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Industry News 6 reasons you should not 20 Nuts & Bolts donate to the Howard Bernstein Scholarship Fund! Howard Bernstein

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Cover Story Howard Bernstein

6 reasons you should not donate to the Howard Bernstein Scholarship Fund! In a recent conversation with leaders of MHEDA and MHI, Howard Bernstein startled everyone by stating: “I do not want material handling distributors and manufacturers donating to the scholarship fund.” Following a somewhat stunned silence, Howard went on to say, “I want companies and leaders investing in their companies’ and our industry’s future by attracting young talent to this vibrant and rewarding industry.” Howard outlined at least six specific dividends material handling companies can anticipate through this participation:

Establishing direct personal recruiting connections and access with universities that have industrial distribution, material handling, engineering, supply chain and logistics programs graduating students with skills for and potential interest in the material handling industry

Instant recognition for your company by thousands of students who are completing their education and are looking for career opportunities in industry and distribution

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Recognition throughout the material handling industry as a leader Opportunities to visit schools and personally connect with students and faculty (material handling industry video presentation provided for use on these visits)

Contacts with participating universities, will help you gain critical insights into what it takes to compete for young, motivated, educated employees

And new this year … fund contributors will be invited to join a special LinkedIn group which includes students and faculty interested in our industry

Additional benefits for Fund investors this year include the invitation to join over 200 pre-qualified students at a reception on Classroom Day (Wednesday) at ProMat 2015; opportunity to lead a group of students on a tour of the show floor; program recognition at ProMat’s Wednesday evening celebration in the Grand Ballroom at McCormick Place.

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One industry leader identifying direct benefits from his company’s 2013 investment in the Fund is Duncan Murphy, President of Riekes Equipment Company in Omaha, Nebraska. “The 220 students in the University of Nebraska Kearny Industrial Distribution program each have multiple job offers at graduation. Our industry remains invisible to many of them. Once exposed to the potential, complexity and breadth of opportunities, our industry goes to the head of the career list. We have hired a graduate each year and they are spreading the word. Our company…Your company, needs a talent infusion and your investment of time and funds in local schools will pay dividends.”

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By joining other industry leaders you benefit by: • Reaching thousands of trained students committed to material handling and industrial distribution, attracting leading companies offering these opportunities

All this can help you: • Lower your recruiting time and costs • Tailor your recruitment message to a pre-qualified audience • Leapfrog your competition and attract the best Remember: • You choose the school for your scholarship

• Directly recruiting among 76 pre-qualified universities • Joining a LINKEDIN group of industrial distribution students and faculty

• You establish year-round relations with schools of your choice

• Making your company known among the leaders in your industry

• 100% of your contribution goes to a scholarship and the funds pay all administration cost

“We hired a graduate each year and our investment has paid dividends.” Duncan Murphy, President, Riekes Equipment Company, Omaha, Nebraska

All scholarships identify the sponsors as benefactors and do not name Howard Bernstein.

Yes, I wish to be an investor in our industry’s future! Name: ________________________________________ Title: _____________________________ Company ___________________________ Address: ______________________________________________________________________________ State: ___________ Zip: ________ Phone:______________________________ Fax: ________________________________Email: _____________________________________

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MHEFI is a non-profit IRC501(C) (3) charitable organization in partnership with MHEDA and MHI. This program is managed by MHEFI. For additional information contact Donna Varner at 704.714.8731 or Howard Bernstein at 847.433.6585 (summer) or 760.770.6645 (winter).

