MSC INDUSTRIAL SUPPLY CO. ANNOUNCES ENHANCED CUSTOMER SUPPORT MODEL
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Category: Technology
High-Tech and High-Touch: How Distributors Can Win in a B2C World
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Are You Ready For AI And Automation?
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New Competitive E-Commerce Data on 300 B2B Distributors and Wholesalers
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Enduralock LLC recently competed in the NASA iTech competition with their new...
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Want to make faster decisions like Amazon? Jeff Bezos asks one simple question.
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Watch This Humanoid Robot Install Drywall
If Japan’s Advanced Industrial Science and Technology Institute has its way, construction...
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Death of the Salesman: Humans Lose as Computers Close More Deals
Hill and Markes Inc., a 112-year-old janitorial and food service supplier, is as old school as old...
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Amazon iPhone app adds AR ‘part finder’ for identifying and buying small hardware like screws
Amazon has made a handy new addition to its camera features on its iOS app. The new “part finder”...
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Amazon Launches Parts Finder, Built By Technology Acquired From Partpic in 2016
Got an odd screw, nut, bolt, washer or fastener you need to buy more of, but have no idea to how...
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3 Reasons Why eCommerce Matters More Than Ever for B2B Marketers
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The Rise of Specialized Marketplaces in eCommerce
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Millennials stand out for their technology use, but older generations also embrace digital life
Millennials have often led older Americans in their adoption and use of technology, and this...
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Business Leaders as Catalysts for Change
Today’s CEO creates opportunity through innovation and customer awareness. Strong cultural values...
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How to Begin Your Digital Transformation Journey in Six Steps
The most discussed topic in business today is digital transformation, but it begs the...
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Forces of change: The future of mobility
Forces of change: The future of mobility A number of forces are converging to change the way...
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BE AFRAID. BE VERY AFRAID.
By Susan Bloom Industry expert Justin King believes that distributors should be...
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How Can E-commerce Fight Back (and Win) Against Amazon?
Ecommerce companies need to get innovative if they’re going to prevent Amazon from taking...
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Amazon Is Conquering More Than Just Kale!
Amazon Business hit the one-million customer mark only a few years into its existence, which...
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Digital ‘Reality’ Tools Help B2B Marketers Get Real With Complex Products
B2B marketers can get an assist from virtual and augmented reality applications that demonstrate...
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7 ways the Fourth Industrial Revolution Can Help the Planet
At the World Economic Forum’s (WEF) first Sustainable Development Impact Summit last week in New...
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Finding the Right Digital Balance in B2B Customer Experience
Growing numbers of B2B companies are focusing on digitization to succeed with customer-centric...
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5 Trends That Are Changing B2B Commerce
It’s no secret that the B2B landscape has changed drastically in the last few decades. At the...
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B2B Midsize Might: Commerce Suites Pack a Powerful Punch for Mid-Market
There’s a false conception that if you’re a midsize or small business, you can’t afford the...
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B2B sales channels are changing: Act now or die
The B2B customer buying journey has been forever transformed by the internet, and this has major...
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Three Steps for Manufacturers to Begin Their Digital Transformation
How manufacturers can adopt a trial-and-error mentality to catch up on the data-driven challenge....
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IoT and the Future of Consumer Products Manufacturing
Of all that the Internet of Things (IoT) promises, manufacturers seem most focused on supply chain...
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Online Retail Boom Means More Warehouse Workers, And Robots To Accompany Them
There’s a good chance something you’ve bought online has been in the hands of a...
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Manufacturing Safety Tech Deep in the Heartland
Like so many Midwestern kids of a certain age, Gabriel Glynn was raised around manufacturing. And...
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The First Time America Freaked Out Over Automation
In 1958, America found itself in the midst of its worst economic slump since the Great Depression....
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Researchers Replicate Molten Metal Pouring Behavior with Newly Developed Simulation Technology
Fujitsu Limited and Daido University Professor Yasuhiro Maeda have jointly developed new...
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Robots Keep Valley Manufacturers Competitive Even as Jobs Threatened
Advanced technology in robotics has stirred a sense of uneasiness in the workforce. While...
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A Distributor’s Strategy to Competing Against Amazon
Watsco Inc., a distributor of heating, ventilation and air-conditioning products with $4.2 billion...
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CPG Manufacturers Need a Comprehensive Strategy for Digitization
The relentless hype around digital in consumer-packaged-goods (CPG) manufacturing has left many...
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Why Do Factories Need a Digital-Ready Infrastructure?
Digital transformation, digital business, digitization, digital disruption. There are countless...
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Computers Can Now Read Your Emotions. Here’s Why That’s Not As Scary As It Sounds
Emotions critically influence all aspects of our lives, from how we live, work, learn and play, to...
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GE ‘Predix’ the Future of Manufacturing
One hundred years ago, a vertically integrated manufacturing complex in Schenectady, NY, defined...
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Google Glass Didn’t Disappear. You Can Find It On The Factory Floor
Remember Google Glass? They’re the headsets that look like regular glasses but have a small...
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The Technology Conundrum: The Driving Force in Global Change for the Manufacturing Sector
The manufacturing sector is in the midst of a period of great change, as growing and emerging...
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NASA Releases Software Catalog, Granting the Public Free Access to Technologies for Earthly Applications
NASA has released its 2017-2018 software catalog, which offers an extensive portfolio of software...
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Where’s the Revolution? Technology’s Impact on the Information Services Industry
The information services industry, which has seen a huge spurt in information and communication...
