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When Your Warehouse Outgrows Your Software: A Distributor's Guide to Upgrading

When the system and the floor start telling different stories, costs rise and efficiencies go down.

OmniCable Acquires Illinois Wire, Cable Distributor

Kingwire supplies electrical distributors nationwide from its eight warehouses.

An Amazon facility in Schoenefeld, Germany, March 18, 2022.

FTC and 22 States Sue Amazon Over Inflated Advertising Prices

The lawsuit claims that Amazon overcharged 1.2 million advertising customers.

Modeling AI ROI Like a CFO, Not a Vendor

A six-step framework for building AI business cases that survive audit scrutiny, board review, and hindsight

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Lubrication Benchmark Audit

Lubrication Engineers offers its convenient Xpert Lubrication Benchmark Audit to help industrial operations pinpoint where they are on their journey to LUBRICATION EXCELLENCE.

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Illegal Cookie Factory; Starr Sues Over Google Review; Freedom & Glory Makes Flags | Today in Manufacturing Ep. 283

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40,000 Pounds of Beer Swiped From California Distribution Center

The perps have been extended no-questions-asked amnesty if they return the stolen cargo.

FABTECH 2026 | October 21–23 | Las Vegas

FABTECH returns as North America’s premier metalworking event, bringing together the metal forming, fabricating, welding, and finishing industries in Las Vegas, October 21–23.

Fed Chair Kevin Warsh arrives at the annual Jackson Hole Economic Policy Symposium in Moran, Wyo., Aug. 28, 2026.

Warsh Raises the Stakes for the Fed's Next Meeting

The government's next price report could play an outsized role in the central bank’s actions.

Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney at the Davie shipyard in Levis, Quebec, Aug. 24, 2026.

Untested in Court, Trump's New Tariffs on Canada Raise Legal Questions

The Section 338 tariff authority has never even been used before.

Introducing LEADERS, Your New Resource from Industrial Distribution

Industrial Distribution's new LEADERS page showcases the top products, technologies, and solutions serving distribution professionals. Explore LEADERS for more information on how these offerings provide critical advantages for industrial distributors.

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