Please fill out form above and mail to: Material Handling Education Foundation, Inc. (MHEFI) Attn: Donna Varner | 8720 Red Oak Blvd., STE 201 | Charlotte, NC 28217-3992

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Cover Story Last year, over 30 material handling manufacturers and distributors gained dividends from investing in the Fund. Quoting Howard: “We can do better. Material handling is a somewhat “hidden”, stealth industry that must compete with more visible, “high tech” industries for the best talent. This Scholarship Fund is one important way to gain visibility with university faculties and students, creating opportunities to tell our industry’s and companies’ stories. More importantly, it is a way for you to make direct connections to recruit talent for their companies.” Before 2014 ends, make your company’s investment in its future and the future of our industry. There are four levels of investment: Elite: $5,000 (one complete scholarship)…or more! Gold*: $2,500 –$4,999 Silver*: $1,500-$2,499 Bronze*: $500-$1,499 *to be combined with others for a complete $5,000 scholarship Howard Bernstein invested $150,000 seed money to establish the fund over three years ago. Since then, over 30 companies and individuals have invested additional funds for the education of future leaders in our industry. 100% of the funds you invest go directly to scholarships. None of your investments are used for administrative costs since the Fund is managed by the Material Handling Education Foundation, Inc. Let this be your year to join other industry leaders to make a critical investment in the future leaders of our industry. As Howard Bernstein says: “Don’t donate to this fund … Invest in your future with a contribution to this industry specific scholarship fund.” The Howard Bernstein Fund is recognized and endorsed by MHI, The Industry That Makes Supply Chains Work and MHEDA, the Material Handling Equipment Distributors Association. For more information visit www.mhi.org, www. mheda.org and www.mhefi.net. Your investment can be mailed to the Material Handling Education Foundation, Inc., ATTN: Donna Varner, 8720 Red Oak Blvd., Suite 201, Charlotte, NC 28217. Please make checks payable to the Material Handling Education Foundation, Inc. (MHEFI) with a notation on the check that the investment is for the Howard Bernstein Scholarship Fund. The Howard Bernstein Scholarship Fund is managed by The Material Handling Education Foundation, Inc. (MHEFI). MHEFI is a non-profit IRS 501C 3 organization. Contributions to the fund may be tax deductible … contact your tax advisor.

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Howard Bernstein Scholarships aid future supply chain leaders Scholarships from the industry students intend to enter are a boost financially, professionally and emotionally. Investment in students who will keep the material handling industry moving reinforces their choice, and makes them feel like there will be a place for them in their chosen field, scholarship winners said. Here are stories from some recent scholarship winners. “I knew going into college that I wanted to go into sales,” as did his father, said Ross Martin, an industrial distribution student at the University of Nebraska Kearney. His major is focused on finding solutions, and “in material handling, finding the best solution is key to satisfying customers and building a customer base.” When he tells people about his major, they ask questions because they don’t know much about it. “Material handling is not a huge part of the many industries UNK prepares students for, so oftentimes I find myself describing material handling to younger students. They oftentimes find it to be very interesting and usually ask for more information on how to get connected,” he said. After he graduates in January, Martin intends to work as an inside sales rep in Nebraska. “From there, work into an outside position, and from there move into management role later in life,” he said. His internship at Nebraska Machinery Company introduced him to many aspects of the material handling industry,

Martin said. The $5,000 Howard Bernstein Scholarship sponsored by Gary Moore, Harrington Hoists and George Sefer that Martin received “helped me sell myself as an industrial distribution student,” he said. Brian Bellin, a student at the University of WisconsinSuperior, also won a $5,000 Howard Bernstein Scholarship sponsored by TEKLYNX, Material Handling Wholesaler, AK Material Handling and CMH Services. And that money made a huge difference. “First of all, I was looking at working 40 or more hours a week to fund my senior year’s tuition bill,” Bellin said. “I did not receive nearly as much financial aid my junior and senior years as I did in my sophomore year. I have been trying to maintain a 3.5 grade point average throughout my college career while working fulltime for most of it. Although I have come to realize that a high GPA does not count for much by itself, I feel that when it is combined with other extracurricular activities and accomplishments it can be of great benefit in both the short-term and long-term. So for the short-term, this scholarship has helped me both finance my tuition and reaffirmed that all the hard work that I put into my academics has not been pointless.” He is double-majoring in transportation and logistics management and economics. “I chose these two because the

