The artisans and craftsmen at Wendell August Forge have been making holiday-ready hand-hammered metal gifts and ornaments in Mercer, Pa., for nearly 100 years. But in 2010, it all went up in flames. *** Located about 40 miles north of downtown Pittsburgh — the capital of the American steel industry — America’s largest and oldest forge sits tucked away in an industrial part of Pennsylvania. Forging is one of the oldest working techniques of artisans. It involves heating, hammering and shaping metal objects. Every Wendell August Forge piece follows this old school tradition, hand-shaped one at a time by the company’s craftsmen (who also are members of the United Steelworkers). Wendell August Forge makes a variety of items, including holiday gifts — the company is well-known for its one-of-a-kind Christmas tree ornaments — and just launched a new line of NFL-themed coasters and keychains. The company also creates home décor items including bowls, dishes, cutting boards, glassware, and other tabletop pieces. Wendell August Forge has a gift for nearly every special occasion, including wedding gifts, commemorative gifts, baby gifts, Mother’s and Father’s days gifts and patriotic holidays. {media_2} Will Knecht owns Wendell August Forge with his sister. His mother and father bought the company in 1978, and Knecht continues to take pride in the time-tested traditions of its past. “We really believe in this thing called American craftsmanship. We get calls two or three times a quarter with people saying there is this factory in China that you guys should really consider, and it is no way,” Knecht said. “We were Made in America before it was cool to be Made in America, and we will continue to be Made in America.” But the future of the tough-as-metal company looked grim in 2010, when a fire caused the factory, corporate offices and flagship retail store to burn to the ground. This was just after the company had gotten its largest order ever from the Pittsburgh Penguins National Hockey League team. “On a Thursday in March of 2010, we got the largest order in our history to commemorate the closing of the Civic Arena in Pittsburgh and the Pittsburgh Penguins last hockey game there,” Knecht said. “The order we got was for 18,000 commemorative metal tickets for all those in attendance and they were to be produced in 4 ½ weeks by our artisans. You can imagine, not only are we American-made, we are also handmade. It was going to be a heroic task to begin with, but then two days after the order, we burned to the ground. “What happened over the following weeks is literally miraculous. We had an outpouring of support from the community, our employees and our customers. We had community members who had space, whether it be office space, manufacturing space or retail space literally give it to us on a handshake. No money upfront, just ‘pay us whenever you can.’” The employees worked 24/7 for four weeks attempting to finish the order on time. {media_1} Wendell August Forge even received an assist from Pittsburgh Penguin team owner Mario Lemieux. Although Lemieux had many assists during his Hall of Fame playing career, none could have been as smooth as this one. “The fire is on a Saturday, and we just had celebrated getting our largest order, which we had just started working on the night before,” Knecht said. “And by Saturday night, I look at our chief sales guy and say ‘Gosh, we are going to lose the Penguins order.’ “So, the next day we are waiting for the call from the Penguins saying. ‘We are sorry, all the best, but we have to go with someone we can count on.’ So not only did that not happen, the head of the Penguins marketing team at that time calls and says, ‘I’m sorry about the fire, but can you guys still make these tickets for us?” Knecht said they could indeed fill the order — even though he wasn’t sure how that was going to come together. But the Penguins management kept the order. “The Penguins even tell us they can imagine cash flow is a little bit tight right now, and they send a courier the next day, a Sunday, with a check for the entire order,” Knecht said. “The fact that they stuck with us and sent that check was so critical, and a rallying point for us to recover as quickly as we did. So, part of this miraculous story is the Pittsburgh Penguins playing an integral role in showing they had confidence in us, and we wanted to live up to the confidence they’ve shown us. “Four weeks and a day after the fire, I had the pleasure of driving the corporate van to Pittsburgh to deliver 18,000 handmade tickets. Isn’t that awesome?” Awesome indeed, just as the forge’s 96-year longevity is remarkable for a company that began when coal mine owner Wendell McMinn August decided to engage a blacksmith in his mine to hand-forge door latches for his home in 1923. A new business was born. Wendell August Forge has continuously added to its catalog of products that are made by its designers and craftsmen, and over the years has become synonymous with eye-catching metal Christmas tree ornaments. The ornaments are unique in that since each one is hand-made, no two pieces are exactly alike. Like a painting, each piece has a story. {media_3} To add to its vast catalog of intricate, hand-hammered metal pieces, Wendell August Forge began producing NFL gifts this year. It has joined an elite group, becoming one of only 300 manufacturers licensed to incorporate the NFL logos into its products. “The NFL deal is such a big deal