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What does it take to modernize a distribution business in a legacy industry? In the latest episode of our Executive Interview Series, Knowde CEO Ali Amin-Javaheri sits down with Sean Tilley, CEO of Tilley Distribution, to explore exactly that. Together, they cover what it looks like to lead a successful digital transformation in the distribution space — from strategy to execution. 🎙 Topics include:  🔁 How the distribution model has shifted over the past 5 years 🔮 What consolidation means for the future of the industry 💻 The business case for digitizing the customer experience 🧬 Creating better data flow between producers, distributors and end users ‼️ Why structured master data and strong internal teams are non-negotiable Whether you're starting your digital journey or scaling it, this episode offers a roadmap from a leader who’s done it. 🎧 Listen now: https://lnkd.in/gE9e6teP

Don’t miss Charlie Beall, VP of Operations, this year at the FIDA Annual Meeting! He’ll lead a discussion on leveraging AI for food ingredient operations — what top companies are doing right now to prepare for AI and how you can outpace your competition. Learn the foundations of building scalable AI applications for your enterprise to drive efficiencies and growth. Drop any questions you want Charlie to answer in the comments below. See you in Irving, TX! Roger Johannigman

Here’s what AI Readiness actually looks like for chemical operations: ✅ Structured product data ✅ Clear application use cases ✅ Centralized data access ✅ Clean customer records ✅ Strong internal champions You don’t need a massive AI team. You need clean data inputs.

Struggling with messy, fragmented product data? So is the rest of the industry — chemical and ingredient data is 10x more complex than any other. Meet Knowde AI: the industry’s solution for transforming disorganized, messy data into a structured, centralized source of truth. Knowde AI converts data chaos into a clean, connected graph, ready to enable any transformation initiative. Knowde AI lays the foundation for your digital transformation: ✔️Fast (seriously, we process up to 50k files in a single day) ✔️Accurate (99% data accuracy on all attributes 😘) ✔️Comprehensive (all attributes, every time) ✔️Secure (SOC 2 Type II and ISO 27001 compliant) We are the node that connects knowledge.

We are excited to announce that our product catalog has had quite a makeover thanks to the team at Knowde! Read the press release and more details on our blog: https://lnkd.in/dhJWn4_u

You’re sitting on a goldmine of product data. The problem? It’s fragmented, outdated, and trapped in documents no one can find. Not your sales team, your customers, or any AI application you want to launch. That’s where Knowde AI comes in. We clean it. Structure it. Centralize it. We are the node that connects knowledge.

AI Readiness Customer Experience Data-driven Decisions Sales Enablement Technical Knowledge Management Pricing Optimization Top-line Growth ✨ Digital Transformation ✨ ^^^ It all starts with your foundational data layer. Fix the data first. Then get to the tech. In this week's episode of the Executive Interview Series, Bain & Company Senior Partner Jason McLinn sits down with Ali Amin-Javaheri to discuss the endless use cases that clean data unlocks for chemical and ingredient operations. Share what's top of mind for your business in the comments below and we'll help you get there with clean, connected data.

🚀 Digital Transformation in action: 245% leads increase and 135% site visitor growth. These are just the initial results of Tilley Distribution's new digital customer experience. Knowde's AI-powered Master Data Management Platform serves as the engine behind their robust online product catalog, while our Customer Experience Platform delivers a seamless, streamlined customer interface. This is what happens when forward-thinking companies embrace technology that understands their customers' needs. When innovation meets vision, remarkable things happen. Thank you for making us a part of your digital journey, Tilley Distribution.

We talk to a lot of chemical and ingredient execs. There is a throughline: AI is the future. The only way to leverage AI solutions is to start with fixing the core problem: the data. "AI is 80% about data and this requires a solid data foundation." Jilles Eissen, CIO of allnex "...the fact that we have global systems and all our data joined in the cloud really gives us a good starting point when it comes to introducing and leveraging generative AI in our company." Chris Hansen, CCDO of Clariant “AI and material reinvention will bring a lot of acceleration and optimization of the properties of the material for a specific application, which can lead to safer and more environmentally-friendly products and compounds.” Ilham Kadri, CEO of Syensqo Check out the link in the comments for more digital insights from the industry's top thought leaders.

📣 The root problem is your data. 📣 The root problem is your data. 📣 The root problem is your data. We are the node that connects knowledge.