IN THE NEWS: ACQUISITION Portland Bolt Acquires Threadline Products, Expanding East Coast Manufacturing and Distribution Capabilities businesswire.com/news/home/2… #fastenernews #industrialsupply #acquisition #fasteners #distribution #manufacturing

The End of the Middleman? linkedin.com/posts/fastener-… #fastenernews #manufacturing #distribution #supplychain #industrialsupply

A seismic shift is reshaping industrial supply chains. Manufacturers are bypassing distributors and selling direct and Amazon just poured rocket fuel on the trend. linkedin.com/pulse/end-middl… #distributors #fastenerindustry #fastenernews #supplychain #industrialsupply #distribution

One Defective Fastener. One AI Inspection System. Who's Liable? As artificial intelligence moves deeper into quality control, pricing, and procurement, fastener manufacturers and distributors face a new imperative: govern your AI before your customers or regulators do it for you. Ethical AI Governance vs. AI Compliance Learn more: linkedin.com/pulse/one-defec… #fasteners #compliance #AI #fastenernews #qualitycontrol #SupplyChain #GRC

The End of the Middleman? The original of this story written just a few short weeks ago sounded very different, then this happened: Amazon Built a Massive Supply Chain for Itself. Now It’s for Hire. The e-commerce giant is opening its global logistics network to all businesses, betting it can turn its supply chain into the next AWS. Here’s what changed. As of yesterday, a manufacturer doesn't need to build the infrastructure — they can rent it. linkedin.com/pulse/end-middl… #fastenernews #fasteners #SupplyChain #Manufacturing #distribution #AMZM

IN THE NEWS 🔩🗞️ This tariff-refund portal is about to be America's hottest website. On Monday, the U.S. Customs portal will start accepting refund requests from businesses that paid President Trump's tariffs before the Supreme Court ruled them unconstitutional. Learn more: npr.org/2026/04/19/nx-s1-578… #fasteners #fastenernews #tariffs #tariffrefund #distribution #manufacturing

Small Parts, Big Consequences: Why Fastener Supply Chain Risk Can't Be Ignored Fasteners represent roughly 1% of a finished product's cost but they can be 100% of the reason a production line shuts down. That's the central argument of a compelling new article on Supply Chain Risk Management (SCRM) in the fastener industry, and it's one every procurement buyer, distributor, and manufacturer needs to hear. linkedin.com/pulse/small-par… #Fasteners #SupplyChain #Procurement #Manufacturing #RiskManagement #SupplyChains #IndustrialDistribution #FastenerNewsDesk #FastenerNews #SCRM

KNOW WHO YOU'RE BUYING FROM A Fastener-Specific Vendor Qualification #Scorecard for Procurement Teams linkedin.com/pulse/supply-ch… #fastenernews #fasteners #SCRM #SupplyChain #manufacturer #distribution #Procurement #USMFG

SMALL PARTS, BIG CONSEQUENCES 🔩 Supply Chain Risk Management Guide for For Fastener Distributors, Procurement Buyers, and Business Owners Who Can't Afford to Get This Wrong (Part 5 of series) Part 5: Build It Before It Breaks: The Fastener Industry's Step-by-Step Guide to Supply Chain Resilience linkedin.com/pulse/small-par… Part 4: linkedin.com/pulse/small-par… Part 3: linkedin.com/pulse/small-par… Part 2: linkedin.com/pulse/small-par… Part 1: linkedin.com/pulse/small-par… #Fasteners #FastenerNews #FastenerIndustry #RiskManagement #SupplyChain #SmallParts

SMALL PARTS, BIG CONSEQUENCES A Supply Chain Risk Management Guide for For Fastener Distributors, Procurement Buyers, and Business Owners Who Can't Afford to Get This Wrong (Part 4 of series) It Was All Foreseeable: Real Supply Chain Failures the Fastener Industry Can't Afford to Forget Part 4: linkedin.com/pulse/small-par… Part 3: linkedin.com/pulse/small-par… Part 2: linkedin.com/pulse/small-par… Part 1: linkedin.com/pulse/small-par… #Fasteners #FastenerNews #FastenerIndustry #RiskManagement #SupplyChain #SmallParts

SMALL PARTS, BIG CONSEQUENCES A Supply Chain Risk Management Guide for For Fastener Distributors, Procurement Buyers, and Business Owners It Was All Foreseeable: Real Supply Chain Failures the Fastener Industry Can't Afford to Forget (Part 4 of series) linkedin.com/pulse/small-par… Part 3: linkedin.com/pulse/small-par… Part 2: linkedin.com/pulse/small-par… Part 1: linkedin.com/pulse/small-par… #Fasteners #FastenerNews #FastenerIndustry #RiskManagement #SupplyChain #SmallParts

Congratulations @allisongrealis! Celebrating your success this Women History Month! 👏👏👏 @WomeninMFG #fastenernews #fasteners #manufacturing

SMALL PARTS, BIG CONSEQUENCES A Supply Chain Risk Management Guide for the Fastener Industry For Fastener Distributors, Procurement Buyers, and Business Owners Who Can't Afford to Get This Wrong (Part 4 of series) Risk assessments are comfortable things. They live in spreadsheets, populate heat maps, and get presented in boardrooms where everyone nods, agrees the exposure is real, and then returns to optimizing for lowest unit cost. Read article: linkedin.com/posts/fastener-… Previous articles in series: Part 3 link: linkedin.com/pulse/small-par… Part 2 link: linkedin.com/pulse/small-par… Part 1 link: linkedin.com/pulse/small-par… #Fasteners #FastenerNews #FastenerIndustry #RiskManagement #SupplyChain #SmallParts

SMALL PARTS, BIG CONSEQUENCES A Supply Chain Risk Management Guide for the Fastener Industry For Fastener Distributors, Procurement Buyers, and Business Owners Who Can't Afford to Get This Wrong (Part 3 of series) linkedin.com/pulse/small-par… #fastenernews #fasteners #supplychain #smallparts #SCR

No lawsuits required: U.S. Customs is working on a system to refund tariffs. U.S. customs officials say they're working on a system to deliver tariff refunds, and they hope it'll be up and running within 45 days. npr.org/2026/03/06/nx-s1-573… #fastenernews #fasteners #tariffs #refund #NPR

SMALL PARTS, BIG CONSEQUENCES A Supply Chain Risk Management Guide for the Fastener Industry | Part 2 linkedin.com/pulse/small-par… #fastenernews #fasteners #smallparts #supplychain #RiskManagement

Milton Friedman, points out the remarkable degree of cooperation between people from many different countries, who’ve never even met, to make what appears to be a very simple product – a pencil. The free market encourages cooperation between strangers. And the end result is that we all benefit – in this case, by having pencils to use. Take a listen…would love to hear your thoughts on this simple analogy. youtu.be/67tHtpac5ws #fastenernews #fasteners #cooperation #distribution #supplychain #manufacturing

SMALL PARTS, BIG CONSEQUENCES Supply Chain Risk Management Guide for the Fastener Industry @CrisAYoung For Fastener Distributors, Procurement Buyers, and Business Owners Who Can't Afford to Get This Wrong (Part 1 of 6 part series) linkedin.com/pulse/small-par… #fastenernews #fasteners #smallparts #supplychain #tariffs #distribution #usmfg