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The MDM Podcast — 112 episodes

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Inside Supply Technologies' $50M Investment in the Future

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How Epicor Sees AI Moving ERP Toward Business Outcomes

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Field Sales Is Far From Dead - It's Evolving

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Tom McFadyen on How AI is Reshaping B2B Commerce

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From Static to Dynamic: The Evolution of Pricing Science in Distribution

6

Build the Back-End First — Why Strategy Beats Tech Any Day

7

The Power of Storytelling: Why Every Distributor Has a Story Worth Telling

8

AI's Customer Service Impacts, and How to Evaluate Tech Partners

9

Tech Platform Strategy, AI Adoption and CRM that Actually Works

10

Coordinated Autonomy: How Singer Industrial Scales While Staying Local

11

Tariffs as a Structural Cost - Strategies for 2026 and Beyond

12

From Grainger to Growth Platform: E&R Industrial Charts Its Independent Future

13

MDM Amplify: OB3's Financial Flexibility for Distributors

14

MDM Amplify: The Human Side of Digital Commerce

15

MDM Podcast: Parts Town's $2.8B Growth Story

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MDM Amplify: Rerouted and Resilient - How Distributors & Carriers Redesign for Disruption

17

S13E1: Rexel's Strategy for M&A, Talent and Tech

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MDM Podcast: Inside LGG Industrial's Rebrand, Upgrades & Tariff Strategy

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S12E11: Breaking Down QXO's Beacon Acquisition and its Impact

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S12E10: Unlocking the Secrets of Sales Compensation

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S12E9: Be the Steve Irwin of Distribution and Rethink Team Dynamics

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S12E8: Why Tech Fails Salespeople & How to Leverage it

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S12E7: Imperatives Amid Evolving Go-to-Market Strategies

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S12E6: MDM Podcast: Talent Talk with Dr. Bharani

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S12E5: MDM Podcast: An AI Research Primer Ahead of SHIFT

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S12E4: Scaling Smart - How an Industrial Distributor Grows From its Roots

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S12E3: Voices of NAW's 2025 Executive Summit

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S12E2: PT/MC Market Evolution and Product Information Sharing

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S12E1: Debriefing Our Ferguson & Watsco Case Studies

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S11E11: How Distribution Solutions Group Arrived, and Where it's Going

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S11E10: A Career Retrospective with Mike DeCata

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S11E9: Unraveling the Port Standoff

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S11E8: Unpacking SHIFT 2024

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S11E7: Wesco Case Study Debrief

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S11E6: How One Distributor Leverages Sales Rep Freedom

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S11E05: What's on the Safety Product Horizon?

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S11E4: Everything to Know about SHIFT 2024

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S11E3: The Keys to Wesco's Digital Initiatives

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S11E2: The 5 Fatal Flaws of Sales Transformation

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S11E1: MDM's SHIFT Keynote to Focus on CX, Adaptation

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S10E18: Finding Focused Direction for Your Sales Team

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S10E17: Inside Venturi Supply's Cohesive Independence

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S10E16: Ted Cowie Reflects on 40 Years in Industrial & Safety Sales

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S10E15: What's Tech Got to Do with It?

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S10E14: Green Mountain Electric Doesn't Have an End Goal. Here's Why

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S10E13: Cut Through the AI Noise

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S10E12: Denver's AIS Exemplifies Small Distributor Innovation

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S10E11: Inside Vallen's Aggressive Transformation

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S10E10: Voices of ISA24

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S10E9: How Wajax Bulked Up its Product Offering with Service

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S10E8: A Home Depot-SRS Megadeal Breakdown

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S10E7: Inventory Opportunities in Slower-Demand Markets

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S10E6: Mars Supply Keeps Evolving 100 Years In

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S10E5: A Breakdown of Fastenal's Decade-Long "Big Pivot"

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S10E4: Voices of NAW's Executive Summit

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S10E3: How Singer Industrial Handled Several Years of Change

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S10E2: After a Huge 2023, What Does M&A Look Like in 2024?

