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For most distributors, the most persistent cash-flow drain is not always the market itself. It is an internal gap between what the business is experiencing and what its systems can see. While tariffs, rising freight costs, and supply chain disruptions continue to challenge profitability, they’re only part of the story. Pricing delays, incomplete inventory visibility, di...


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The 2026 AI Adoption Index – What 300+ Distributors Told Us Thursday August 27, 2026 @ 1:00 PM ET | Virtual

We’re now well passed the learning stage of AI in distribution, with the industry rapidly finding where those investments are producing measurable value.

Join NAW and Infor for a first look at findings from NAW’s inaugural AI Adoption Index, based on res...


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Tech debt is more than an IT challenge. It’s a growing business risk. Legacy systems increase complexity, slow innovation and make it harder for distributors to scale and deliver the experiences today’s B2B buyers expect.

In The Real Costs of Tech Debt: How to Unify B2B Commerce for Scalable Growth, written in collaboration with OroCommerce, w...


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Pricing has become one of the most complex challenges facing distributors today, driven by margin pressure, market volatility and increasing customer transparency, alongside tariff impacts. Traditional, reactive pricing approaches can no longer keep pace.

In AI Pricing Agents: A New Playbook for Distributors, MDM, together with Pricefx, explor...


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Lead time accuracy has become one of the most critical and overlooked challenges facing distributors today. While organizations have heavily invested in demand forecasting, supply-side uncertainty driven by tariffs, market volatility and ongoing disruption has made it increasingly difficult to predict when inventory will actually arrive. Traditional, static lead time as...


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