Warehouse technology investments are growing, yet manual workarounds continue to slow distributors down. Discover five questions that can help uncover inefficiencies, improve processes, and guide smarter technology decisions.
Your Warehouse Doesn’t Need More Technology. It Needs Fewer Workarounds. Read More »
With Christmas approaching, distributors face growing pressure to fulfill orders quickly and accurately. Explore five practical ways to reduce warehouse errors, improve efficiency, and protect customer trust during the holiday rush.
Growth is usually easy to see. Sales rise. Order volume increases. New customers come onboard. More product moves through the warehouse. But there is another question that is much harder to answer: Did the operation make more money doing it? For many distributors, that answer is surprisingly difficult to determine. Not because financial reporting is
Revenue Is Growing. Is Profitability? A Cost-to-Serve Playbook for Distributors Read More »
Sunrise 2027 is more than a retail scanning change. Learn how distributors should prepare scanners, systems, data, and warehouse workflows for 2D barcodes.
Sunrise 2027: Why 2D Barcodes Are a Warehouse Project, Too Read More »
For the past several years, most business conversations around AI have focused on what it can tell us. Summarize this report. Analyze this data. Forecast this demand. Answer this question. That phase is not over. But another one is beginning. The next generation of AI is increasingly being designed not only to produce information, but
Agentic AI Is Coming to Distribution. Is Your Operation Ready? Read More »
Before investing in warehouse robotics, assess process, data, WMS, labor, and integration readiness with a practical implementation roadmap.
Before You Buy Robots, Prove the Warehouse Is Ready Read More »
Executive summary For a 3PL, operational volume does not automatically become profitable revenue. Receiving labor, special handling, relabeling, pallet work, storage changes, expedited orders, materials, and customer-specific services can all be performed without reaching the final invoice. Recent 3PL benchmark research identifies uncaptured charges and insufficient billing automation as growing challenges directly connected to profitability.
The Work Happened, Did It Reach the 3PL Invoice? Read More »
A practical ERP and WMS selection roadmap for distributors: map workflows, define requirements, test exceptions, and build adoption before go-live.
ERP and WMS Selection Should Start Before the First Demo Read More »
The FSMA 204 enforcement runway extends to July 2028. Learn how convenience distributors can build traceability workflows, test data, and reduce compliance risk.
FSMA 204 Readiness: The Deadline Moved, but the Operational Work Did Not Read More »
This past week, Sequoia Group welcomed customers, partners, and distribution leaders from across the country to Sandy, Utah, once again for the 2026 Distribution Summit, an event focused not just on technology, but on helping distributors navigate what comes next. As the distribution industry continues to evolve through automation, AI, compliance pressures, and changing customer
