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- Creating An Effective Online Store [Summer 2009]
Ways to make your online material handling catalog profitable.
- Interactive Marketing: A New Strategic Challenge [Summer 2009]
Marketing your material handling company online
- The Software Challenge [Summer 2009]
Distributors look for efficient material handling software.
- wikiMHEDA Lifts Industry [Summer 2009]
www.wikimheda.org has news and education
- YouTube101 [Summer 2009]
YouTube video helps material handling distribution
- You're LinkedIn. Now What? [Summer 2009]
Material handling distributors use social networking site
- wikiMHEDA [Spring 2009]
WikiMHEDA is to be unveiled at MHEDA's Annual Convention. Learn its features and functions to get a head start.
- Proprietary Software [Summer 2008]
The lift truck industry is becoming ever more sophisticated and diagnostics are becoming easier. A side effect of that is that proprietary software in lift trucks is making it more difficult for lift truck service technicians to service brands that they don’t represent.
- Online Networking [Summer 2008]
From Facebook to LinkedIn, social networking Web sites are revolutionizing the way material handling professionals stay connected.
- Internet Marketing Techniques [Summer 2008]
The Material handling industry is changing the way it looks at marketing. Material handling distributors are replacing old-school methods with CRM programs and online marketing strategies.
- The Other Side Of The Coin [Summer 2008]
Lift truck distributors and service technicians have mixed feelings on the rise of proprietary software in lift trucks. While they understand why forklift manufacturers are head that way, it still presents headaches for lift truck technicians.
- The Next New Thing [Winter 2008]
Technological advances are impacting the business world and the material handling industry is no exception. Distributors of forklifts, conveyors rack and the like are becoming ever-more reliant on technology.
- Computer Security For Small Business [Summer 2007]
For material handling distributors, computer security is of the utmost importance. A poorly secured network can end up costing a material handling company some serious cash if a virus finds its way into the system.
- Install GPS [Spring 2007]
GPS technology is revolutionizing the way material handling dealers do business. Not only does GPS technology allow you to efficiently route your service vans, but it increases productivity by keeping service technicians and salespeople where they’re supposed to be.
- Buy A New System [Spring 2007]
In a rapidly-changing marketplace, new business systems are constantly becoming available to material handling distributors. The key is selecting the right business system for your material handling distributorship.
- Fix Your Web Site [Spring 2007]
In this day and age, almost every material handling distributor has a Web site and participates in e-commerce in some way. The key is optimizing your material handling Web site so it works for you.
- Software Solutions [Spring 2007]
The pace of technological progress is astounding and material handling distributors are reaping the benefits. Here, two MHEDA distributors recount their experiences with technology upgrades
- Don't Fight The Speakerphone! [Spring 2007]
When teleconferencing with a small number of material handling peers or customers, speakerphone is a viable option. However, there are certain groundrules that you should abide by.
- Controlling Company Cyberspace [Fall 2006]
With the internet becoming more and more prominent in everyone’s lives, material handling companies are being forced to develop policies regarding employee use of the internet and e-mail.
- What Is A Blog? [Fall 2006]
Blogs or Web logs are becoming more and more prevalent in the business world, and material handling is no exception. Material handling distributors should know the basics of blogging and what it can do for their company.
- Software Solution Brings Together Distributor And Manufacturer [Fall 2005]
More than 20 year ago, a group of material handling distributor companies worked together with its forklift supplier and partner to create a universal custom software system to benefit both parties.
- The Digital Distributor [Summer 2005]
It once was the cliché in material handling that technology would ease distributor’s workloads, but that has been far from the case. In fact technology has cranked up the speed of the material handling industry significantly.
- Leveraging The RFID Phenomenon To Build Client Relationships [Spring 2005]
The RFID revolution is well underway, and as a material handling distributor, to serve your material handling clients to the best of your ability, you must be able to leverage this technology.
- Long-Term Costs Outweigh Advantages [Summer 2003]
In the material handling industry, the internet has brought about a dangerous trend in reverse auctions, a process in which bidders haggle over the lowest proce from an amount set by buyer.
- Everyone Pays A Price When Low Bid Takes All [Summer 2003]
A new phenomenon has begun in the material handling industry, one that distorts our core ability to offer and sell value-added services. These electronic reverse auctions focus only on price, not quality or service.
- What About Lack Of Support And Its Cost To Operations? [Summer 2003]
The material handling industry’s new reverse auction phenomenon is not only a detriment to distributors, but also to end-users. The end-user is sacrificing service and expertise which often ends up costing more in the long run.
- Today's Business Demands Innovation, Not Giving Away Our Product [Summer 2003]
There are many industries in which reverse auctions fit. Material handling is not one of them. They are detrimental to relationship, and not good for the buyer/end-user.
- Material Handling Personnel Share Reverse Online Auction Experiences [Summer 2003]
In the material handling industry, reverse auctions are a troubling phenomenon. The pratfalls of this process are well-documented, but they are still occurring.
- Webinar Training Expands Small Company Programs [Summer 2003]
Material handling professionals are benefiting from an exciting new online technology for training. MHEDA-sponsored webinars are great sources of cost-effective training for material handling distributors.
- Establishing E-Commerce Territories [Winter 2003]
In the material handling industry, the e-commerce explosion is having a significant impact. Thus, adjustments must be made, such as establishing e-commerce territories for lift truck dealers.
- Three Steps For Keeping Employees' E-mail From Landing Your Business In Court [Winter 2002]
For material handling distributors, e-mail is an invaluable tool. However, if not properly managed, employees’ e-mails can land a distributor in serious legal hot water.
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