ERP companies are integral to the success of electrical distributors as they control, or impact (in no particular order) order processing, inventory, pricing, supply chain issues (EDI, VMI, SPAs), delivery (and routing), accounting / finance, purchasing, credit, invoicing, collections, customer […]
If you are worried about Amazon Supply, you probably already know something that you’ve been unwilling to admit openly. ….that is your product data base stinks. That is to say, you probably don’t have good images, UPC codes or even […]
The advent of August brings the end of summer. Kids head back to school, the final weekend of the summer is only a few weeks away and management starts thinking about meeting season. August also is a harbinger of planning […]
Late last week came news that Bob Gaylord, former president of IDEA, was leaving the organization to pursue “other interests” (which, as an aside, is a nice euphemism!). Bob was a nice guy and contributed much time and energy to […]
On July 28th, Reuters posted an article that, according to sources, CVC (a private equity firm) has emerged as the front runner to buy Epicor from Apax Partner, LLP. for $3 billion. The article emphasized that the deal is not finalized […]
Usage of the fax machine began to peak in the late 1980s and continued into the early 2000s, with email becoming prevalent in 1993. Now, why mention this? Consider about 35+ years ago. Fax machines were not too prevalent. Contractors, […]
Last week brought news that Rexel has hired Brian McNally (click here for his LinkedIn profile) to be EVP and President of Rexel North America. Brian breaks recent history of electrical veterans running Rexel North America / US (Dick Waterman, Chris […]
Fenway Park and US servicemen and women go hand-in-hand for those of use from Boston and the New England area. Fenway Park’s first official game was April 20, 1912 against the New York Highlanders (and we won the World Series […]
Much is made of distributors needing commerce enabled websites … and it is true and is becoming a customer expectation. While ERP companies say they can support distributors in this endeavor, few distributors speak well of their ERP companies providing […]
In today’s business environment, if you’re uncomfortable you’re probably in a stagnant mode, gross margins are decreasing, costs are rising, you have inefficiencies in your business, key associates are quietly looking for new opportunities, your competitors are quietly increasing their […]
