Tom Gale and Mike Marks discuss how to assess your team’s transformational capabilities.
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MDM Podcast: A Category Management Deep Dive with Steve Gettleman
We discuss the ins and outs of distributor category management with former MSC Industrial Supply veteran Steve Gettleman, who had advice for how distributors of all kinds can leverage a formal program.
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What’s Your 2024 Value-Creation Plan?
With budgets and action plans already looking to next year, Tom Gale examines how to identify where your team is today across the dimensions of people, sales process, technology and data analytics.
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Building Distributor Conversations About the Future
With a little understanding and lots of teamwork, distributors can start discussions that will lead to a brighter tomorrow for the supply chain and beyond. Mark Dancer explains how.
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July M&A Recap: Pace of Deals Cools as Summer Heats Up
After a rollercoaster first half to start 2023, mergers and acquisitions seem to have leveled off to begin the second half.
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QuickTake: Distribution Business Model Transformation
Having discussed the shift from a gen-one to gen-two distributor, Mike Marks and Tom Gale explore the industry’s larger business model transformation, and where competitive advantage is being won and lost.
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The What, Why and How Behind MDM Analytics
Bob Jordan, VP of MDM Analytics, provides a walkthrough of how that business unit works and the value it provides to the industry.
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Profitability Summit Takeaways: Speakers Stress Opportunity & Offense
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.
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2Q 2023 M&A Report: Another Busy Quarter Despite Economic Uncertainty
An expected slowdown in deals did set in during the quarter’s final month, but June was still busy by recent historical standards.
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Spaghetti Diagram: A Distribution Center Efficiency Weapon
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.
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MarketPulse: 2Q23 Sees Steepest Declines in More Than 2 Years
Inconsistent, sluggish revenue numbers dogged some distributors during the second quarter, according to the latest Baird-MDM survey.
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Key Insights from MDM’s 2023 Mid-Year Economic Update
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.
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MDM Podcast: Jonathan Byrnes on Enterprise Profit Management
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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Report: NYC to Consider Indoor Air Quality Regulations Following Smoke Haze, COVID
After combatting COVID-19, the ongoing record Canadian wildfire season seems to have pressed the urgency for NYC officials to propose bills that would create new air quality standards.
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MDM Podcasts: 2023 First-Half Guests Provided Needed Insight in Still-Cautious Settings
We recap the myriad guests and topics from the first six months of the year.
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The Top eProcurement SaaS Providers in Building/Construction
Applico outlines the most developed B2B vertical in eProcurement, its top SaaS providers and how distributors can take advantage.
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3 Profit Levers Distributors May Pull Under High Pressure
Dorn Group’s John Gunderson outlines tried-and-true profitability measures distributors will look to take over the next year.
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