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Monday Morning Memo 11.18.13

Posted By Maddie Moss, Monday, December 16, 2013

Registration Now Open for UID 2014

March 9-12, 2014
JW Marriott

Indianapolis, IN

Register your managers for the 2013 University of Industrial Distribution

Download the brochure for 2014 course details

For 20 years, the University of Industrial Distribution (UID) has provided education focused on the needs of wholesale distribution professionals and companies. With its concentrated three-day format, UID has helped increase the effectiveness of hundreds of NAFCD member employees.Best yet, NAFCD is a sponsoring association, so you save $1,000 per person on registration fees.

Don't Wait to Register
The most popular courses tend to fill up early because courses are selected at registration. Even though the early registration discount ends on January 15, we strongly recommend you register before then to guarantee your seat in the courses that are most valuable to you. There are two easy ways to register:

Who Attends UID?
UID is designed for all personnel working in the wholesale distribution channel, including: 

  • Distributors
    • All manager-level personnel: sales, marketing, branch, operations, purchasing, inventory and human resources
    • CEOs
  • Manufacturers
    • Personnel working with national distribution channels
    • Anyone looking to improve personal performance and/or the company's bottom line!

Did You Miss These Speakers?

Revisit the presentations of some of the outstanding speakers from this year's convention, and share them with your colleagues. Log in to the NAFCD website to download presentation from:

We hope to see you next year at the 2014 NAFCD + NBMDA Annual Convention in Dallas Texas, November 18-20!

Tags:  bill benjamin  Brian Beaulieu  Mark Herbek  Sam Richter  Scott Thomas  speakers  trends  UID  university of industrial distribution 

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Monday Morning Memo 10.28.13

Posted By Maddie Moss, Friday, December 13, 2013

Economic Trends Forecast - Summer & Fall 2013

Economic Trends & Forecast
Thursday, November 14

8:30 a.m. - 10:00 a.m.

CEO of Institute for Trend Research, Brian Beaulieu will be presenting on the Fall 2013 Economic Outlook Report at the 2013 NAFCD + NBMDA Annual Convention. During this session, Beaulieu will overview short- and long-term global economic forecasts, regional economic updates, and an outlook on inflation. In addition, he will provide insight into the relationship of political events and economic growth and provide economic indicators that executives should follow and receive proven strategies for leveraging economic forecast.

Before this session, don't forget to review the Summer 2013 NAFCD Economic Outlook Report, which is now available to all NAFCD members (login required).

Fall 2013 NAFCD Quarterly Executive Trends Index

The next Quarterly Executive Trends Index online survey was sent last week directly from Cleveland Research. At this time, the survey was only sent to the main contact (or Cleveland Research Survey designee) at our distributor member companies. The survey will be open to Manufacturers in 2014. Please note that the deadline to respond is November 1st. Additional questions have been added based upon member feedback. All survey responses are anonymous and confidential with responses aggregated only to identify key trends in the industry (sales growth for the industry, inventory levels, changes in operating costs, etc.). Mark Herbeck from Cleveland Research will be providing the survey results with full analysis at the Annual Convention on Wednesday, November 13th. 

Tags:  Brian Beaulieu  Cleveland Research  forecast  ITR  Mark Herbek  quarterly executive trends  trends 

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