Check out November issue of Supply House Times features a chat with incoming ASA President Bill Glockner of Hirsch Pipe & Supply, plus a complete recap of ASA’s NETWORK2019 50th anniversary celebration. We also have the latest tool trends and a look at how Milwaukee Tool best utilizes its network of independent manufacturers reps.
Back in 1991, Bill Glockner was hitting it hot and heavy in the consulting business. “I was flying all over the place and my wife, Susan, was a physician,” he says.
Plumbing/HVAC tool heavyweight Milwaukee Tool reaps the benefits of a changed go-to-market model.
November 8, 2019
Manufacturers are faced with constant pressure when evaluating their sales efforts, and today’s rapidly changing world leaves no margin for decreasing revenues.
American Supply Association members made the most out of their recent visit to Washington, D.C. During the final day of NETWORK2019, which celebrated ASA’s 50th anniversary, volunteer association leaders and staff members went to the White House to sign the Pledge to America’s Workers initiative.
Our relevancy is not guaranteed. When you think of what happened to powerhouse businesses such as Kodak, Blockbuster, Sears, Toys R Us, BlackBerry, RadioShack, Nokia and others … it is a cold sense of reality that our business model of the past is no guarantee of relevance and profitability tomorrow.
For more than a decade, ASA has steadily expanded the value of the national association through creating a vision of success and allocating resources to move ASA and its members forward toward an envisioned future.
The fall PVF Roundtable meeting in October at the Marriott Westchase in Houston featured a changing of the guard for industrial PVF networking/best practices group.
Elkay Manufacturing announced that President and CEO Tim Jahnke, who has led the company since 2007, plans to retire from day-to-day leadership to concentrate on his role on Elkay's Board of Directors.
The lawsuit accused Ulma of falsely claiming that it normalized its flanges in accordance with American Society of Testing and Materials (ASTM) A105 standards.
Liquid Lightning Pro from Jones Stephens is a professional, industrial-strength drain opener that can be used to dissolve grease, paper, hair, soap and other organic materials.
Navien’s new NPN (premium non-condensing) series of tankless water heaters is offered in the NPN-U (universal) and NPN-E (exterior) options, both of which will be available in 160,000 Btu/h, and 199,900 Btu/h models for either natural gas or liquid propane.
General Pipe Cleaners’ reformulated Snake Oil Plus offers enhanced protection of drain cleaning cables and machines, and can extend the life of other equipment as well, the company points out.
The new MagnaTherm HTD series of condensing boilers and volume water heaters boasts real-time O2 trim compensation that maintains ideal air-to-fuel ratios, full 20:1 turndown on all sizes to match varying load profiles and the Laars Linc icon-driven control system.
Sloan’s new parts and maintenance brochure is designed to highlight best-in-class parts for Sloan products and their importance in extending a product’s lifestyle.