MHEDA Journal explores material handling partnerships.
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October issue of The MHEDA Journal focuses on partnerships between manufacturers and distributors of material handling equipment, which are essential for success, particularly in a down economy. Issue contains 18 stories of how collaboration directly resulted in sales. Some unique applications for material handling equipment described in articles include custom-mezzanine for motorcycle storage, conveyor system for handling high-end garments, and yard ramp for hot unloading environment.
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Material Handling Partnerships Explored
October issue of The MHEDA Journal focuses on relationships between material handling equipment manufacturers and distributors.
Dewitt, NY - October 19, 2009: The current issue of The MHEDA Journal, the leading online magazine for the forklift, storage and handling, and general material handling equipment industries, is now available for viewing at www.TheMhedaJournal.org. The print magazine was mailed to subscribers on October 15.
This edition features a focus on partnerships between manufacturers and distributors of material handling equipment. Such partnerships are essential for success, particularly in a down economy. In a time of uncertainty, mutual commitment from the supplier and the distributor is one thing both parties can be sure of to achieve positive results. This issue contains 18 stories of how collaboration directly resulted in sales.
Unique applications for material handling equipment described in these articles include:
o A custom-made mezzanine for motorcycle storage
o A special conveyor system for handling high-end garments
o A long-term lease of a rail car mover
o 132 custom carts and casters produced overnight
o A yard ramp for a hot unloading environment
o Service for a competing distributor leads to sales
o Customized wire decking for a grocery distributor
o A motorized drum handler built to customer specifications
o A heated air curtain as to separate a freezer from the warehouse
o Overhead cranes installed across the length of a factory.
These are only a few of the Sales Success Stories outlined in the latest issue of The MHEDA Journal Online. Read them all in the article "We're Still Here," located online at www.themhedajournal.org/content/4q09/stillhere.php.
For more information, contact Chris Powers, editor of The MHEDA Journal, (315) 445-2347, e-mail: chris@datakey.org.
About MHEDA
Founded in 1954, the Material Handling Equipment Distributors Association (MHEDA) is the premier source for manufacturing knowledge, education and networking. Through its member journals (www.TheMhedaJournal.org), e-magazines, newsletters, and industry wiki (www.wikimheda.org), MHEDA connects the manufacturers of storage and handling, lift trucks and conveyor equipment and distribution leaders for the purpose of delivering optimal solutions to the users of those products. MHEDA publications are the industry's voice for all matters related to the latest technology and the most up-to-date processes spanning the movement and storage of all materials. A 501(c)3 organization, MHEDA members span all of North America.
