Joining Karthik Chidambaram, Founder and CEO of DCKAP, is Derrick Murdock, the CEO of IPS Packaging & Automation, for an engaging LinkedIn Live session on how AI and automation are transforming warehouse operations, CRM, and customer value...
Michael Josephs, Executive VP and CFO of Spruce Industries, sits down with Karthik Chidambaram, CEO of DCKAP, for an engaging discussion on managing the business and what it takes to work alongside family while growing and changing with the industry...
Karthik Chidambaram sits down with David Wascom, SAP Industry Executive Advisor, to talk about his career, from wholesale distributor to technology executive. Wascom shares insights from his time at Summit Electric Supply and his current role in...
In this meetup, Jeanette Abrahamsen, VP of Social and Content at Trade Hounds & SPARXiQ, joins Karthik Chidambaram for a candid discussion on how to tackle social content and make marketing relevant for the B2B industry. They talked about how to...
From working on a dairy farm at age 10 to leading a major distribution company, Paul Kennedy’s path to the C-suite is anything but typical. In this episode of the Driven by DCKAP podcast, Paul shares how he went from Navy intelligence analyst...
Discover how AI-powered sales automation is transforming the distribution industry! In this episode, Justin Johnson, founder of Motivate, shares how distributors can free up 50%+ of their inside sales teams’ time through intelligent order and...
Is AI just another buzzword in the ERP world, or is there real value for manufacturers and distributors? In this episode, Brad Feakes, President and Partner at Estes Group, shares 20 years of hard-earned insights about what AI really means for ERP...
Our guest on this episode is Carolyn Hunt, an independent consultant specializing in Epicor Prophet 21 implementation with over 50 years of experience in industrial distribution. She sits down with Karthik to share her unique perspective on how the...
New employees often have high expectations for office technology, but many companies struggle to meet those expectations. It’s crucial to maintain those expectations in the workplace, not lower them just because it’s “business...
Our recent guest, Pete Chrobak, is the Chief Financial Officer at Duncan-Parnell. In this conversation with Karthik Chidambaram, he shares strategic insights about Duncan-Parnell, from its origins to its pathway to the future. From his background to...
Many technology companies are continuing to discuss artificial intelligence, but are they missing the practical applications? In this episode, Frank Heenan emphasizes the need to understand real-world use cases for manufacturers, distributors, and...
In this episode of the Driven by DCKAP podcast, our guest is David Bauders, the CEO of SPARXiQ and Trade Hounds. In this conversation with Karthik Chidambaram, Bauders explains how SPARXiQ, a pioneer in price optimization since 1993, helps...
In this interview, Karthik sits down with Cole Mercier from DSG to uncover his unique role as Communications Manager, and how DSG is revolutionizing the skilled trades industry. He shares how DSG, a 100-year-old, 100% employee-owned wholesale...
Our latest guest is Brian Wild, the Chief Government Relations Officer at NAW (the National Association of Wholesaler-Distributors). During his conversation with Karthik while attending the NAW Executive Summit, he talked about his role at NAW...
In this episode, John Perez, the CEO of Unified A/R, sits down with Karthik to discuss how accounts receivable automation provides a comprehensive view of order to cash processes for wholesaler distributors and manufacturers, with the aim to help...