Thanks to you, the NAED PAR Report continues to be a powerful tool to evaluate company performance and provide the industry with important operational and financial metrics. We’re excited to announce that the 2025 NAED PAR Survey is open and invite you ...
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With so many discussions on the pace of the market, sales trends, and the right mix of operating costs, it can quickly become daunting to determine if you’re on the right track. It’s one thing to see your company’s numbers and feel pretty good about the ...
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The focus on electrification has remarkable business implications for NAED members. As private investment and government funding of over $1 trillion begins to flow for a broad array of electrification projects over the next several years, NAED ...
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With 48% of distributors expected to increase new hires in 2024, and turnover rates averaging 6% higher, NAED’s latest HR & Training Benchmarking Report comes at an opportune time for NAED distributors to see how others in the industry approach ...
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NAED’s PAR Report is historically one of the association’s most popular resources. It provides distributors with the opportunity to benchmark performance in multiple areas.
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The latest economic news continues to defy expectations, for the better, as we look to 2024 in the January edition of the Economic & Industry Sector Outlook. Overall, the expectations around sales and revenues are still positive, particularly for ...
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November 14, 2023 (St. Louis) — The Marketing Research and Insight Excellence Awards has named Erika TenEyck, NAED’s Director of Business Intelligence Programs and Insights, as its Researcher of the Year (End Client). The Researcher of the Year award ...
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A range of factors continue to bolster business for NAED members even as talk of a potential downturn in 2024 seems a little louder. For many, backlogs are strong, sales are expected to remain about the same in the fourth quarter, and sectors focusing on ...
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NAED has been helping to facilitate a conversation amongst members about the need to fix gaps in the capabilities of existing ERP systems. The group identified nine functional areas for services:
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