Factories do not only need smarter robots. They need robots that can survive Tuesday afternoon - when the SKU changes, the labor roster thins, and nobody has time to call an integrator.
BradyPLUS built a nearly $5 billion distribution platform around the things businesses cannot run out of - soap, takeout containers, stretch film and the know-how to use them. Then it merged again, turning an unglamorous supply cabinet into a revealing lesson in modern scale.