for us,” Knecht said. “The Christmas tree ornaments have been our best sellers, but this year we have added the NFL designs and those gifts have been selling well and will only get better during the next two months.” The expert artisans hand-etch original designs into a die and each piece is hand-hammered using an eight-step process with its roots in ancient metalworking techniques. “It’s the technique of forcing metal, then raising the metal on the other side,” Knecht said. “We have a die created and the die is like the original oil painting. It’s engraved into a piece of steel in reverse using hammers and chisels. “Remember when we did Silly Putty on the comics as kids and you would turn it over and there it is? So, you turn it over and Silly Putty is the sheet metal and the actual comic is the die. The technique is a European art process called repousse.” About 98 percent of the finished pieces are made with a type of metal. Aluminum is used predominantly because it is a softer metal that is easier to work with, but artisans also create custom pieces in bronze, copper, pewter and stainless steel. “I think we as a country have failed people who are creative and work with their hands,” Knecht said. “One of the things we talk about all the time is the dignity of working with your hands. And the dignity of being a plumber, the dignity of being a carpenter, the dignity of being a metal crafter. There is great dignity in doing those jobs and at one time we honored those. Now it’s almost if you don’t have a college education or advanced degree you’re looked down on. We truly honor our people’s skill sets. You can find Wendell August Forge’s hand-made, metal gifts at stores throughout the United States, including its flagship retail outlets in Mercer and Berlin, Ohio. You can also order online through the company website. How Holiday Favorite Wendell August Forge Rose From the Ashes, Stronger Than Ever syndicated from https://petrotekb.wordpress.com/ via Tumblr How Holiday Favorite Wendell August Forge Rose From the Ashes, Stronger Than Ever
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There are an estimated 230,000-245,000 enlisted service members who separate from the military each year. More than 70 years ago, Richard McCarthy was in the middle of such a transition. After serving in the Pacific during World War II, the 21-year-old veteran headed back home to Pennsylvania, eager to start the next phase of his life. He not only did that; he started a career, a business, and a legacy for his family. Here is his story. From High School Senior To SubmarinerIn 1941, Richard was a high school senior with a budding interest in machining. In fact, he recently started serving as a machinist’s apprentice in a railroad company. However, on December 7 of that year, Pearl Harbor was attacked, and the United States was drawn into World War II. Ten months later, just weeks after graduating and celebrating his eighteenth birthday, Richard was drafted into the military. “I got my choice of whether I wanted to go into the army, the navy or the marines,” he said. “I picked the Navy, but I can’t tell you why.” Recognizing Richard’s machining background, the Navy sent Richard to a Machinist Mate school. He quickly put his skills to work, distinguishing himself and earning the option to attend a diesel school, which he accepted. Once in Diesel School, Richard excelled again, finishing in the top six in his class. His reward was an assignment to Naval Submarine School. “Boy, that sounds like a good idea,” he said to himself. “But they didn’t tell me until 20 years after the war was over that submarines had the highest mortality rate out of any branch of the service.” Saving Lives At SeaAfter several months of training, Richard was finally deployed overseas. He traveled to Pearl Harbor, where he boarded a submarine to Guam. He would spend months on that ship, traversing the Yellow Sea and the lower coast of Japan. It was not as action-packed as he had imagined. “By this time in the war, most of the Japanese ships were all gone,” he recalled. “You couldn’t find a ship to sink, so they used the submarines for lifeguard duty during American airstrikes on Japan.” Richard and his mates helped rescue several members of the Air Force who had fallen from the sky. “We would lay off shore and everyone in the Air Force knew where we were. If they were hit, they knew to get in the water somewhere near us and we could pick them up.” On the evening of September 2, 1945, Richard was in Guam. It was there he heard the good news — the war was over, and he was free to head home. “We had heard something about an atomic bomb but we didn’t realize the magnitude of it,” he remembered. Richard’s career on the military stage was over, but his second act as a machinist was set to begin. Transitioning To Civilian LifeUpon returning home, Richard went back to work as an apprentice for the railroad. However, competition for jobs was fierce, and his apprenticeship lasted just a few months. “Everyone was coming back from the war, they couldn’t employ them all,” he said. Fortunately, Richard was able to find a new apprenticeship in welding thanks to the G.I. Bill. He worked hard to learn the new craft, and eventually he landed a job at one of the biggest machine shops in the area. It was at one of these shops where he had his first exposure to the hard chrome plating process, which was revolutionary. “Hard chrome plating was so new at the