Industrial Supply subscription form

Jenny ad

Daylight ad

Distribution One ad

RSS Feed Print This Page Email To A Friend

Industrial Supply magazine, the Voice of Distribution

Industrial Supply Featured Products
Click here
 
Distribution Software Guide
Software Guide click her
Machine tool consumption rises
December U.S. consumption up 22.9% from November but down 5.7% from December 2008

Construction spending falls in December
Spending falls 1.2% to $902.5 billion

Airgas rejects Air Products offer
Board says offer "grossly undervalues" Airgas

NSK's Q3 sales rise 1.6%
But nine-month sales fall by 22.9% due to global recession

Rexnord sales fall 18%
Daily order rates grew by 9.0% from the second quarter

IDC-USA donates $30K to Haiti relief effort
IDC Charitable Trust Fund matched contributions

Click here for more news

Industrial Supply Cover Jan./Feb. 2010January/February issue
The Jan./Feb. issue of Industrial Supply magazine is off the press. It features an in-depth cover story by editor Rich Vurva about Stellar Industrial Supply, winner of our 1st Annual Distributor of the Year Award, plus articles by contributing writers that include Neil Gillespie of Shamrock Growth Associates and Allen Ray of of Allen Ray Associates, Frank Hurtte of River Heights Consulting, Malcolm Mills, Jason Bader, Howard Coleman and other leading experts in the distribution community.

Click here to read articles published in the issue.

 

ASSOCIATION HAPPENINGS

Fifteen companies join PTDA

ISA coordinates Haiti relief effort

NAHAD plans 2010 convention

PTDA Foundation surpasses ICP fund-raising goal

BSA Winter Meeting sets record attendance

BSA Conference Table Registration Opens Feb. 1

BSA offers early convention registration discounts

ISA introduces Industrial Supply Guide

BSA publishes "Green Technology" Bearing Brief

Palin to speak at STAFDA 2010

ISA launches Product Show Web site

PTDA Executive Development Conference in March

NEW Articles online

Howard ColemanWhite paper: Lean Principles in Wholesale Distribution Supply Chains. This white paper by Howard Coleman and Jack McGowan of MCA Associates introduces distributors to “Lean Principles” in order to reduce inventory and supply chain costs.

How to rebound, recover and restart growth
Here are
three facts about a downturn, as well as five steps to rebound, recover and restart growth coming out of a recession.

Closing the sale
Being adept at closing the sale, and every step in the process, is an important key to productivity.

Distribution Pricing, Part 2. In this article, Scott Benfield introduces pricing mechanisms to help distributors determine where they can increase prices.

Frank HurtteThe Industrial Supplier's Guide to Technology, by Frank Hurtte. Here are practical ways to use Flip Videos to promote your business.

IDEA ad

Fehr Bros. ad

Gateway Safety

Copyright © 2010 Direct Business Media, LLC. All rights reserved.
732 Madison Avenue, Fort Atkinson, WI 53538
For comments or questions about this Web site contact: rvurva@directbusinessmedia.com