PHCP-PVF Top Stories - Articles - Page 119

Manufacturers of apparel for PHCP-PVF professionals adapt to customers needs

April 17, 2020

Whether you work in the warehouse, in the factory, in the pipe yard or spend all day making deliveries in a truck, functional apparel plays a key role in performance.

Supply House Times 2020 Young Executives Spotlight

Supply House Times catches up with a pair of New Jersey-based emerging leaders.

Mike Miazga

April 17, 2020

As has been our custom for the last eight years, Supply House Times profiles young executives/emerging leaders each year in the April issue.

The unprecedented disruption of COVID-19

What distributors should do next.

Mike Emerson

April 17, 2020

Most of us have been through natural disasters and recessions, but coronavirus, or COVID-19, is a new kind of disruption.

The Portland Group celebrates 90 years

Multi-generation distributor continues to thrive in New England region.

April 17, 2020

The Portland Group, a family-owned, multi-generation plumbing, heating and air-conditioning company, is celebrating 90 years in business in 2020.

Dirk Beveridge: The demise of distribution?

Dirk Beveridge

April 17, 2020

Distribution is dead.

OK, I don’t want to be hyperbolic. So, let’s try this: Distribution “as we know it and we’ve relied in the past doesn’t exist anymore.”

Voice activation, customication lead the way for smart kitchen and bath products

Manufacturers weigh in on current market trends.

Nicole Krawcke

April 15, 2020

The halls of the Las Vegas Convention Center were filled with innovative, intuitive and automated kitchen and bath products during the 2020 Kitchen & Bath Industry Show this past January.

Wave two of mechanical systems COVID-19 concern and action survey

Clear Seas Research releases responses from the April 2-6 survey, revealing how the mechanical systems industry is reacting to the pandemic.

April 15, 2020

BNP Media’s Clear Seas Research sector has completed the second wave of their Industry Perspective on the Challenges of Today research series. Wave two of the survey was conducted the week of April 2 covering the level of concern and actions taken by businesses among seven different sectors.

Selling in the age of Coronavirus

Alex L. Goldfayn

April 14, 2020

This week, you will be selling to a much more fearful market than you were working in last week. At least equally importantly: your competition is uncertain, cautious, and afraid too. What do people do in times of intense fear? They go into a defensive shell.

Pandemic Revenue Index indicates more than 29% decline

April 13, 2020

Indian River Consulting Group’s weekly Pandemic Revenue Index for the work week of April 6-10 indicated a 29.36% decline compared with the same week a year ago.

Epicor continues to evolve in a changing landscape

Distribution software provider says being on top of the digital game is important now more than ever.

Mike Miazga

April 13, 2020

With PHCP-PVF distributors facing more and more challenges in an ever-evolving business landscape, having proper back-office systems in place to meet the changing needs of customers has become even more top of mind.