3 Ways IoT Can Help Distributors
Optimize operations, prevent theft and prioritize employee health with the assistance of IoT at work, says Sigfox USA’s Eddie Meyersick.
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3 Dimensions of Emotional Intelligence That Impact Your Work Performance
Practical tips to improve your self-confidence, stress tolerance and influence — all of which have suffered during the global pandemic.
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Will Fear of Wall Street Impact Manufacturer Sales Organizations?
If public companies are saving on T&E, how much of a T&E increase will they be able to justify to Wall Street if it reduces earnings and doesn’t increase sales?
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2 Things Amazon Does Better Than Anyone Else
How owning customers’ attention and their data pays off big for the massive e-commerce site.
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Modern Distribution Management Adds Two to Leadership TeamÂ
Tish Drake joins MDM as Senior Vice President, Publishing and Bob Jordan as Vice President, Business Development.
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Are You an Ally for Women?
There is a strong business case for more gender diversity in workplace leadership.
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Third-Quarter 2020 Earnings Recap
How did the public distributors (and manufacturers relevant to this space) perform in the calendar third quarter? Our recap provides highlights of their revenue and earnings results.
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VIDEO: A Deeper Look at MDM’s Markets Forecast
What’s on tap for 2021? In this exclusive video, Brian Lewandowski of the Leeds School of Business at the University of Colorado Boulder provides distributors a macro view of wholesale distribution and the broader U.S. economy.
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VIDEO: Baird Analysts Dissect Latest Distribution Economic Results
In this exclusive video, Baird analysts Dave Manthey and Quinn Fredrickson go behind the numbers of the latest MDM-Baird Distribution Survey. In this 16-minute video, they speak with MDM CEO Tom Gale about the industry’s performance and projections.
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Big Business Moves: MDM’s Top Blogs of October
Strategic activity from leading distributors like Ferguson, Grainger and Fastenal led to the most-read blogs of October 2020.
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The Pandemic Made Your Website More Important Than Ever – But Are You Open for Business?
Five questions to ask yourself that will help measure the effectiveness of your e-commerce capabilities.
Behind Grainger’s Customer Acquisition Strategy
After Grainger posted a moderate improvement in the third quarter, company executives dished on the distributor’s approach to acquiring new customers and how it is bolstering the company. Here’s what they shared.
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Why Build Your Personal Brand?
A strong individual online presence can mean good things for your distribution company.
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The Technology Behind Amazon’s Search Dominance
How the online juggernaut uses AI-backed search expertise to improve its e-commerce effectiveness and overcome competitors.
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12 Distribution Rules Worth Breaking
There are popular rules that can almost always be broken, while others deserve some skepticism or flexibility, says consultant Robert Sabath.
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Prioritize Analytics to Enhance Customer Service
Analytics tools not only help distributors become more agile, but in this time of increasingly complex supply chains, they can also alleviate stock-outs — and ease customers’ minds. But don’t forget the key components of building this capability.
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Why Fastenal is ‘Optimally Positioned’ to Take Share
Despite just 2.5% sales growth in the third quarter, Fastenal is poised to take market share in industrial distribution, according to one analyst. See what the distributor has working in its favor.
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Amazon’s Secret to AI-Powered Product Recommendations
Amazon’s success is not an accident. It is the result of imaginative planning, technological enablement and top-notch execution — that distributors can emulate.
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If There is Any Time to Re-Examine Long-Held Beliefs, It Is Now
We have the opportunity to question the efficiency and effectiveness of our daily routines now like never before.
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Sneak Peek at 3Q Distribution Survey Results
Where did distributor revenues land in the third quarter? What’s the outlook for 4Q and beyond? We answer those questions and more in this preview of the latest MDM-Baird Distribution Survey — and the results might surprise you.
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