A Highly-Skilled Workforce is Necessary to Meet 21st Century Manufacturing Needs

When a purchase order is issued, it is normally the result of sales or inventory management. We know who is doing the selling, but who is managing your inventory?

Karl Grabowski, owner of J & K Sales Associates, recently shared his personal ordeal with friends, customers and business associates in a particularly classy way. He graciously granted Supply House Times permission to reproduce his remarks.

How many different jobs do we all do in a day? If you’re like most managers, you wear a lot of hats.

Bemis Manufacturing Co. will participate in the Redneck Games at an Independence Day festival by donating a dozen lidless open-front toilet seats.

Mike Miazga, senior editor at sister magazine Plumbing & Mechanical, test drives DeWalt’s latest 12-Volt line of tools.

"There finally are signs of a plan to push export-centric business that will result in a clear global trade policy,” says Dr. Chris Kuehl, economic analyst for the Fabricators & Manufacturers Association.

Kudos to the Canadian Hydronics Council (CHC) and this country's  Hydronics Industry Alliance (HIA). Both groups are attempting to raise the awareness of both consumers and builders to the benefits of hydronic heating.

Remember the good old days…about a year and a half ago? Prices at the pumps were hovering below one dollar per liter and they stayed the same for weeks.

Spot copper averaged $3.1058 during May, down 41.34¢, or 11.7% from $3.5192 in April, but was up 99.97¢, or 47.5% from $2.1061 last May.The year-to-date average now stands at $3.2955,