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Real-Time Catalog Distribution. Up-To-Date Catalog Data at Every Distributor. Live in 45 Days.
Recorded June 9, 2026
60 min
About this session
Join RECOM, TE Connectivity, Advantech and Budde Marketing for a candid look at the real pain of manual catalog work: the cost of lost opportunity, friction between distributors and customers, missed revenue, constant rework, and outdated data. See how teams are delivering accurate, real-time product and pricing data at scale.
Meet the Speakers
Sannah Vinding
Founder & Host
Leadership in Manufacturing Podcast
Bringing the conversation to the people who need it most.
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Maria Gillespie
Channel Sales Leader – East Region
TE Connectivity
Leading manufacturer-distributor relationships in the electronics supply chain.
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Christoph Wolf
President
RECOM
Nearly two decades of building RECOM's global distribution channel.
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Tim Fredricks
Strategic Channel Account Manager
Advantech
Brings a field-driven perspective on what it takes to move product data from concept to deployment.
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Mike Budde, Jr.
President
Budde Marketing
Sits at the intersection of catalog data and transactional data. Sees both sides of the channel.
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Webinar Highlights
Six moments from the conversation, in the speakers' own words. Real numbers, real timelines, and the parts of manual catalog work nobody puts in a case study.
QUESTION:
"What ripple effects come from inaccurate pricing or lead-time information?"
“You're basically redeploying the time to non-value-added things — and that's the big one.”
Maria Gillespie
QUESTION:
"What was the manual process costing you, and what finally forced a change?"
“As soon as something is published, it's out of date. And they weren't always in the same format either.”
Tim Fredricks
QUESTION:
"What did it take to get a data automation project approved, and what did you gain?"
“What we got back was a discipline that we didn't have before.”
Tim Fredricks
QUESTION:
"If catalog and sales data were aligned in real-time, what changes?"
“We're pushing for real-time data exchange. And that sounds kind of like science fiction [...] but I'm not sure this conversation will even be relevant in two years, because it's been solved.”
Mike Budde, Jr.
QUESTION:
"When your team has the data ready before it's needed, what does that make possible?"
“When the data is structured in the right way, it builds the trust relationships. People come to you before something happens — and you see a lot of business you wouldn't see otherwise.”
Christoph Wolf
QUESTION:
"For a company ready to automate their data exchange, where do they begin?"
“We can go right now — from someone who's interested, in an introductory meeting, into production in less than 30 days.”
Tim Fredricks
See Part Data Syndication in Action
Watch how real-time product and pricing data removes distributor–customer friction.
Want to dive deeper after the webinar?
If you're responsible for catalog accuracy, product data, or the partner relationships that depend on it, our team can walk through how you syndicate data today and pinpoint low-friction places to start automating.