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How Robots Helped Create 100,000 Jobs at Amazon
Accelerating technology has been creating a lot of worry over job loss to automation, especially...
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Caterpillar Invests in Airware Bringing Drone Tech to Mining and Construction Enterprises
The venture arm of Caterpillar Inc., a major manufacturer of construction and mining equipment,...
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Century-Old Wire And Cable Manufacturer Keeping Pace With Technology
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Measuring B2B’s Digital Gap
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Digital Twin Of Gas Turbine Will Drive The World’s Largest Aluminum Plant
Aluminium Bahrain (Alba) was planning to build the world’s largest single-site aluminum smelter....
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Bringing the Digital Enterprise to Life
Hyla Soft’s vision is to provide innovative technology solutions that advance the way the...
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ABIE Awards: Celebrate the Achievements of Women in Tech!
The Anita Borg Institute celebrates and highlights the success of women technologists. They are...
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I Machine, You Human: How AI Is Helping GE Build A Powerhouse Of Knowledge
“We are also starting to see more applications where AI is becoming part of a “living system,”...
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Industry 4.0 Enables the Digital Transformation of Supply Chains
Supply chains traditionally are linear in nature, with a discrete progression of design, plan,...
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Research, Innovation, and Technology: Powering a Manufacturing Renaissance
Manufacturers in the United States have created an innovation engine that has delivered new...
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Robots That Read Minds Are a Breakthrough for Manufacturing
Those who wish others could read their minds will enjoy a breakthrough technology out of the lab...
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It has become absolutely vital for manufacturers to take steps toward a modern future. Businesses...
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Competing to Win: How To Accelerate Manufacturing Innovation
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Industrial Analytics Based On Internet Of Things Will Revolutionize Manufacturing
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America Can Invent the Next High-Tech Jobs
Americans invented the core high-technologies that enable the modern digital age, but they didn’t...
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Learning to Prosper in a Factory Town
In the foothills of the Appalachian Mountains in a corner of South Carolina sits a town that...
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Here’s What the Digital Divide Looks Like in the United States
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How Can Technology Help You Run a Warehouse?
Running a productive and efficient warehouse is essential for every business that deals with...
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NIST Out with Draft Cyber Guide for Manufacturing Industry
Government scientists are seeking industry input on a project that will produce design blueprints...
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Closing the Maintenance Gap
Twenty-first century manufacturing is really a kind of sci-fi dream come true. Today’s industry is...
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Digital Tools for the Future Factory
Transforming manufacturing with advanced digital tools is well underway, but manufacturers who...
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Using Augmented Reality On The Factory Floor
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How the Industrial Internet of Things is Driving Manufacturing Innovation
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How Millennials’ Technology Expectations Can Help Save Manufacturing
Millennials’ technology expectations have been shaped by smartphones, Facebook and digital...
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Man and Machine: The New Collaborative Workplace of the Future
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Software-as-a-Catalyst
“Offering excellent physical products has become table stakes for competing in today’s...
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The State Of Manufacturing Technology, 2016
These and many other insights are from the second annual survey from Plex Systems, 2016 State of...
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Machine Nirvana: How GE Is Using AI To Build A Powerhouse Of Knowledge
GE was still essentially a startup when its managers hired young MIT chemistry professor Willis...
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SAP HANA Will Be the “Brains” of New IoT and Industry 4.0 Offerings from PTC, Bosch and Siemens
When ERP giant SAP bets on a new technology, other software developers are impacted. SAP is a...
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Brown Deliveries From Above: UPS’ Drone Plan
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Esperanto For Machines: GE And Bosch Partner To Help Machines Talk To Each Other
GE Digital and Bosch Software Innovations partner to find a way for machines and devices to...
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Lowe’s Introduces LoweBot, a New Autonomous In-Store Robot
“Hello, I’m NAVii. How can I help you?” This is how the store associate of the...
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8 Internet Of Things And UC Technologies You’ll See In 10 Years
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The Rise of Cognitive Agents
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5 Automation Videos Under 5 Minutes You Need to Watch
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In Survey, Early Adopters Say Digital Technology is Worth It
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2017 The Year Of Internet Of Things (IoT): Morgan Stanley
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Scientists and engineers are excitedly mixing and matching these emerging materials to produce...
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How Rethink Robotics Sees The Future Of Collaborative Robots
The future of robots will have them functioning more like co-workers rather than factory...
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A New 3D Imaging Tool That Allows You to See Through Walls
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How the IIoT Will Transform Big Data Analytics [Infographic]
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Aligning the organization for its digital future
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SMART MANUFACTURING: Work Smarter Not Harder in the 4th Industrial Revolution
To remain competitive and retain its place at the forefront in the world economy, America needs...
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Know Your Customers’ “Jobs to Be Done”
Executives have reported that innovation is extremely important to business and, with the help of...
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Tech Trends 2016: Innovating in the Digital Era
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Fastener Fair Mexico: Show Overview
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“Discovering Manufacturing’s Tomorrow, Today” at the Manufacturing and Technology Show
When: May 3-5, 2016 Where: Rosemont, ILThe nature of the industry is constantly changing from...
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Mfg4 the Future, Paving the Way for the Future
Mfg4 surpasses the traditional manufacturing technology event by delivering content and suppliers mandated by industry. Mfg4 is an event for industry developed by industry, with an emphasis on industry-specific solutions with attention to cross-collaboration.
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