Around the Horn in Wholesale Distribution Podcast Kevin Brown & Tom Burton

It's a milestone years in the making: Around The Horn In Wholesale Distribution's 100th episode! And to celebrate, we're joined by seven VERY special guests - a veritable "Who's Who" of wholesale distribution:✅ Ian Heller - Founder and Chief Strategy Officer, Distribution Strategy Group✅ Dirk Beveridge - Founder, UnleashWD and We Supply America✅ Mike Marks - Founding Partner at Indian River Consulting✅ Mike Hockett - Executive Editor, Modern Distribution Management (MDM)✅ Marty McLaughlin - F...

According to logistics execs, the trucking industry is turning a corner after a prolonged freight recession that succeeded the Covid boom in transportation rate and services. Could it be that innovation is driving a new era in logistics and supply chain management?In this episode, we'll take a look at some of the innovations driving wholesale distribution and manufacturing, including some of the digital solutions that help maximize manual resources and enhance production accuracy, quality, an...

Inflation fell in June for the first time since 2020. Good news! Retail imports continue to rise despite supply chain challenges. Good news! Manufacturing technology orders grew in May. Good news! The Fed Chairman said, “reducing policy restraint too late or too little could unduly weaken economic activity and employment."Uh oh...This week's busy slate of economic data paints a different picture, depending on how you look at it, and Kevin & Tom are here to give it all some perspective. Wi...

Is Amazon Business dominating the wholesale distribution landscape, or is it legitimately providing an indispensable supply chain management and eComm solution to B2B companies? In other words, are they a godsend to wholesalers, or are they the enemy?In this week's episode, Tom and Kevin take a close look at some of the news stories surrounding developments at Amazon Business, and their effect on wholesale distributors and manufacturers, big and small. There's no denying that Amazon's purchas...

It's the new FOMO: Fear of Marketing Overload. Ass new tech development promise to revolutionize the marketing landscape of B2B, how do you keep up with new platforms, new methodologies, and of course, new advancements in AI?In this week's episode, Tom and Kevin sort the truth from the hype to help wholesale distributors and manufacturers make sense of data, technology, and strategic thinking in modern B2B marketing. We start by taking a look at prompt engineering in AI and its significance i...

Best Practices. It's a term we hear all the time and use just as frequently. But as we constantly try to define and codify what those best practices are, one of the major questions is, "Am I getting the big picture here, or am I leaving something important out?"To ensure we're looking at best practices from a macro view, we brought in a guest from Bavaria: Max Meister from Ludwig Meister, one of the largest distributors in Germany. Max shared insights into his unique approach to business, whi...