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S10E1: Cracking the New Leadership Code

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S9E14: Jennifer Murphy Says Distribution's Diversity is a Beautiful Thing

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Quicktake 12.08.23: Report Card on Distribution Business Models

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S9E13: BradyIFS + Envoy Solutions See Many Ways to Win

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S9E12: How Kodiak Grows through Local Empowerment

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Quicktake 11.17.23: Price is Now Priority for Customers

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S9E11: Amazon Business is Just Getting Started

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Quicktake 11.03.23: Fix Your Biggest Critical Constraint for 2024 Growth

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S9E10: The State of Innovation in Distribution

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Quicktake 10.27.23: Drive Profit with Active Category Management

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Quicktake 10.20.23: Playing Offense in Defensive Times

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Quicktake 10.13.23: Protect Your Pricing & Profit

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Quicktake 10.06.23: From Vision to Transformation

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S9E9: Endries' Michael Knight on His Learning Curve, Coaching & AI

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Quicktake 09.29.23: A Profitability Playbook for Distributors

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S9E8: Culture Misconceptions about "The Great Resignation"

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S9E8: Culture Misconceptions about "The Great Resignation"

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S9E7: MDM's AI Research Report Highlights

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S9E6: Education, Industry Demand and What STAFDA's Up To

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QuickTake 09.01.23: Distributors' Key Business Objectives for 2024

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S9E5: Higher EBITDA Multiple Drivers – A McKinsey Keynote Preview

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S9E4: The Technology Leverage Shift in Distribution

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Quicktake 08.18.23: Culture as a Competitive Differentiator

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S9E3: Mental Health at Work - A Critical Business Conversation

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Quicktake 08.11.23: The Data Analytics Journey in Distribution

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S9E2: The Keys to AFC Industries' Rapid Expansion

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Quicktake 08.04.23: The "One Thing" for Distributor Success in 2024

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S9E1: A Category Management Deep Dive with Steve Gettleman

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Quicktake 07.28.23: Distribution Business Model Transformation

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S8E18: Jonathan Byrnes on Enterprise Profit Management

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S8E17: Fueling Product & Service Innovation with Customer Immersion

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S8E16: Scott Schuenke on Sonepar's Growth & Strategic Development

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S8E15: What Shaped MDM's 2023 Top Distributors Lists

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QuickTake 06.09.23: The Power of Qualitative Analytics

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Quicktake 5.26.23: The Many Problems AI Engines Can Solve

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S8E14: Patrick McCurdy III on Kimball Midwest's Constant Improvement

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Quicktake 05.19.23: Pricing for Digital Commerce

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S8E13: Marketing Missteps that Cause Channel Conflict

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S8E12: NAHAD Members Voice Cautious Optimism, Labor Updates

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Quicktake 05.05.23: The Move from Gen-One to Gen-Two Distributor

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Quicktake 04.28.23: Category & Supplier Management Strategies

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S8E11: Voices of ISA23 - Networking Push a Big Hit

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QuickTake 04.21.23: Sales Transformation Trending in 2023

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S8E10: Family Ties, Women in Industry & 'Distribution's Moment' with Katie Poehling Seymour

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Quicktake 04.14.23: Profit Levers For a Tightening Year

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S8E9: Jeff Crane on ERIKS NA's Year of Change and Path Forward

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Quicktake 04.07.23: The Right Way to Unwind Company Mistakes

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S8E8: The Master Group Wants to be North America's Top HVACR Distributor

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S8E7: Debunking Skilled Trade Myths with Toolfetch's Andrew Brown

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Quicktake 03.17.23: What AI & ChatGPT Really Mean for Distributors

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Quicktake 03.10.23: Levers to Increase Enterprise Value

109

Quicktake 02.24.23: Three Gap-Makers in 2023

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S8E6: How One Distributor's "Swagger" Powers its Talent Pipeline

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S8E5: NAW Voices - What Are Distributors Seeing Out There?

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S8E4: Brendan Breen on Year-Round Association Engagement