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The Reset Button: NAED’s Connected Business Assessment

NAED and tED magazine teamed up to create the “Reset Button” campaign, designed to help you put 2020 behind you and move forward in 2021. The campaign challenges you to take the necessary actions to improve after this difficult year for everyone.

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written by Angela Baraks

The Reset Button: When Every Sale Matters, Let X-Check Help You Make the Most of It!

As a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, more and more B2B sales are moving from the phone line to online. What started out as response to a crisis may become the new normal, and by eliminating the 9-5 barrier, customers can order around the clock. They are ...

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written by Mark McGready

Data is the New Black

There’s nothing like being stuck at home all year to make you finally face up to the things you’ve been putting off. Everyone I’ve talked to has spent the summer doing home repairs or upgrades — that dining room you’ve just put up with for years, that ...

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Hit the RESET Button: NAED’s Leadership Development Program

2020 is coming to an end. It’s been a difficult year, and a lot of people can’t wait to hit the reset button and move into 2021.

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New Member Spotlight — Hitachi ABB Power Grids

Hitachi ABB Power Grids recently became an NAED Manufacturing Associate Member. Its global headquarters are located in Switzerland, while its U.S. headquarters are in Raleigh, North Carolina. The manufacturer’s history dates back to the late 1800’s when ...

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written by Tom Guzik

Weatherproof Your Company Using EDI

Though distributors can’t change or control weather that wreaks havoc on the supply chain, such as hurricanes, floods, and lightning strikes, we can minimize the weather’s impact on our daily business processes by using Electronic Data Interchange (EDI).

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written by Mark McGready

The Times, They Are a Changin’

Over the next decade, we’re going to see more disruptive change than we’ve seen over the last 30 years – since the fax machine was replaced by email and we all somehow thought it would make us more efficient and free up our time. That change will be a ...

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New Member Spotlight — Mueller Electric Company

NAED would like to welcome one of its newest manufacturer associate members, Mueller Electric Company. Based in Akron, Ohio, this year marks its 112th year in the industry. It, perhaps, is best known as the inventor of the Alligator Clip.

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Seeking Strong Leaders

Now more than ever we need strong industry leaders. Strong leadership is not about having one right way of communicating, behaving, or working with others. It is about taking your own unique strengths and leveraging them in a way that works for you and ...

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written by Rhandi Kuchenmeister

Rhandi Kuchenmeister Discusses Forced Innovation

tED Publisher, Scott Costa, reached out to our former 30 Under 35 award winners to discuss their visions of the future.

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