Research: Distributors Likely to Shift Sourcing Domestically Within 3 Years

As shifting trade policies and proposed tariffs try their hand at reshaping sourcing strategies, many distributors are reevaluating their suppliers. Some have already made significant moves to reshore production and others are left to face the reality of rising costs. We used the 4Q24 Baird-MDM Industrial Distribution Survey to gain quantitative and qualitative insight into this movement. Conducted during early January, the survey polled about 400 respondents — the majority of which represent distributors in the U.S. and Canada across a range of sizes and markets — on the likelihood of…