The American Supply Association welcomes Houston, Texas-based alliantgroup as its newest association partner. alliantgroup is the exclusive ASA partner for tax consulting services.
Epicor Software Corporation, a global provider of industry-specific enterprise software to promote business growth, announced the 2020.2 release of its Prophet 21 solution. The latest release enables distributors to modernize processes as they pivot and adapt in a rapidly changing market, while making strategic data-based decisions by utilizing ERP technology.
Dynamic racking speeds product loading and unloading, while minimizing labor and maximizing storage.
October 26, 2020
Retailers and the warehouses and distributors that support them know that empty shelves lead to lost sales. But, in any period of peak demand – whether in a crisis such as a pandemic, hurricane or other disaster – retailers’ shelves can become notoriously empty when logistical bottlenecks occur in the supply chain.
Each year, APR’s buying show, hosted in Hershey, Pennsylvania, attracts contractors, manufacturers and their families to enjoy the state’s “chocolate city” while benefiting from the numerous opportunities the show encompasses.
Stockpile Expresss has announced the launch of its online master distribution services for replacement heating parts. The business is a resource for the heating industry, providing reliable and rapid distribution when items wholesalers need are not readily available in their own warehouse.
As all aspects of the B2T (business-to-trades) industry are challenged with navigating their businesses through the realities of COVID-19, we had the opportunity to gain some insights on this “New Normal” as it relates to the distributor sector of our industry. We gained insights by speaking to a couple of industry experts and learned how they saw the distributor sector adapting to this new environment.
Contractors are a mobile breed — constantly on the move, from job to job. With so much shuffling around, there is more opportunity for human error — tools ending up on the wrong jobsite on the wrong day. When you have inventory tied up across different jobs, in the back of a work truck or van, or in a warehouse on a high shelf that’s rarely dusted, it’s easy for mistakes to be made.