Almost 200 people from AD member and service provider companies across various industries and multiple countries gathered in St. Louis at the 2023 AD Finance, HR & IT Summit from July 19 to 21 for three days of cross-functional collaboration and best practice sharing.

AD members gathered at the 2022 AD Finance, HR & IT Summit from June 6-8 at the Hyatt Regency Phoenix hotel to attend educational sessions and share best practices with fellow finance, HR and IT leaders in independent distribution. AD welcomed over 200 attendees from 110 companies across all AD industries in the U.S. and Canada to the summit.

AD, a member owned contractor and industrial products wholesale buying/marketing group in North America, welcomed over 180 attendees from 114 AD member owner distributors and service providers, representing 9 industries and 2 countries, to the second annual AD Finance & HR Summit. 

Historically, the construction industry has been one of the slowest to adopt new technology, lagging only behind agriculture in digitalization. But that’s changing as software entrepreneurs turn their attention to the needs of the deskless workforce. 

GMS Inc., reported financial results for the first quarter of fiscal 2018 ended July 31, 2017.