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The Value of the Industrial Specialist: Building Distribution’s Future

The Value of the Industrial Specialist: Building Distribution’s Future

Update: 2025-11-18
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Carl Tolbert, author of The 10 Immutable Laws of the Industrial Distribution Specialist and head engineer at Malloy Electric, joins The Kula Ring to discuss how industrial distribution is evolving in a world of consolidation, AI, and direct-to-customer manufacturing. He shares insights from interviews with 32 industry leaders and explains why value-added specialists are key to the survival of distributors, how brands can better collaborate with them, and what’s next for the industrial supply chain.
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The Value of the Industrial Specialist: Building Distribution’s Future

The Value of the Industrial Specialist: Building Distribution’s Future

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