August 25, 2009

MDM Interview: Keeping Associations “Relevant”

Leave a Comment / Features, Top Distributor Sectors, Subscriber Only / MDM Staff

Phil Hanson, executive vice president of hardware manufacturer C. H. Hanson, Naperville, IL, serves as the president of the Industrial Supply Association. He sat down with MDM as part of a monthly MDM series featuring association presidents. In the following interview, Hanson talks about the role of the ISA and trends in the industry, including the standardization of data, getting younger people involved in associations and attracted to distribution, manufacturer-distributor relationships, and economic conditions.

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Commentary: A New and Improved mdm.com

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We are adding powerful new tools to provide you with the best and most user-friendly information and research resource in wholesale distribution. When you arrive on our new Web site in September, take our quick site tour (look for the graphic above). Our tour will show you where to find key features on the new Web site.

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Why Some Suppliers Are Returning

Leave a Comment / Features, Subscriber Only / Michael Collins

U.S. manufacturers are beginning to bring back production from foreign countries as they take a holistic look at the costs and problems associated with outsourcing. About a year ago I was visiting a manufacturing plant that manufactured die-cutting presses. The CEO told me that most of the presses were manufactured in Taiwan, but there were a lot of problems trying to communicate the requirements, which resulted in quality problems.

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Economic Update: Good News May Be Just Around the Corner

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Good economic news may be on the horizon, with the International Monetary Fund recently announcing that the global recession is over. While not all economists agree with this assessment, economic reports are beginning to look a bit more positive than they were three months ago.

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Monthly Wholesale Trade: Sales and Inventories for June 2009

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June 2009 sales of merchant wholesalers, except manufacturers’ sales branches and offices, after adjustment for seasonal variations and trading-day differences but not for price changes, were $313.1 billion, up 0.4 percent from the revised May level, but down 21 percent from the June 2008 level.

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MDM News Digest 3916

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Wolseley Cuts Ferguson CEO/President Position ... Gates Buys Hydrolink ... Grainger July Sales Down 14% ... Timken India Signs Agreement with Spearage ... GE and FANUC End Joint Venture ... M&A Continues Decline ... Manufacturing Accounts for Most Mass Layoffs ... U.S./Canadian Manufacturer Sales ... Wholesale Prices Down in July ... Earnings: Avnet, BlueLinx Holdings, Kaman, Applied Industrial Technologies, Beacon Roofing Supply, ERIKS, RBC Bearings, General Bearing, Fluor, Illinois Tool Works, The Home Depot ... USMTC Up 22% from May ... Manufacturing Barometer Shows Less Pessimism

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MDM August 25, 2009

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August 25, 2009

MDM Interview: Keeping Associations “Relevant”

Commentary: A New and Improved mdm.com

Why Some Suppliers Are Returning

Economic Update: Good News May Be Just Around the Corner

Monthly Wholesale Trade: Sales and Inventories for June 2009

MDM News Digest 3916

MDM August 25, 2009

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