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ASA announces association partnership with tax consulting services firm alliantgroup

November 5, 2020

The American Supply Association welcomes Houston, Texas-based alliantgroup as its newest association partner. alliantgroup is the exclusive ASA partner for tax consulting services.

Mike Miazga: Changing the culture

Mike Miazga

November 4, 2020

In this extremely digital age we now live in, I was recently scrolling through my LinkedIn account (if you aren’t following the ASA LinkedIn account
@American Supply Association (ASA), what are you waiting for?) and noticed a post from Max Bender, the president at Connecticut-based ASA distributor member BENDER.

Industry's largest event goes virtual

ASA NETWORK2020 Virtual brings big numbers and industry firsts.

Natalie Forster

November 4, 2020

Earlier this year, the ASA Executive Committee made the call to design a virtual event and ASA staff worked diligently to execute the plan, bringing in more than 1,600 registrants from more than 250 ASA member companies.

Epicor announces Prophet 21 solution

November 3, 2020

Epicor Software Corporation, a global provider of industry-specific enterprise software to promote business growth, announced the 2020.2 release of its Prophet 21 solution. The latest release enables distributors to modernize processes as they pivot and adapt in a rapidly changing market, while making strategic data-based decisions by utilizing ERP technology.

AD finalizes merger agreement with Delta Distributors

November 2, 2020

AD is announcing it has finalized a merger agreement with pipe, valves and fittings buying group Delta Distributors effective Jan. 1, 2021.

HARDI distributors report 13.9% revenue increase in September

November 2, 2020

HARDI released its monthly TRENDS report, showing the average sales performance by HARDI distributors was an increase of 13.9% during September 2020.

MRC Global announces Q3 results

October 30, 2020

The company's sales were $585 million for the third quarter of 2020, which was 3% lower than the second quarter of 2020 and 38% lower than the third quarter of 2019.

Natalie Forster: A success story

October 29, 2020

After reading my column last month about replenishing the workforce, an industry vet reached out to me to share his story.

Dan Holohan: Will it help?

Asking yourself this question before speaking can change your outlook.

Dan Holohan

October 28, 2020

If you’re lucky in life, you’ll occasionally have a conversation with someone that will stay with you forever. Maybe it was something your spouse said when you least expected it, or perhaps it was your child showing you a reflection of the sky in a puddle after a storm.

How to meet product demand

Dynamic racking speeds product loading and unloading, while minimizing labor and maximizing storage.

October 26, 2020

Retailers and the warehouses and distributors that support them know that empty shelves lead to lost sales. But, in any period of peak demand – whether in a crisis such as a pandemic, hurricane or other disaster – retailers’ shelves can become notoriously empty when logistical bottlenecks occur in the supply chain.