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Home » Modern Distribution Management » Volume 36, Issue 11 - 06/10/2006

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Volume 36 - Number 11 | June 10, 2006

What's Your Plan B?

By   Lindsay  Young 
The start of a new hurricane season is a fresh reminder for distributors anywhere to reevaluate in-case-of-emergency plans. Distributors rebuilding in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina share their insight on how to refine or update your disaster plan. Ke

Stock Takes Stock

By   Lindsay  Young 
At a recent investor presentation in California, Stock Building Supply President and CEO Fenton Hord discussed the building materials distributor's plans to zero in on remodeling contractors and installed services as new platforms for growth.

Technology Case Study: Merging Sales Teams

Neff Group was challenged to get five sales teams on the same page with a new process it hoped would help identify and win new customers. Neff chose an IT tool that would make the sales process easier to follow and sales activities more transparent.

LIFO Repeal Looms

A common accounting method used by many distributors is gaining attention in Washington as a potential source of tax revenue.

Monthly Wholesale Trade: April 2006

April 2006 sales of merchant wholesalers were $319.9 billion, up 1.3 percent from the revised March level and were up 10.1 percent from the April 2005 level.

Commentary: Don't Delay in Planning for Emergencies

By   Thomas P.  Gale 
Start asking questions and create some answers if you haven't incorporated disaster and less-than-disaster planning into your business plan.

News Digest 3611

Interline Buys American Sanitary ... Private Equity Firm to Buy Rexnord ... DXP Acquires Two Companies ... RG Group Purchases Powertech Motion Control ... Heritage Invests in OneSource ... Anixter Buys IMS ... Platinum Equity to Buy Textron Fastening ...

U.S. Market Analysis: Flat Conveyor Belting - MRO

Flat Conveyor Belting-MRO represented a market in 2005 of $576.7 million.

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