Business Strategies for the Distributor Sales Professional
Hewlett-Packard (HP), headquartered in Palo Alto, Calif., announced that the United States Air Force has issued a five-year Blanket Purchase Agreement for HP single-function and multifunction printers and consumables for its Digital Printing and Imaging initiative (DPI).
Printing Industries of America recently announced the winners of the 2014 Premier Print Awards, the organization's international print competition. More than 3,000 entries were submitted for judging.
International Paper, Memphis, Tenn., announced the completion of the previously announced spinoff of its distribution solutions business, xpedx, and xpedx's merger with Unisource, with the combined companies now operating as Veritiv Corporation.
Presstek, Hudson, N.H., recently announced that Jeffrey A. Beck has joined the company as president and chief executive officer, effective May 1, 2014. Beck succeeds David Savage, who recently transitioned to lead WaterJet Holdings Inc., another portfolio company held by Presstek's owner, American Industrial Partners (AIP).
InnerWorkings, Chicago, announced it has signed an agreement with Newsday LLC, a Long Island, New York-based newspaper that has more than 800,000 daily readers.
Fry Communications, Mechanicsburg, Pa., announced that Michael L. Weber has been promoted to vice president of manufacturing. Weber joined Fry in 1993 and has more than 40 years experience in the printing industry.
Due to the overwhelming success of Distributor Connect Scottsdale, Print+Promo has launched an event website and scheduled another meeting for 2014.
The hulking pulp and paper mills built many decades ago in Wisconsin, Michigan and other Midwestern states have had their share of environmental impacts.
But the mills were decades ahead of the game in adopting technology now seen as an effective tool to fight greenhouse gas emissions and environmental impacts. That would be the use of combined heat and power (CHP, also known as cogeneration), promoted by President Obama with a 2012 executive order and lauded by environmental and energy efficiency advocates.
When's the best time to schedule a meeting? For many managers, the answer is clear: first thing in the morning. Your team is fresh, you make sure you're all on the same page, and you set yourself up for a productive day.
But there are plenty of arguments against the morning meeting. Before you make it your default option, consider these factors:
1. Mornings Are Best Suited to Specific Sorts of Work
Florida State University psychology professor Roy Baumeister and New York Times science journalist John Tierney write that willpower is like a muscle, in that it gets fatigued from overuse.
More than two weeks after Kansas City, Missouri-based Barton Nelson shut down, employees of the company as of last Friday have yet to receive back-paychecks and are unable to access their retirement accounts, reports Fox Kansas City.
