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Operations

A Hidden Margin Killer for Distributors: Inefficient Order Processing

Order processing rarely grabs headlines, but it often determines whether a distributor protects margin or watches it slip away.
  • Keith Fatula
  • September 3, 2025
Maximize Your Operation With the Right Warehouse Design and Layout
Operations

Critical Skills for Front-Line Leaders in Distribution

You get tested when power and systems go out and you’ve got three hours to figure it out before you miss every commitment.
  • Will Quinn
  • August 26, 2025
Distribution Technology

Beating Delivery Delays with Smart Logistics: Why Distribution’s New Competitive Edge Lives in the Last Mile

Smart logistics technology isn’t replacing human expertise, it’s amplifying it.
  • Brian Hopkins
  • August 26, 2025

Upcoming Programs

  • Upcoming Program

How Distributors are Driving Employee Engagement

Join us on Sept 10, 9 PT/12 ET, as we explore how top-performing distributors are building engagement that fuels performance and loyalty.
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  • Upcoming Program

Economic Update: Forecast Trends Shaping Distribution

Join us on Sept 11, 2025 at 9PT/12ET as we navigate both economic forecast trends with Economist Alex Chausovsky.
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  • Upcoming Program

The Sales Rep’s AI Playbook: What’s Working in Distribution Today

Join us on Sept 17, 2025 at 9PT/12ET as we delve into what real AI adoption looks like in the field today and how
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  • Upcoming Program

The Distributor’s “Technology Dreamstack”

Join us on Sept 24, 2025 at 9PT/12ET as top technology leaders will help you prioritize and make smarter technology decisions.
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AI in Distribution

Palmer Holland Rolls Out AI Product Platform to Streamline Product Data

Palmer Holland, a Cleveland-based specialty chemical and ingredient distributor, has launched an AI-driven product knowledge platform aimed at streamlining how customers and suppliers access
  • Distribution Strategy Group
  • August 26, 2025
AI in Distribution

Pattern Group’s $400 Million IPO Puts Distributors on Notice as Brands Double Down on Marketplaces

Pattern uses artificial intelligence and machine learning to process more than 46 trillion data points and add 100 billion more each week.
  • Distribution Strategy Group
  • August 25, 2025
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Distribution Technology

The E-Commerce Revolution is Pushing Distribution Toward a Digital-First Future

As a catalyst for transformation, e-commerce strategies can be tailored for distribution and leveraged to facilitate improvements across customer experience, sales enablement, and supply
  • Travis Rothstein
  • August 23, 2025

Recent Reports

The State of Customer Experience in Distribution

Transforming Wholesale Distribution with AI

State of CRM and Sales Analytics in Distribution

2025 State of Technology in Distribution

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Distribution Marketing

Value Management for Distributors, Part 2: The Lifecycle of a Service

Services go through predictable stages and become mature, price-sensitive and commoditized.
  • Scott Benfield
  • September 1, 2022
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Digital Strategy

Product Content Syndication: A Tutorial

Syndication is a tool for manufacturers to easily and efficiently get information to their partners.
  • Fabien Legouic
  • August 26, 2022
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Distribution Sales Strategy

Your Sales Managers Think They’re Coaching, But They’re Probably Not

Sales coaching is the most powerful tool for improving employee performance and company results. 
  • Mike Kunkle
  • August 22, 2022
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Distribution Industry Analysis

How NAW is Promoting Cooperation in Uncertain Times

Hoplin shares distributors’ key concerns and how NAW is working to support distributors.
  • Ian Heller
  • August 22, 2022
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Wholesale Change Show

Wholesale Change: Building a Bridge Between Generations, featuring Jeff McLendon (August 17, 2022)

We talked with Jeff McLendon on bridging the generational gap in the workplace.
  • Ian Heller
  • August 17, 2022
Alex Moazed Q&A
Marketplaces

The B2B Marketplace Threat Is Coming from All Sides: What Distributors Need to Do Next

How can distributors differentiate amid stiffening competition from B2B marketplaces?
  • Ian Heller
  • August 17, 2022
Value management
Distribution Marketing

Value Management for Distributors, Part 1: The Problem with “Value”

Value can be defined, marketed and delivered in such a way that it improves profitability.
  • Scott Benfield
  • August 15, 2022
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Distribution Sales Strategy

How Do B2B Sellers Need to Adapt to Modern Buyers?

One of enablement’s key responsibilities is preparing and supporting your sellers to go to market.
  • Mike Kunkle
  • August 1, 2022
MSC Industrial’s Reimagined Value Proposition for a Digital World
Distribution Technology

MSC Industrial Supply’s ‘Next Chapter’

MSC Industrial Supply shares how they are redefining the way they support their customers.
  • Ian Heller
  • July 25, 2022
Distribution Industry Analysis

USESI CEO on How Improving Culture Drives Greater Profitability

Randy Eddy sat down with us to talk about why culture is so important and how to measure it.
  • Ian Heller
  • July 25, 2022
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Distribution Industry Analysis

Annual Conference for Canadian Institute for Plumbing & Heating: Aligned, Collaborative and Value-Added

Everything about the event was first rate – from the destination to the food to the quality and productivity of the meetings.
  • Ian Heller
  • July 13, 2022
Are Distributors Experiencing Pandemic Myopia?
Distribution Industry Analysis

Are Distributors Experiencing Pandemic Myopia?