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Aftermarket John R. Walker

Knowing & understanding your aftermarket opportunities Information provides the framework from which a dealer develops his strategy to increase aftermarket volume, profit and market share. Inadequate information means an inadequate framework and an unworkable strategy! It was a little over twenty years ago that we wrote these words in one of our first articles of our monthly series of articles. Unfortunately, little has changed. Every year both manufacturers and associations calculate and pinpoint product market share and can accurately indicate to their dealers what their particular market share was for specific lines of product. Surprisingly however, if you ask parts or service managers for their market share, they would be hard pressed to come up with anything but a wild guess. In the typical equipment dealership, the overall market plan and/or budget plan for parts and service is little more than a simple percentage increase of last year’s performance. We know of several manufacturers and dealer groups who are breaking out of this mold and developing specific information for their dealers to use in order to understand what the dealer’s specific unrecognized opportunities really are. These manufacturers/suppliers are attempting to take the guess work out of establishing goals for both sales and profits. See our recent article: What do you know about your service market potential? We also feel that kudos are due to numerous computer system

suppliers who are showing their customers how to use this information. Parts and service sales are tied directly to the amount of equipment sold by the dealer to the end user. Every piece of equipment sold by the dealership should represent a parts and service sales opportunity. Most industry Cost of Doing Business studies only provide dealers one formula for measurement of their performance in product support and that formula is Contribution to Total Sales, and while this is a bit of a measurement it falls short of pointing out to the dealer what percentage are or are not buying the dealers service and parts. In other words what is the dealer’s market share in product support sales? Also it is obvious the Contribution Formula, goes up dramatically when equipment sales go down and the reverse when equipment sales drop off. Knowing your specific market for product support sales is an area of great vulnerability with most manufacturers and dealers. Without first knowing your true market potential, it is impossible to plan expenditures for: inventories, service facilities, training, hiring, advertising and promotions. An accurate Dealer Product Support Sales Analysis or Customer Profile is vital to the success of your parts and service marketing program. As marketing professionals you must visualize both equipment owners and types of equipment they own. If this information is not available to you through your manufacturer,

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then it can be pulled from either your sales and/or rental departments. Establishing an average worth in parts and service sales for a piece of equipment is what you should be searching for. You would certainly recognize that a piece of equipment used in a foundry three shifts a day, or in a rocky abrasive soil is going to consume more parts and service than the same piece of equipment used one hour a day in a relative clean operation. There are averages to be computed and these averages will show you where you are today in market penetration and where you can go with your market planning. Where do you start? We suggest you ask your manufacturer or supplier whether or not they have information available as to the worth of a particular piece of equipment in parts and service sales. If your dealership operates a rental fleet, you will have your own records as to parts and service usage for these units in operation. In other words, you are attempting to determine: What is the average tractor, combine, mower, trencher, sweeper, lift truck, loader, backhoe, grader, crawler or skid steer worth in parts and services sales yearly to your dealership. With a listing of your customers, the number of pieces of your equipment they own, and the average number of dollars they should spend with you versus the actual dollars they did spend with you, it is possible to determine your market share by customer. You will be able to quickly determine which customers are using your services completely and which customers have a

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Linde Material Handling North America Corporation announced on Friday, November 14 that it will change its corporate name to KION North America Corporation, effective on or about Jan. 1, 2015. This change will allow the company to better align itself with its European parent company, The KION Group and serve as a platform for the company’s KION 2020 North American growth strategy. “We will even further strengthen our Linde Brand with additional product offerings while at the same time grow the STILL Brand through future developments.” said Brian Butler, President & CEO. “As we align ourselves with the global development and manufacturing strategy of the KION Group, KION North America will become a significant contributor to the development and manufacturing of products specifically for the North American market.” The company hosted a commemorative ribbon cutting ceremony on Friday, November 14, 2014 at its North American headquarters located in Summerville. The ribbon cutting gave the company an opportunity to pause and reflect on its history and to mark a new beginning for KION North America. Guests included members of the Linde, STILL and KION boards along with several representatives from The KION Group. www.lmh-na.com

