MDM concludes its 2026 Women in Distribution series by spotlighting five leaders whose careers reflect the industry’s strength in talent development, customer focus and operational excellence.
Leadership
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Meet NAW’s 2026 Women in Distribution — Pt. 3
MDM’s 2026 Women in Distribution series continues with five leaders whose careers reflect the industry’s growing global reach, strategic complexity and evolving leadership demands.
Leadership
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Meet NAW’s 2026 Women in Distribution — Pt. 2
MDM continues its 2026 Women in Distribution series by spotlighting five honorees and leaders making an impact across the industry — from technology leadership to sales growth and organizational transformation.
Top Distributor Sectors
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LAST CALL: MDM 2026 Top Distributors Submissions are Due March 31
Want your company to be considered and accurately ranked? We need its revenue info by March 31. The easiest way to submit it is via the survey linked in this blog.
Leadership
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Meet NAW’s 2026 Women in Distribution — Pt. 1
MDM kicks off its 2026 Women in Distribution series by spotlighting five honorees and leaders making an impact across the industry — from supply chain innovation to operational transformation and team development.
Digital Commerce
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Unified Commerce and Agentic AI: A New Blueprint for Profitable Growth
Unified commerce platforms paired with agentic AI are helping distributors eliminate “phantom margin loss,” optimize fulfillment and unlock real-time decision-making — shifting operations from reactive workflows to autonomous, profit-driven systems that boost growth, efficiency and...
CRM implementations often fail for a simple reason — sales teams don’t see personal value in using them. This contributed piece explores how distributors can shift CRM from a management reporting tool into a sales...
Leadership
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Presenting NAW’s 2026 Women in Distribution Honorees
Presented by MDM and recognizing a collection of women pivotal to their company’s growth, innovation and leadership, see our class of 20 honorees, to be followed by a series of profile articles.
Market Analysis
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UPS Leaning into B2B Opportunity Amid Amazon Reduction
The strategic shift comes alongside what UPS describes as the largest network reconfiguration in its 118-year history. Here’s the key details and what distributors should watch for.
MDM Blog
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MDM’s February Premium Monthly Issue Now Available
Our February issue is packed with articles covering special pricing agreement management; our exclusive research on workforce challenges, distributors’ share of digital sales and tariff-driven sourcing adjustments; DNOW’s ERP transition headaches; inside Singer Industrial’s “coordinated...
Operations
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How to Turn Fragmented Operations into Intelligent Flow: Your Roadmap to Supply Chain Autonomy
Supply chains built on fragmented systems and manual processes can’t keep pace with rising complexity. This article outlines a practical roadmap to supply chain autonomy — from unified data and system integration to intelligent automation...
The first of this three-part series explores how a mid-market distributor built the leadership discipline, internal foundations and cultural alignment to make innovation scalable, repeatable and durable.

