MSC Industrial Shifts to Modular AI Strategy, Ends Digital Core Program
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MSC Industrial Direct Co., Inc. is ending its Digital Core program and shifting to smaller, AI-first technology deployments, a move CEO Martina McIsaac expects to lower risk and speed returns. Discontinuing the program resulted in an asset impairment charge of about $42 million. MSC’s new approach centers on modular technology work and narrower implementations. The company projected fiscal 2027 first-quarter average daily sales growth of 9.5% to 10.5% year over year and an adjusted operating margin of 9.5% to 10.1%. MSC had included those ranges in its fiscal 2026 fourth-quarter results .
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