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Distributors Should Build a Moat to Keep Customers from Amazon

As Warren Buffet famously said, “A good business is like a strong castle with a deep moat around it. I ...

For Medical Suppliers, Automated Inventory Replenishment Saves Time, Money and Headaches

Two years ago, Lakes Region EMS in Minnesota typically carried 73 percent more inventory than it needed. And Smilebuilderz, a large dental, ...

MDM Guest Post: Going Digital Is Not Just About Webstores

Customers' desire -- really, their demand -- for an efficient transaction may have roots in the Amazon experience. But distributors ...

Case Study: How eTurns Helped Lakes Region EMS Reduce Inventory by 73%

eTurns Automated Inventory Replenishment Saved An EMS Provider Thousands of Dollars and Countless Hours – and May Even Help Save ...

Case Study: Smilebuilderz: 70 Percent Less Time Spent on Inventory Replenishment

How eTurns TrackStock Automated Replenishment App with barcode scanning helped a large dental practice gain insight into its inventory, enabling ...

Digital Strategy: It's Not Just About eCommerce Sites

Our takeaway from the MDM Digital Distributor Summit, which we were proud to sponsor this month in Denver, was this: ...

Donald's Column: 9 Tips for Making the Most of Your eTurns TrackStock

9 eTurns Hidden Gems For Maximizing Inventory Efficiency. eTurns TrackStock has many features that can help distributors and their customers work ...

What Is RFID? Can It Automate Replenishment In My Customer's Stockrooms?

RFID, or radiofrequency identification, uses information electronically stored in smart barcodes to track and identify inventory items. When used along ...

Why Distributors Shouldn’t Be Afraid to Give Customers a Multi-supplier Mobile Replenishment App

It’s amazing how many distributors out there are afraid. They acknowledge that having real-time visibility of inventory and having automatic inventory ...

eTurns Sponsors MDM Digital Distributor Summit

eTurns is proud to be a sponsor of the upcoming MDM Digital Distributor Summit, June 18-20, 2019 in Denver. Designed especially ...

The Volatile Electronic Component Supply Chain: Take Advantage of a Moment of Calm

Distributors whose businesses depend on electronic components know a thing or two about supply chain uncertainty. In recent years, skyrocketing demand ...

eTurns Passed a Rigorous SOC2 Audit, Proving the Security and Availability of our Automated Replenishment Service

At eTurns, we’re not big on bragging. But we do want to share something we’re pretty proud of: We’ve earned ...

Donald’s Column: Reduce PO and invoice costs by over 95% with TrackStock’s consolidated invoicing for consigned inventory

Imagine your customer has 1,000 widgets sitting in consigned inventory in a warehouse. And let’s also say that over the ...

The biggest mistake distributors make? Not using technology proactively

With Amazon breathing down their necks, many distributors are busy trying to defend their revenue against the e-commerce threat. In today’s ...

Case Study: How a Service Contractor Slashed Inventory on Trucks by 30%+

For many years, Fort Lauderdale, Fla.-based warranty contractor Service America relied on a tier-one ERP system for tracking inventory. That ...

Donald's Column: 3 New Ways eTurns Helps with Service Truck Inventory Management & Work Orders

Distributors who have a large portion of their business riding, literally, on service trucks know too well the inventory and ...

Industrial Supply Magazine Guest Post: When Managing Customer Inventory, Drop That Pencil!

That’s what eTurns CEO Rock Rockwell says about improving the efficiency of inventory control for your customers. The pencil-and-paper method ...

How Automated Inventory Replenishment Can Help Distributors Grow Existing Customer Revenues

For most distributors, growing wallet share among existing customers is a consistent goal – and a constant struggle. But with automated ...

MDM Guest Post: Consigned Inventory Doesn’t Have to Be a Nightmare

Many distributors resist offering consigned inventory; the challenges of managing that inventory at a customer’s site is one of the ...

Donald's Column - Tips for Tracking Wire and Cable Inventory

If you deal with fiber optic cable or electrical wire, you’ve probably had this experience: arriving at a job site ...