Lisa Anderson

As costs rise and interest rates remain elevated, distributors must find opportunities to reduce costs, free up cash, and increase productivity while continuing to provide high levels of customer service.

Construction markets are regaining momentum, fueled by substantial U.S. manufacturing investments, rebuilding efforts, infrastructure spending, and growing exports.

Designing sustainability into products, optimizing energy, creating predictive quality systems, and optimizing the supply chain are examples of AI-enabled programs that drive the triple bottom line.

Learn how shifting supply chains are impacting transportation, from regional trade routes to the role of AI in logistics optimization.

Resilient, technology-enabled supply chains are becoming the competitive edge in the AI-powered electronics boom

Companies that find solutions to create sustainable and profitable manufacturing operations and extended supply chains will surge past their competition.

Distributors are strategically leveraging artificial intelligence, advanced technologies, and predictive analytics to navigate emerging risks, capitalize on new opportunities, and drive sustained business performance and profitability.

As geopolitical unrest, natural disasters, and shifting trade policies upend global logistics, resilient companies are transforming their supply chains to gain competitive advantage and ensure growth.

Like almost every manufacturing sector, the building and construction products industry generally worked through their backlog, focused on margins, and experienced an overall drop in customer demand last year, yet expect a positive year ahead. 

Proactive manufacturers are leaning on predictive demand planning processes to estimate and get ahead of changing capacity and down-the-line supply chain needs.