From smarter inspections and technical support to demand planning, sourcing, and inventory optimization, this article by Avnet’s CIO explores how distributors can leverage AI as a true agent of change to drive efficiency, resilience and...
It was the fourth annual event for NAW, and the biggest one yet, bringing startup technology vendors and forward-thinking distributors together.
It follows two decades of restructuring for Office Depot’s parent company since its heyday of the 1990s.
Large or small, all distributors would be wise to avoid the commodity trap and look to automate value-based pricing and complete the chain of value with frontline selling. Here’s how to do it.
Will robots replace us? AI take our jobs? The answer (at least so far) has been “no.”
One month after PFG rejected talks with US Foods about a potential combination, the two foodservice distributors are now sharing information to explore what would be a landmark merger.
Electrical equipment and grid components distributors support NEMA’s call for federal incentives for on-shoring supply chains efforts.
Our latest monthly forecast shows a healthy upgrade to the industry’s 2025 revenue outlook after two straight downgrades earlier this summer. As always, results vary across the 19 industry sectors tracked by the U.S. Census...
Scored across three key criteria, the list of 1,000 global companies included a dozen wholesale distributors. See which ones made the cut.
AI promises much to distributors — but where does it deliver? Here, a pair of Stanford graduate students reveal the findings of their major industry research project that applies the scientific method to show the...
The company’s August sales report showed that double-digit daily sales growth continued, albeit at a slight deceleration month-to-month. Get a detailed breakdown of the figures here.
See which two executives joined GPC’s board as independent directors while two others retired from it.