time,” Richard recalled. “I remember our salesman would go to mills and do a chrome plate roll for free to promote the business, and that was 50 years ago.” He found that he was not only great at the art of hard chroming, but he was passionate about it as well. He has spent the rest of his life in the field. Putting Youngstown Hard Chrome Plating On The MapRichard worked his way up to plant manager, but he really wanted to work for himself. So along with a partner, Richard founded a new company — Youngstown Hard Chrome. Richard was able to build his business from the ground up, and today it is one of the leading hard chrome companies in the country. Richard credits his military experience with giving him the perspective necessary to grow the company and lead his employees. “The military taught me that you don’t have to go around with a big whip to lead a team, you just need to talk to your staff,” he said. “That’s something I earned from a Navy chief during the war. He wanted us to be peaceful and calm but he wanted you to know that certain tasks were going to be done one way or the other.” Richard’s military background has also shaped his staff. “Being in the service myself, I realize that it’s a sacrifice to serve your country, whether you never fire a gun or go overseas, you’re protecting this country and it’s still a sacrifice,” he said. “I think if there’s any way that you can reward them a little bit, that would be good.” While Richard’s two sons currently oversee day-to-day operations, Richard still serves as the President of Youngstown Hard Chrome. Youngstown Hard Chrome’s Thomasnet.com listing gets seen by the most qualified network of buyers— list your business for free too.“It’s been 52 years since I opened the business and I’m still sitting at my desk here,” he said. “Now we are five to six times bigger than when we started, and we expanded the building four times. We are recognized as one of the largest hard chrome platers in the whole country. We get rolls shipped in from all over the country including Texas, Washington and California.”
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via Tumblr A Veteran’s Manufacturing Story U.S. Rep. Pete Visclosky (IN-1) announced on Wednesday he will not seek re-election in 2020. After more than three decades in Congress, Pete is retiring! Born in Gary, Indiana and a graduate of Andrean High School, Indiana University Northwest and Notre Dame Law, Pete is a northwest Indiana native son who has been in office since 1986. That makes him the longest-serving member of Indiana’s Congressional delegation. {media_1} It has been time well spent. He’ll leave office as the chairman of the defense appropriations subcommittee, which is a big behind-the-scenes role in Washington. But just as importantly: He stuck up for the Region. And in doing so, he’s been a tireless advocate on behalf of American manufacturing and working people. He was a leader of the Congressional Steel Caucus for many years. He appeared often at U.S. International Trade Commission to fight for tougher trade enforcement rules. And he was a staunch supporter of Buy America laws and lead the fight to cover water infrastructure under those rules. Truly, Pete has kept it Made in America. We are big fans, and we’re sad to see him leave office. And we’re not the only ones. Here’s what leaders from the steel industry in Northwest Indiana had to say about Visclosky’s announcement.
Enjoy your retirement, Rep. Visclosky! Pete Visclosky To Retire After 35 Years in Congress syndicated from https://petrotekb.wordpress.com/ via Tumblr Pete Visclosky To Retire After 35 Years in Congress Your website is your biggest marketing asset and is the centerpiece of all your marketing activities. It is often the first place people go when looking for more information on your products or services so it should be where all of your marketing efforts should be driven to. But traditional web design can be a daunting endeavor; in fact, many industrial companies opt not to upgrade their websites at all because of its complexity. Thankfully, Growth-Driven Design (GDD) is the answer to traditional web design woes and has significantly changed the website design landscape, allowing for intuitive, efficient design that even novices can navigate with ease and increase conversions. What is Growth-Driven Design?Using a systematic approach to web design, GDD effectively minimizes the risks associated with traditional methods and significantly shortens the time it takes to launch a site through continuous research and testing. Through the collection of valuable user information, GDD informs marketing and sales techniques, shedding light on the best way for companies to reach their prospects. GDD is also referred to as Conversion Rate Optimization (CRO) or Iterative Design. We’ll dive more into these steps of a GDD strategy later. Related: Not sure if your site needs some polishing up? Here are 7 quick ways to see if your website is out of date. Traditional Website Design Process Vs. GDDThink back to your last website redesign project you did with your company and ask yourself:
If you’ve ever been involved in a website redesign project, it’s likely that you did not fully enjoy the process. The reason that we’ve come to accept the fact that a website redesign is one giant headache is because of the approach we take to build them. The traditional website redesign process can be filled with systemic risk and headaches.
