Supply by the Catalog
Plumbers’ supply houses sell fixtures and fittings from engraved catalogs and trade cards. Orders arrive by letter or across the counter.
We came to distribution as researchers and stayed as part of the industry. The more time we spent at branch counters and inside-sales desks, the clearer it became that the hardest problem in this part of the supply chain wasn’t moving material. It was reading the request.
How We Got
Here
Our story
Distributic is the product of two worlds that rarely meet: supply-chain research and the day-to-day work of an HVAC, plumbing or electrical distributor.
01 · Supply Chain Research
We started by studying how demand moves through distribution networks: how one contractor’s order ripples from the branch to the warehouse to the manufacturer, and why small delays at the front of the chain grow at every step behind it. [Add your research focus and institution.]
02 · Inside Distribution
The research led us to the counter. We worked alongside HVAC, plumbing and electrical distributors [add where and for how long] and watched skilled reps spend most of their day turning emailed lists, schedules and photos into quotes by hand.
03 · AI for the Supply Chain
AI can finally read what contractors actually send. Distributic pairs it with what we learned in research and on the counter: catalogs, pricing rules and the judgment of experienced reps, so the people closest to the customer spend their time selling.
