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The plumbing and mechanical industry is changing quickly, and the biggest catalyst of that change is technology.

The Forte Group’s annual conference took place recently in Austin, Texas at the Hyatt Regency hotel. This year’s event drew 310 attendees in total (170 members and 140 vendors).

Amazon’s analytics can identity SKUs on which it “Can’t Realize a Profit” (CRaP). Even with its improving, world’s best fulfillment and last-mile delivery costs, Amazon can’t cover costs on items lower than $15 per pick/order.

It was a record-breaking 2018 for the Irving, Texas-based WIT & Co. buying group. WIT Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer Brandy Reed told Supply House Times during the cooperative’s recent annual Distributor and Vendor Conference in Grapevine, Texas, that 2018 purchases within the group rose to record-breaking levels.

What does it take to open, sustain and grow a successful manufacturers representative firm over a half-century?

The measure of a heat pump’s heating performance is called coefficient of performance or COP. It’s the ratio of useful heat output, divided by required energy input, where both the output and input are expressed in the same physical units.

The old message from some allegedly distressed person in a far-flung country asking you to wire them a sum of cash to get them out of trouble. Or the one where they found some long-lost dough that has my name written on it, but first I have to send them my bank-account information.

The inaugural event is scheduled for April 30-May 2, in Rosemont, Illinois, and will showcase the latest design and building processes, products and emerging technologies.

Early estimates indicate an increase of 30% attendance over 2018; the sixth consecutive year of attendee growth.