Need 4″ square boxes for a metal studs? Want to install them quickly and be able to ensure the necessary alignment? Topaz has your customers covered. Topaz continues to expand their line of steel boxes with the addition of 4” […]
Inventory and people are a distributors largest investment. Finding a way to improve the productivity of both is key to improved sales and net profitability. With rising inventory valuations due to commodity price increases and recognizing that the pandemic may […]
EDI isn’t just for distributor / manufacturer interactions. It can also effectively be used to reduce operational costs between independent manufacturer representatives and manufacturers while keeping the rep informed on all of the critical information needed to ensure superior customer […]
Dick Friedman, a warehouse productivity improvement “guru” with much experience working with electrical distributors shares thoughts distributors should consider as there becomes the proverbial “light at the end of the tunnel” for COVID (due to pending vaccines), fierce competition and […]
Last week ETIM North America shared a couple of press releases that had some important implications that highlight traction in development of a product classification system to support and sustain the industry as well as expanded support. Jon Duffie, Siemens’ […]
In an industry awash with data, the issue of POS (point of sale) information being shared to ensure independent manufacturer representatives are compensated for their efforts continues to be an issue. And with COVID significantly impacting industry revenues for many, […]
ETIM North America (NA) is pleased to announce that Jon Duffie, Director of Channel Management at Siemens, has been appointed to the board of ETIM NA’s Electrical Sector. As a member of the Electrical Sector board, Duffie will work alongside […]
No, we’re not being flippant. The pandemic has been disruptive to all, destructive for many (especially those who contracted COVID as well as in business consequences for many) and tragic for those who lost loved ones. And, for all, it […]
As business begins to improve and distributors reopen counters and bring back some staff, questions arise regard purchasing, staffing, warehouse management and “operations” in general. While business for many is operating at a reduced level, the acceleration of business can […]
Companies large and small talk about eCommerce. Progressive firms are talking the concept of eCommerce and broadening it to digitalization and then considering “digital transformation”. Essentially “digital transformation” encompasses identifying the multitude of opportunities within an organization to automate processes […]