Are some distributors lulled by a false sense of security post-pandemic?
  • Dirk Beveridge
  • July 12, 2022
What the Heck is Sales Enablement & How Can It Help My Company?
Distribution Sales Strategy

What the Heck is Sales Enablement & How Can It Help My Company?

The goal of enablement is to support sellers and as a result, improve sales performance.
  • Mike Kunkle
  • July 12, 2022
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Distribution Sales Strategy

How Winsupply’s Entrepreneurial Model Drives Success

Monte Salsman, president of the Winsupply Acquisitions Group, joined us on a recent episode of the Wholesale Change show to talk about the company’s
  • Ian Heller
  • July 7, 2022
Struggling with Low-Quality Leads? You’re Not Alone
Distribution Marketing

Struggling with Low-Quality Leads? You’re Not Alone

Most distributors in a recent DSG report said they were unhappy with their lead-generating efforts.
  • Frank Hurtte
  • July 6, 2022
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Strategy

5 Ways to Uncover What Your Customers Really Want

Determining what your customers want is the foundation for an extraordinary customer experience.
  • Dean Mueller
  • June 29, 2022
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Strategy

The Solution to Fixing Profitability? Focus on Profit Peaks – Not Drains

We spoke with Byrnes about how distributors can take back control in this unpredictable market.
  • Jonathan Bein
  • June 20, 2022
spotify AI
AI in Distribution

How Spotify Uses AI to Create an Ultra-Personalized Customer Experience and What Distributors Can Learn from It 

Distributors can learn from Spotify’s success delivering a personalized listening experience for every customer.
  • Benj Cohen
  • June 14, 2022
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Wholesale Change Show

Wholesale Change: Take Back Control of Your Profitability, featuring Jonathan Byrnes (June 8, 2022)

Learn how distributors can evaluate and categorize their customer base – profit peaks, profit drains and profit deserts – and make a plan to
  • Jonathan Bein
  • June 8, 2022
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Strategy

Dirk Beveridge on How the Role of Leaders Must Change in Distribution 

Beveridge believes distributors have a unique opportunity to bring deeper meaning to their organizations.
  • Jonathan Bein
  • June 1, 2022
MSC Industrial’s Reimagined Value Proposition for a Digital World
Wholesale Change Show

Wholesale Change: MSC Industrial’s Reimagined Value Proposition for a Digital World (May 25, 2022)

In this webinar, Erik Gershwind, President and CEO of MSC Industrial Supply Co., talked about how the company has reimagined its value proposition, driven
  • Ian Heller
  • May 25, 2022
How Distributors Can Generate More Sales on Inbound Calls to CSRs?
Distribution Sales Strategy

How Distributors Can Generate More Sales on Inbound Calls to CSRs 

In some distribution companies, CSRs have become profitable sellers.
  • Benj Cohen
  • May 18, 2022
How Distributors Can Stop the Margin Drain
Distribution Marketing

How Distributors Can Stop the Margin Drain 

Al Bates talks the myths surrounding profitability, key margin drains and the steps distributors can take to climb out of their rut.
  • Jonathan Bein
  • May 17, 2022
Creating Relevancy in an Age of Disruption
Wholesale Change Show

Wholesale Change: Creating Relevancy in an Age of Disruption (May 11, 2022)

In this episode of Wholesale Change, Dirk shared why distributors must adopt new ways of leading their companies to build a sustainable business today.
  • Jonathan Bein
  • May 11, 2022
How to Select the Right Technologies for Your Customers’ Journey
Digital Strategy

How to Select the Right Technologies for Your Customers’ Journey 

Where do you start in evaluating your existing technology – and then building the right set of technology solutions for your customers based on
  • Jonathan Bein
  • May 10, 2022
B2B Apps Are Changing the Way Distributors and Contractors Operate
Digital Strategy

B2B Apps Are Changing the Way Distributors and Contractors Operate

Companies are developing solutions designed for industrial distributors to help them save time, boost productivity and cut expenses.
  • Dean Mueller
  • May 3, 2022
How Dakota Supply Group is Driving ‘Intentional Growth’ in Rural America 
Distribution Marketing

How Dakota Supply Group is Driving ‘Intentional Growth’ in Rural America 

Dakota Supply Group CEO Paul Kennedy talks about how the 124-year-old company drives value in rural markets across the Midwest.
  • Jonathan Bein
  • May 2, 2022
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Wholesale Change Show

Wholesale Change: Can Distributors Get Out of the Profit Rut? (April 27, 2022)

Profitability expert Dr. Al Bates joined us on the Wholesale Change show to talk about why distributors are stuck in a profitability “rut” and
  • Ian Heller
  • April 27, 2022
Supply Chain
Distribution Technology

The 4 Drivers of Ongoing Supply Chain Disruption in 2022 

Labor shortages, port congestion and manufacturing delays are throwing off the supply chain’s delicate balance. Higher demand for products is exacerbating supply chain challenges.
  • Ravi Ravishankar
  • April 25, 2022
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Distribution Sales Strategy

Webinar: State of Distributor Technology: A Guide for Growth (April 6, 2022)

In this free webinar, DSG Principals Jonathan Bein, Ph.D., and Ian Heller lead a presentation of the research, along with recommendations you can act
  • Jonathan Bein
  • April 19, 2022
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