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INDUSTRIAL DISTRIBUTION | Current Issue | Forward to a friend | RSS feed | September 23, 2008
 


TOP STORIES

Lean distribution: What's it all about?
Long associated with manufacturing, lean business strategies can help industrial distributors improve operations by reducing errors and eliminating waste.
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Effective warehouse slotting
Understanding every item's physical dimensions, crucial to effective warehouse planning, doesn't have to mean measuring by hand.
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Buyers: Product availability trumps price
Buyers now look to industrial distributors to provide a wealth of technical expertise, and they come down hard on those that don't deliver.
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Relationship-selling at its best
Establishing and maintaining strong ties to vendors and customers alike has kept Robi Tool Sales going through good times and bad.  Read more
 



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Construction Outlook

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Understanding and Anticipating Volatile Construction Costs

20 Large Upcoming Midwest and West Construction Projects – September 2008


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