The Growth-Driven Design StrategyThe first step of GDD involves strategizing; in this phase, strategists set performance goals, create detailed personas for the users that companies are looking to target, and perform qualitative and quantitative user research to inform persona profiles. This leads to the formation of fundamental assumptions about the users — what information they’re seeking, the devices they’re using to access it, and more. Ultimately, your website should be agile and updated on a regular basis to support a lead generation strategy. This entire design cycle starts with and revolves around the personas who are coming to your website. If you’re unsure who that person may be, start by developing a buyer persona. At each stage of the cycle, continuously ask yourself how this relates and provides value to the personas visiting your website. At any point, if it ever becomes unclear how an action item provides value to, or relates to the persona, you must take a step back and re-evaluate what you’re working on. Cycle Step 1: PlanThe next step of the Growth-Driven Design cycle is planning. You will be identifying the most important items to prioritize based on your website goal. Click here for a 10 step checklist recommendation. There are a number of steps to go through in the planning phase: Performance vs. Goals: Review the current performance of the website and contrast that to the goals you’re trying to achieve. This will inform you of where there is opportunity to improve. Additional Data or Research: While reviewing your performance vs. goals, there is often additional data and research you may need to do in order to help clarify what action items you should add to your wishlist. Brainstorm and Prioritize Wishlist: Based on all of the new data, research, and learnings you’ve had up to this point, have another brainstorming session to determine any new action items to add to the wishlist. Generally speaking, your action items will fit within these buckets: Bonus: Boost conversions with 30 Industrial Lead Gen TipsImprove User Experience: Improvements to the website that give the user a better experience and make it easier for them to navigate, find what they are looking for and solve their problem(s). Personalize to the User: Adapting the site, calls-to-action, content offers, etc. to the specific visitor based on the data we know about them. This includes, but is not limited to, tailoring based on interests, persona, device, geolocation, referral source or previous actions on your site. Build Marketing Assets: Marketing assets are items that hold great value for your marketing program such as email lists, social accounts, your blog, etc. Incorporating any tools, in-depth resource sections, online training, directories, etc. will provide great value to both the end user and your company. Curious to see the strength of your current online marketing assets? Sign up for a free digital health check with Thomas. Cycle Step 2: DevelopMoving into the developmental phase of the cycle, you now have the most impactful action items to work on and it’s time to start implementing them on your site. This is when everyone on your team gets together to start completing each action item that you selected in the planning phase. Each action item that you implement is basically a test or experiment to see the impact it has on the performance of the website. To measure your experiments, you must setup validation tracking around the metrics outlined on the action item. After your experiment is pushed live, you may want to develop a marketing campaign (social, PPC, blogging, etc.) specifically to drive traffic to that section of the site so you can start collecting data. ![]() Cycle Step 3: LearnAfter your experiments have had enough time to run and collect data, you can then move to the learn phase. In the learning phase, review what information you collected about your website visitors. Based on the information you collected, validate or disprove your hypothesis. Did your change have the impact you expected and why did or didn’t it? Based on the results, what did this teach you about your visitors? What did you learn about them that you didn’t know before? Publish this information you’ve learned about your users in a central location for everyone within the organization to take advantage of. Having a structured system for publishing your findings is also a great reference for the future if you ever need to look for trends or look up previous experiments. Cycle Step 4: TransferThe last step in the cycle is to transfer any impactful information you’ve learned in your cycle to other parts of your business. Take time to review what you’ve learned from each completed action item and brainstorm how this may be useful for others. Review previously completed action items to see if you can find any patterns about your users. Here’s an Example … Let’s say that in your experiment you were testing two different landing page variations. One variation used social proof as the independent variable and the second variation used authority. After running the experiment, you reviewed the data to find out that for your users coming to your website, social proof was a much more influential factor leading to conversions. Now that you’ve learned that social proof is a better trigger for your audience, you can inform your other teams to start incorporating social proof into other parts of their marketing and sales