Amazon’s “agentic commerce” agenda signals the next transformation in digital distribution.						
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							Part 2 of the Gen X + AI Series: How Industry Veterans Turn Insight into Action						
				
							Amazon calls it a significant expansion of “physical AI.”						
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							Distributors have access to a growing number of new technologies that enable them to work more efficiently and better understand their customers.						
				
							The frontier of AI is moving beyond systems that simply analyze and recommend.						
				
							Leadership means seeing what others don’t and acting before it becomes a headline or a hospital report.						
				
							How can distributors uncover opportunities to grow profitability? 						
				
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							Brooks Hamilton will share his expertise at the 2024 Profit & Productivity Summit.						
				
							High-profit distributors analyze every operating metric for opportunities.						
				
							Here’s how AI is making the sales process more human.						
				
							Tips for implementing process automation in your business.						
				
							Gross margin matters, but it’s just the starting point.						
				
							Insight selling needs a strong foundation to work. 						
				
							Unity is key after any merger or acquisition. 						
				
							How Zoro.com helps distributors succeed online.						
				
							Develop these foundational skillsets to unlock opportunities.						
				
							Consider people, data and infrastructure if you want to leverage AI.						
				
							Smith shares NAED’s plans to tackle key electrical industry challenges.						
				
							Success stories are an underutilized tool in distribution sales.						
				
							Distributors need AI and the human touch to drive sales.						
				
							Are you taking full advantage of the latest tech tools?						
				
							What industry leaders have taken away from their digital transformation journeys.						
				
							Empower sales reps with customer insights they can act on immediately.						
				
							Evolve from simple feedback to transform sales management.						
				
							Top tech leaders share their takeaways from Applied AI for Distributors.						
				
							Get 3 approaches distributors can take to boost customer loyalty online.						
				
							The right technology can help sales teams build stronger relationships.						
				
							Survey shows most CFOs want to automate tasks performed by employees. 						
				
							Hear tech experts’ take on tangible ways distributors can grow their bottom lines.						
				
							Learn from earlier sales enablement adopters to create a more effective strategy. 						
				
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							Millcraft Paper president Travis Mlakar on applying AI for order automation.						
				
							Hear about AI’s growing capabilities and potential from AI experts.						
				
							Where we are – and where we’re going with AI in distribution.