The conversation around artificial intelligence in wholesale distribution has shifted from “if” to “when”—and according to industry experts, that window is narrowing rapidly. In
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Leaders must decide how quickly to move and invest in AI.
GrubMarket said the agent draws on its proprietary food supply chain industry knowledge graph and can orchestrate workflows across APIs and browser functions.
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n this episode hosts Ian Heller and Jonathan Bein share the true costs of customer defection – and the real upside of reducing it.
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ow your distributor peers are planning to enhance and augment their ecommerce capabilities over the next three years – and how you can differentiate
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