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Navigating the new freight reality

Geopolitical tensions, labor constraints and rapid technology adoption are reshaping how distributors manage transportation risk.

Carolyn Heinze

March 17, 2026

Few would argue that transporting cargo from one place to the next isn’t complicated. Even during the best of times, there are (literally) so many moving parts to account for, and one tiny blip in the process can produce big (read: expensive) problems. Today, ongoing commercial, environmental, and geopolitical developments are making the management and movement of fleets and freight an ever-changing affair.

And So It Flows Podcast

Podcast: Speed, assortment and the art of saying yes: Behind SupplyHouse.com's merchandising and fulfillment engine

How data, collaboration and operational discipline power fast, confident buying experiences for today’s trade professionals.

Natalie Forster

January 21, 2026

In this episode of And So It Flows, Jennifer Harrison and Kaytee Gray from SupplyHouse.com discuss how digital merchandising and fulfillment are evolving to empower contractors with expert product information, simplifying decision-making in the field.

First Supply partners with Exotec to install warehouse robotics at its new distribution center

May 21, 2024

First Supply has partnered with Exotec, a global warehouse robotics provider, to install cutting-edge warehouse robotics at its new 308,000-square-foot distribution center in Western Wisconsin.

Ferguson implements robots to help supply chain

November 2, 2022

The MDCs, located outside of Denver, in Aurora, Colorado and outside Phoenix in Chandler, Arizona, house the innovative technology running a collection of “robots” that carry out tasks within a physical grid.

ASA releases special industry compensation study

Report focuses on driver and warehouse worker pay levels, plus hiring and retention strategies.

November 3, 2021

The American Supply Association recently published the first of two special industry compensation studies. The first study, which focuses on driver and warehouse worker compensation levels, plus also dives into inside and outside sales positions and showroom sales personnel, covers the time period of June 1 through Aug. 31, 2021.

Dick Friedman: Back to the future

Home Depot to buy HD Supply. What does it mean for you?

Dick Friedman

December 23, 2020

Once upon a time — 2006 to be exact — in a not far away land, Home Depot sold MRO products to the industrial and commercial markets. Top executives at Home Depot determined their strategy should be to focus on homeowners and home contractors, so they spun off MRO products into an entity dubbed HD Supply.

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.

Best practices: Inventory management software

with automated data collection for the small to mid-sized business

Rob Freeman

July 29, 2019

Inventory management software, especially one that uses barcode technology, is a key tool to the success of controlling your inventory — but it isn’t the first step.