The dynamics behind the building products distribution industry – specifically managing frequent cost changes – continue to grow more challenging. Significant, weather-driven seasonality and growing instances of unpredictable events paired with ongoing inflation are just two of the many factors contributing to a highly fluctuating cost environment. There was a time in this heavily project-driven industry when supplier cost changes, and all the downstream pricing processes triggered by them, happened once or twice a year. No more. Building products distributors now receive supplier cost changes quarterly or even monthly, and scramble to keep up. FREQUENT

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