activities such as email or sales scripts. Failure to keep your sales and marketing teams aligned is one of the top pitfalls for for industrials. So once you’ve put together your recommendations, host a meeting for others in your company to educate them and brainstorm ways they can integrate and transfer these ideas into tactical action items within their department. THEN, REPEATOnce you have launched your foundation website, it will be time to start your ongoing cycle to continuously experiment, learn and improve on your website. The cycle repeats itself over and over again but with each time with a better end result and more learning about your visitors. The more you learn about your visitors, the better informed you will be about creating offers and campaigns to convert them into leads. Related Resource: How To Turn Website Traffic Into Leads 6 Common Web Design MythsMyth 1: Web Design Takes a Very Long TimeWhen using traditional design methods, it generally takes three months to create the average SMB website. This process requires a great deal of energy and resources, necessitating increased labor and using up valuable company time. GDD, on the other hand, makes use of quick, iterative changes to get websites launched quickly and improved regularly. Myth 2: Website Design is Prohibitively ExpensiveTraditional website designs can cost anywhere from $15,000 to $80,000 upfront, proving prohibitive for many SMBs. Because GDD doesn’t involve a major one-time website overhaul and redesign, costs are spread out over time as small changes and improvements are made based on ongoing research and insights into user experience and needs. Myth 3: Sophisticated Website Design Looks Nice But Doesn’t Produce ResultsMany traditional website designs put a premium on visual elements without focusing on how well the site is actually producing results. GDD, however, is centered on producing real, tangible results through careful analysis of user interactions and ongoing testing and research. Myth 4: Website Design is One-Size-Fits-AllWeb design that proves fruitful for one company may prove virtually useless for another. Smart web design must be catered to the specific company, industry, and user need; the website and analytics audit and targeted user research performed through the GDD method allows companies to gain valuable information on their users’ actions, preferences, and specific needs on the website. This allows for tailored design upgrades implemented specifically to improve conversion and retention rates. Myth 5: My Website Is Fine As It Is!Most websites sit idle for one and a half to two years after the initial launch, with many companies citing budget and time constraints as reasons not to update their online presence. In that time, however, you could be falling behind on industry best practices — not to mention falling behind the competition. GDD illuminates areas for improvement, allowing you to stay ahead of the curve in new technologies and establish yourself as a forward-thinking industry leader with dynamic site features and offerings. Myth 6: What Works for Consumer Websites Won’t Work for My Industrial WebsiteLike B2C buyers, B2B buyers expect a seamless, intuitive website experience with rich content, easy navigation, and aesthetically pleasing design. Both types of websites depend on optimal usability to convert leads into sales, and the success of both B2B and B2C websites depends on the type of experience you’re creating for your prospects. Learn what B2B marketers can learn from B2C companies in our post here. Thinking About Your Next Website Redesign?Understanding the importance of sophisticated, results-driven web design allows you to turn users into leads and leads into sales. To see how GDD can work for you, contact our team of manufacturing marketing experts.
via Tumblr What is Growth-Driven Design? When the city of Albuquerque contracted with Chinese bus manufacturer Build Your Dreams (BYD) in 2016 to buy a fleet of 18 electric buses, officials were hopeful it was a big step in creating a “first-of-its-kind” all-electric bus corridor along a busy nine-mile stretch in the city. The dream turned into a nightmare. The problems were evident from the moment the first BYD buses arrived in the Duke City in 2017. The vehicles didn’t meet their promised battery charge, which meant they couldn’t manage a full day’s service. There were numerous durability and safety issues, including doors opening unexpectedly, malfunctioning brakes, faulty electric wiring, exposed wires, and overheating batteries. On top of everything else, the charging system for the batteries was defective, and some buses simply could not be charged. Officials canceled the project within months, and the city ended up suing BYD. We’ve written quite a lot about BYD in this space over the past several months, mostly focusing on the litany of economic and national security concerns raised by allowing a company with direct ties to the Chinese state apparatus to use U.S. taxpayer money to build electric buses for cities and other jurisdictions. But a new report from the U.S. PIRG Education Fund, Environment America, and Frontier Group looks at BYD from a different lens, examining the real-world quality control issues that came from its disastrous rollout in Albuquerque. {media_1} Now, the overall report is very much pro-electric bus. The report’s authors highlight a slew of environmental and economic benefits provided