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All the latest reporting and analysis from Distribution Strategy Group.
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AI Will Redefine Distribution Jobs, Not Replace Them
Among the distribution use cases gaining the most traction are demand forecasting, inventory optimization, warehouse operations, route planning, pricing, sales support and cross-functional coordination.
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Trade School Millionaires: DSG Launches Video and Podcast Series Profiling Trade School Graduates Who Built Successful Businesses
Carrying the tagline, “You built the skill. Now build the wealth,” the series will feature entrepreneurs who chose trade school over a traditional four-year college degree and went on to build profitable contracting and skilled trades companies.
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How AI Tirelessly Boosts Distributors’ Profits
How AI is doing that today, and will do it even more in the near future, was the subject addressed by three tech experts in a session today at Distribution Strategy Group’s Applied AI for Distributors conference entitled “Intelligent Revenue Operations: Aligning Customer, Procurement & Digital Strategy With AI.”
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The Distributors Winning with AI Are Teaching It How They Operate
The choice for distributors, is whether to establish approved, secure, and productive uses for AI or allow adoption to spread without direction.
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ABC Supply Expands Through Ohio Acquisition, Opens Four New Branches
The expansion adds coverage in several growing construction markets, including South Texas and the Dallas-Fort Worth area, while increasing ABC Supply’s presence in Utah and central Wisconsin.
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ProEnergy Supply Launches AI Procurement Platform for Independent Distributors
The launch reflects growing interest across the distribution industry in agentic AI, which enables software systems to perform tasks such as supplier selection, quote generation and purchasing with limited human intervention.
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McKesson Plans $179 Million Distribution Center in Oklahoma
McKesson said the facility will include automated material-handling systems, digital logistics technology, precision inventory management and expanded cold-chain storage capacity.
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10 Tips for Making AI Useful for Distributors Today
Here are 10 tips from the speakers on today’s Tech Leaders Panel: Dan Kaminstein, senior principal product manager at ERP vendor Epicor; John Murcott, executive vice president of product and strategy at HawkSearch, a provider of site search; and Sam Bobb, o-founder and chief technology officer at Kaavio which offers product content technology.
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Keynote: Graybar Executives Urge Distributors to Move AI Projects Into Production
Danna Stone, senior vice president of marketing, and Ed Fenton, vice president and AI and digital transformation officer, said the $12.9 billion electrical distributor is focusing its AI efforts on inventory management, workforce productivity, customer experience, and operational efficiency rather than chasing the latest technology trends.
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How AI Really Works for Distributors and Where It’s Going
AI is already improving sales, inventory management, receivables and warehouse operations, DSG co-founder Jonathan Bein said at DSG’s Applied AI for Distributors Conference on June 23 in Rosemont, Illinois.