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  • Cost-saving measures for fuel and vehicle fleet repair
    September 15, 2009
    Editor's note: This article is the second installment of a two-part series on smart fleet management. See Page 30 of the September 2009 issue for the first. Smart fleet management not only involves vehicle maintenance, but the efficient use of fuel and execution of vehicle repairs. In an effort to reduce fuel costs, consider using nitrogen in your tires. Currently, I am testing the use...

  • Smart fleet management
    Taking care of your vehicles requires a strategic companywide plan
    July 21, 2009
    Efficient fleet management is critical to any business that relies on a number of company vehicles. It keeps costs in check and contributes to the efficient use of personnel time, safety and quality customer service. Taking care of a vehicle fleet requires a strategic companywide plan to manage repairs, provide maintenance schedules and structure a budget for each vehicle. In this...

  • Efficiency is the name of the game
    March 11, 2009
    In a recent e-glass weekly poll, 31 percent of respondents reported their company had laid off employees in response to the current recession. In January alone, U.S. companies laid off 237,902 workers, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, www.bls.gov.As a result, many Americans find themselves working longer hours to compensate for reduced staff resources. Efficiency is now the name of...

  • Customer feedback, part two
    Five final rules to work by
    February 1, 2009
    Customers are the lifeline of a business. Last month, we took a look at the first five rules business owners should follow to obtain customer feedback. Here, we’ll examine the final five.

  • G4: Industry insiders talk glass
    What will be your top business challenge this year and how do you plan to address it?
    January 12, 2009
    CommercialAlvaro Correa, project manager, West Tampa Glass, Fla.We are going to have a moderately slower year than last year. The residential market is zero, and we are seeing the commercial market in a similar light due to these economic times. We have to find other sources of revenue, with the market the way it is. The hospital market is moving, and we are finding success [in that segment]....

  • Editor's notes: Lessons learned the hard way
    January 9, 2009
    When asked to identify a lesson learned early in his career, 30 under 40 award winner Stanley Yee, now a principal and building enclosure consultant at The Façade Group in Portland, Ore., admitted to many. “Career development is all about making mistakes and learning the hard way,” he said. “And it doesn’t only include your own mistakes; you can learn from other...

  • Publisher's Notes: Your profits...
    ... to their pockets
    January 1, 2009
    Just a little incredulity was in order when Merrill Lynch’s John Thain asked for a $10 million bonus at the end of 2008. As all of us contribute to that company’s $10 billion bailout—along with the rest of Wall Street and possibly the auto industry—we look out across the next 12 months with precautionary belt-tightening.So, it was gratifying to learn that several glass...

  • Retail: Inside View
    We're all ears
    December 2, 2008
    In this month’s cover story, “Customer feedback: Five rules to work by,” author Carl Tompkins offers step-by-step instructions to obtain customers’ opinions about your business. His no. 1 rule: Ask. So, I’m asking: What do you like or dislike about the new Glass Magazine? Thus far, your comments have been extremely positive, but if there’s an area where you...

  • Showrooms as sales tools
    Top 10 factors to consider when opening a new store
    October 3, 2008
    Location, first impression, floor layout, display design, product placement, lighting, technology and decor can all make or break a new showroom.

  • Showrooms as sales tools
    How display design can boost profits
    September 12, 2008
    The list of options for shower doors is lengthy. Yet, the typical glass shop doesn’t have a formal way of working people into upsells.
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