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Bruce Merrfield: Human biases trump analytics

Survey stats: The brave and the fading.

October 17, 2019

I scan a lot of articles, with one of my research themes being return on investment for analytics, for which there are frustrating results.

Dan Holohan: Your customers' pet peeves

Dan Holohan

October 17, 2019

“Just curious. What gets under your skin these days when it comes to your local wholesalers?”

Steve Cook: The value of an association

Steve Cook

October 17, 2019

Mike Miazga is the Group Editorial Director for BNP Media’s Plumbing Group.

Mike Miazga: The memorable speech Gateway Supply's Chris Williams delivered

Still the best.

Mike Miazga

October 11, 2019

Over the last decade I have lost count of the amount of guest speakers I have listened to at the many meetings and conventions I have attended.

Hank Darlington: How committed is your company to training?

If you think training and watching employees leave is expensive, try not training them and watching them stay.

Hank Darlington

September 13, 2019

I am a huge proponent of employee training. Many of you might believe you do a great job in this area.

Eye on Safety: Inside the new DOT clearinghouse

Brittney Cornillaud

September 13, 2019

Mark your calendars! On Jan. 6, 2020, the U.S. Department of Transportation Clearinghouse will be up and running.

Jim Wheeler: Let's talk new refigerants

Jim Wheeler

September 13, 2019

In 1988 when I quit my job as the national service manager for a major HVAC equipment company to become an editor for an HVACR trade magazine, I was asked by then-ACCA Director Jim Norris to look into the question of whether CFCs (particularly R11 and R12) were damaging our planet by destroying the earth’s protective ozone layer.

ASA President Steve Cook: Building one future

A bold and strategic plan to address the three most pressing issues facing members today.

Steve Cook

September 13, 2019

As a long-time ASA member, I have seen the expanded value given to us by our national association year after year.

Bruce Merrifield: How digital disruptors (will) skim distributor sales

Digital disruptors are multiplying!

Bruce Merrifield

September 12, 2019

Today, digital disruptors are attacking most industries.

Julius Ballanco: Inside the opposition of A2L refrigerants

Julius Ballanco P.E., CPD

September 11, 2019

ASHRAE proposed changes that would have added the provision of addendums “D” and “H” of ASHRAE 15 to the 2021 edition of the IAPMO Uniform Mechanical Code.