{"id":5377,"date":"2023-12-20T13:03:26","date_gmt":"2023-12-20T18:03:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/distributionstrategy.com\/?post_type=report&amp;p=5377"},"modified":"2023-12-20T13:03:26","modified_gmt":"2023-12-20T18:03:26","slug":"how-distributors-can-build-their-ai-roadmap","status":"publish","type":"report","link":"https:\/\/distributionstrategy.com\/report\/how-distributors-can-build-their-ai-roadmap\/","title":{"rendered":"How Distributors Can Build Their AI Roadmap"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Generating leads, managing customer relationships, improving working capital performance, creating marketing content, expediting financial analysis, automating order entry, optimizing delivery routing \u2013 these are just a few areas where AI can help a distributor improve its effectiveness, productivity or accuracy.<\/p>\n<p>But where to start?<\/p>\n<p>AI veteran Brooks Hamilton will help you sort it out. 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