by EV vehicles, and they don’t weigh in on BYD’s ties to the Chinese state. The focus is on identifying best practices for cities, school districts and others looking to transition to electric bus fleets. And there are several cases in which other manufacturers built safe and reliable electric buses for cities across the country. In September 2014, for example, the South Carolina city of Seneca became the first city in the world to launch an all-electric municipal bus fleet — and exceeded expectations. Built by Proterra, the city’s buses have a six-minute charging time, four minutes faster than originally promised. The buses also average a range of 40+ miles, more than the original expectation of 30 miles. In Twin Rivers, Calif., the local school district in 2016 purchased eight electric buses from Lion and eight more from Trans Tech; in 2018, the district bought nine more vehicles. Officials already have reported a savings of $15,000 a year in energy and maintenance costs, and plans are in the works to add more electric buses when funding becomes available. Then there’s Chicago, which was the first cold weather city to rollout electric buses. Built by New Flyer, the vehicles (and the lithium-ion batteries that power them) are specifically designed to withstand the Windy City’s frigid winter temperatures. The city is now purchasing 20 more electric buses, this time from Proterra, which also manufactured a fleet that has been successfully rolled out in King County, Washington. Things clearly went different in Albuquerque, which “experienced perhaps the least successful attempt at an electric bus rollout in the United States.” The city eventually settled its lawsuit with BYD in May 2019, and never paid BYD for its faulty vehicles. City officials ended up using money from the original project to order diesel-powered buses. But Albuquerque isn’t giving up on electric buses. In August, the city announced it is relaunching its efforts to transition to an electric fleet. Report Examines BYD’s Failed Electric Bus Rollout in Albuquerque syndicated from https://petrotekb.wordpress.com/ via Tumblr Report Examines BYD’s Failed Electric Bus Rollout in Albuquerque So! After all of the fussin’ and feudin’, it looks like the United States and China are gonna sign a trade agreement. What’s the deal with it? Yes, what’s in this deal?It would be a “phase one” agreement, as President Trump called it when it was first announced a few weeks ago, meaning it’s meant to be a precursor to a more substantive deal down the road. It would have China buy a big ol’ load of agricultural products (which would not coincidentally help Trump with voters in farm states), strengthen intellectual property protections for foreign firms operating in China, and oh so slightly open up the Chinese financial services market. The United States would refrain from enacting tariffs on Chinese goods scheduled to kick in in December, and roll back others. Apparently they’ve ironed out enough of the details since “phase one” was first announced that they’re now talking about finding a place to hold a summit for a signing ceremony between Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping (the original spot – a scheduled economic conference in Chile – had to be, um, scrapped. How’s everybody liking it?Some Wall Street types like it enough, because signing a deal would invite certainty into the trade relationship with China, and certainty helps them make money. Others think China is just gonna press for more American concessions before phase one gets completed. The business associations representing American firms in China don’t really like it, because phase one does little to address the structural problems they identify in the way the Chinese government manages the economy. And they argue the new law governing financial services is full of loopholes. Does the Alliance for American Manufacturing like it?Eh …
https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js No deal has yet been signed. The Chinese negotiators, meanwhile, are pressing the Trump administration to roll back even more tariffs. Let’s see what happens next week! What’s the Deal With Phase One of the U.S.-China Trade Deal? syndicated from https://petrotekb.wordpress.com/ via Tumblr What’s the Deal With Phase One of the U.S.-China Trade Deal? Creating a successful website design for manufacturers takes careful planning, a deep understanding of how engineers and industrial buyers make decisions and a lot of hard work. These have nothing do with the aesthetics of the site. Applying a new skin to an existing website to make it look “pretty” won’t help you move the … Read more The post 5 Critical Components of a Successful Website Design for Manufacturers by Achinta Mitra appeared first on Industrial Marketing Today. 5 Critical Components of a Successful Website Design for Manufacturers syndicated from https://petrotekb.wordpress.com/ via Tumblr 5 Critical Components of a Successful Website Design for Manufacturers You just signed a contract that you feel will produce significant savings for your organization through category-level discounts. Across the table is a supplier who is excited about guaranteeing increased spend. It sounds like a win-win. However, there’s a catch – the contract includes a volume commitment – and it could potentially damage your relationship between you and your supplier irrevocably.
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