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ASA wants you to attend NETWORK2018!

By Brian Tuohey
ASA wants you to attend NETWORK2018!

ASA’s NETWORK events provide a tremendous amount of networking opportunities with the industry’s brightest minds. Photo by Bob Levy/ASA.

May 18, 2018

The pace of change is happening at an exponential rate with the way our customers buy products and the way technology is forcing us to try to keep pace. No sooner do we launch a new technology platform in our business than we find it’s already obsolete. The economy is ramping up to the point some say it could push the demand for labor and the cost of hiring people beyond our comprehension.

So what’s your next step? Sell your business? Take a wait-and-see attitude to better understand where everything is going? Try to keep up? Or maybe try to get ahead of the wave that’s coming?

Your next step should be to come to NETWORK this Oct. 31 to Nov. 2 in Scottsdale, Arizona, at the Fairmont Princess because the answers to all these options will be there.

If you are looking for an exit strategy, then every major distributor is there to partner with you. If you are looking for ideas on how to more effectively run your business, then our industry’s most-innovative distributors are there to share ideas with you on how they are preparing for the future so that they can remain competitive. And if you are looking to see where the future is going, you won’t want to miss the thought leaders who will be speaking at each educational session to offer you a pathway to prepare your company and key employees for the future.

We know you have a tremendous amount of demand for your time. Other industry meetings, manufacturer meetings, your customer-incentive meetings and even a vacation all demand your time. But isn’t it time to invest in your future and the future of your company by spending a little time in educational sessions and getting a small glimpse as to what the future has in store for our industry? Isn’t the few hours you will be away from your business worth the investment of your time to gain the insight as to how best to prepare for the future?

The future is coming. Some say it’s already here.
NETWORK is the annual conference for the American Supply Association and we believe the value proposition is compelling enough for you not to miss this opportunity to connect with those who can help you move forward with confidence.

We hope to see you in Scottsdale. And if you can’t make it, don’t pass up the opportunity and value of this event. Why not send key members of your leadership team?

It’s your move, don’t pass it up.

NETWORK is the industry’s can’t-miss event.

KEYWORDS: ASA University networking wholesale distribution

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Brian Tuohey is the president of East Windsor, Conn.-based industrial PVF distributor The Collins Companies and is the 2018 ASA president.

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