March 2022
"In the spring, I have counted 136 different kinds of weather inside of 24 hours."
~Mark Twain
ASP UPDATE: Financial Benchmarking Survey | OPEN
The 2022 Financial Benchmarking Survey is open to all ASP/distributor members.

FREE

The survey is designed to help business owners analyze financial and operational data and compare results against companies of similar size and the highest profit performing organizations within AHTD. 
AHTD’s Financial Benchmarking Survey is the best and most useful tool of its kind in the industry.

Survey results are available at no charge for those members who participate.
Webinar Opportunity: Winning the War for Talent

Mark your calendars and get signed up! AHTD is bringing this six-part webinar series to member companies for free. Log into your AHTD account and register today.

Recordings and slide decks from previous sessions are posted after each webinar.
What's Up Members?
As a member of AHTD, you’re tapped into a dynamic community of automation professionals. Check out some of these insights from our membership base. 
What's Up Strategic Business Partners?
We're grateful for our Strategic Business Partners. These companies offer strategic products or services in the industrial automation distribution industry.
10 Things to Learn From Top NFL Programs


After one of the most entertaining NFL seasons (and playoffs) in recent memory, I thought it would be fun to examine several practices that distributors can take away from top-flight NFL programs. After all, distributors compete for market share in their own “playoff” bracket. Read more.
DDS is pleased to announce the launch of a brand new solution offering for manufacturers—one we developed in direct response to our customers’ needs, and which addresses a major challenge facing all suppliers with any form of e-commerce presence. Content Validation is a unique and comprehensive digital shelf analytics (DSA) solution that helps manufacturers assess both the presence and quality of their product content on multiple distribution partners’ e-commerce websites through a consolidated reporting dashboard. Click here to discover more about DDS’ newest solution. 
Free On-Demand Webinars Available

DDI System’s Inform ERP is a completely-connected business software suite built with Industrial Supply dealers in mind. Watch one of our on-demand webinars below for insight into the tools and features successful distributors are utilizing in their ERP software today! Read more.
KYKLO CEO Remi Ducrocq Featured at B2B Online

B2B Online is the World’s Largest B2B eCommerce and Digital Marketing Conference. After a two-year hiatus from gathering in person, the conference is scheduled in Chicago, IL from April 11-12. Remi has been asked to join an all-star cavalcade of speakers to reach over 500 B2B industry leaders. Read more.
National Survey Data
AHTD is making two different national compensation surveys available to members at a rate discounted by 70%!
 
  • The National IT & Engineering Compensation Survey (published Nov. 2021), covering over 180 positions.
  • The National Sales Compensation Survey (published Sept. 2021), covering 15 different job descriptions in sales management and inside and outside sales positions. 

Click here to learn more and to see an overview of the positions surveyed, a sample job description, and illustrations of base salary and variable pay presentations reported in quartiles based on geographic region, size of organization, annual gross revenue, and/or industry.  

 Member pricing: $300/each
Nonmember pricing: $1,090/each