AI, Tech, & Digital Commerce
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The AI Divide: DSG’s AI Top 25 Identifies the Distributors Rewriting the Rules of Competition
The industry’s first evidence-based benchmark found only 26 distributors with AI operating in production. The companies at the top aren’t experimenting with artificial intelligence. They’re redesigning how distribution works.
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ADI Global Puts AI at Center of Digital Growth and Margin Strategy
Additional AI capabilities under development include conversational search, an AI-powered customer answering tool and faster, intelligent quoting
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BlueLinx CIO Praveen Gautam to Headline Atlanta AI Forum with Inside Look at Distributor’s AI Transformation
In a keynote fireside chat titled “The CIO’s AI Playbook: What BlueLinx Learned Building an AI-Ready Distribution Operation,” Gautam will discuss the infrastructure, data strategy and technology investments underpinning the company’s AI transformation.
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Tavoron Acquires Fluidraulics to Expand Automation Distribution Business
Founded in 1967, Fluidraulics distributes pneumatic automation products and systems for industrial and medical customers across Pennsylvania and Ohio.
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Warehouse Integration Emerges as Bigger Challenge Than Automation
The findings come as distributors continue investing in warehouse modernization to improve productivity, offset labor shortages and meet growing customer expectations for faster and more accurate order fulfillment.
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SiteOne Targets Up to $8 Billion in Sales by 2030 Through Acquisitions, AI, and Digital Growth
The distributor’s investments in AI, digital commerce and pricing technology also demonstrate how competitive advantage is increasingly being driven by technology rather than branch count alone.
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In Distribution, the AI Gap Is a Data Problem, Not a Model Problem
The gap was the starting point for a DSG Tech Talk conversation between Ian Heller and Aaron Sheehan, vice president of strategy at OroCommerce. Sheehan said the failure to move from pilot to production usually traces to two technical barriers: data and connectivity.
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Home Depot Expands Pro Xtra Program with New Business and AI Benefits for Contractors
The expanded program is intended to support contractors beyond the purchase of building materials by providing savings on operating expenses and access to business management tools.
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Graybar, BradyPLUS Among Distributors Joining OMNIA Procurement Marketplace
Together, the additions broaden the marketplace across 200 product categories, including electrical, industrial, information technology, laboratory supplies, foodservice equipment, facility maintenance, and workplace furnishings.
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Epicor Expands Embedded AI ERP Platform Across Europe
For distributors, the European launch reflects the accelerating adoption of embedded AI within ERP platforms, with capabilities aimed at improving inventory planning, sourcing, fulfillment, financial workflows, and operational decision-making from within existing enterprise systems.