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April 29, 2026

AI is not your next project. Organizing your data is.

Chemical distributors want to adopt AI, but their data is scattered across the ERP, Outlook, a spreadsheet, and a shared drive nobody's opened in a year. Organizing that data is the real first step, before picking any AI tool.

AI is not your next project. Organizing your data is.

I talk to chemical distributors who want to adopt AI but their customer data lives in the ERP, their sales notes live in Outlook, their pricing lives in a spreadsheet, and their product specs live in a shared drive nobody has opened since last year.

AI tools are powerful, but they need something to work with.

If your data is scattered across five systems and two people’s inboxes, the AI will be just as confused as your new hire on day one.

The real first step is not picking an AI tool.

It is getting your house in order so any tool can actually help.

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