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By Nathan Rowan | Oct 02 2025
Margin Rescue Report: How Distributors Are Protecting Profitability in 2025 The Margin Rescue Report explores how distributors are addressing shrinking margins in an increasingly competitive and cost-sensitive market. It examines the key ... Read More
By Nathan Rowan | Sep 17 2025
The Role of ERP in Circular Economy Manufacturing Models Introduction: The traditional manufacturing model—extract, produce, use, and discard—is increasingly unsustainable in a world of resource scarcity, regulatory pressures, and growing environmental awareness. The circular economy offers ... Read More
By Nathan Rowan | Sep 16 2025
Introduction: Demand forecasting has always been a cornerstone of manufacturing and distribution. Forecast too high, and businesses risk overstocking, tying up capital, and wasting resources. Forecast too low, and they face missed sales opportunities, backorders, ... Read More
By Nathan Rowan | Sep 16 2025
Introduction: Distributors today are no longer serving a single channel. They’re expected to deliver seamlessly across e-commerce platforms, physical retail partnerships, direct-to-consumer models, and traditional B2B sales. This shift has made omnichannel fulfillment a competitive ... Read More
By Nathan Rowan | Sep 16 2025
Introduction: Global supply chains have been repeatedly stress-tested by trade wars, pandemics, raw material shortages, and transportation bottlenecks. For distributors, resilience has become as important as efficiency. Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) systems are no longer ... Read More
By Nathan Rowan | Aug 06 2025
Distribution and wholesale businesses operate in a complex environment balancing customer service levels with inventory costs while managing multiple suppliers and diverse product portfolios. AI-enhanced ERP systems provide distributors with intelligent demand forecasting, automated inventory ... Read More
By Sherman Hsieh | May 26 2015
The core of distribution software still comes down to order management, inventory, purchasing, financials, analytics, and integrations. Here is what to look for in 2026, including AI demand forecasting and EDI, plus the leading distribution ... Read More
By Steve Chapman | Jan 01 2013
Microsoft releases its newest version of Dynamics GP in December. It’s named Dynamics GP 2013 and includes a number of useful enhancements. These are the seven I really like. Read More