Bosch Rexroth, a Charlotte-based manufacturer of drive and control technologies for industrial and mobile equipment, donated $5,000 to the charitable organization Ace and TJ’s Grin Kids as part of the company’s annual North America factory automation sales meeting event. Ace and TJ’s Grin Kids was started by Charlotte morning radio personalities Ace and TJ in 2000. The organization is dedicated to enriching the lives of terminally ill or chronically disabled children in their listening area. The charity takes the children and their entire families on a five-day expense-free vacation to Disney World. Over the years, Grin Kids has been able to send more than 300 children and their families on this trip. Bosch Rexroth’s contribution was made through a performance by the local Charlotte band, Charity Case, whose goal is to book performances to raise funds for Ace & TJ’s Grin Kids. With Ace as the front man for the band, each member plays for free, while stage and sound crew members donate their time for each show. www.boschrexroth.com

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Holland is relocating its headquarters to 700 South Waverly Road in Holland, Michigan. The move accommodates the company’s need for additional space due to its growing business. Holland is proud to remain in the community where it was founded and its roots are firmly planted. The new headquarters is located less than a mile from the prior location at 750 East 40th Street. Boxes have been packed and moving has already begun. Operations are expected to commence at the new Holland headquarters on December 8, 2014. The move from a 50,000 square foot building to the new 85,000 square foot state-of-the-art headquarters will provide Holland with the space needed to operate more efficiently and better serve customers while providing space for future growth. www.hollandregional.com

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Grote Industries adding new jobs by 2017 Grote Industries, LLC, a manufacturer and marketer of vehicle lighting and safety systems, announced plans to expand its headquarters, creating up to 33 new jobs by 2017. The Madison, Indiana-based company will invest $20.7 million by the end of 2018 to renovate and equip its 370,000 squarefoot facility, accommodating new growth associated with its LED vehicle lighting business. In addition to installing new advanced manufacturing workcells in August, the company is also

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2015 ... A big year? 2015 has the potential to be a big year for both manufacturing and warehousing and thus a big year for material handling dealers ready and able to bring value to the marketplace. Last month we discussed how fast “change” is taking place and some thoughts on a plan to get and keep industry experts accessible at a moment’s notice. The goal being to be able to react quickly as business issues both internal and customer related come to light, and thus showing how your company can offer products, services and solutions in a timely manner that add value to the customer relationship. There is nothing new in the fact that customers are looking to become more efficient, want to reduce costs, increase revenue, all to improve margins and the bottom line. It is also expected that your company will help them do this. What’s new is customers now expect new ideas coming from you on an accelerated schedule, with the schedule itself on an accelerating schedule. Can’t or do not deliver and you will find yourself on the outside looking in when the next reorder date is reached. You noticed (I hope) that my opening remarks stated that 2015 could be a great year for dealers able to bring value to the market. Those dealers who have not changed their business plan to provide value added services and ideas on a regular basis may find 2015 to be another flat year. Ideas and solutions could come in the form to lower equipment ownership and operating costs, ideas to increase

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Bottom Line when I listened to how OEM’s, dealers and end users are using telematics to manage fleet costs and related operating costs they incur. What was really interesting was the requirement of some end users that dealers provide this information on the equipment they rent and own. Can your customers be far behind? In the end OEM’s are using telematics to find ways to better engineer their product to provide faster and cheaper solutions. Dealers are using telematics to manage both their rental fleet and customer fleets. Customers are using telematics to decide which equipment to buy and when to buy it, all based on the operating statistics they receive from the data points. Getting back to dealers being able and ready to provide solutions to customers, I have to tell you about my recent experience sitting in on a Bob Currie 20 Group meeting. 18 people present, 10 dealers represented, in operation for nine years. The nine years speaks for itself. The program, discussions, information and ideas exchanged was far above average. I have sat in and participated in such groups and on a scale of 1-10, this was a 12. The discussions were open and frank, the information provided very informative and practical, and the idea exchange very exciting to listen to as the 10 dealers professionally explained their idea and what it did for them in terms of customer satisfaction, cost reduction and revenue enhancement. There was not one weak presentation. Every dealer in the group had to come away with an idea to implement immediately in their operation. What a way to receive value added ideas to make available to customers and solidify the relationship. A BIG 2015…..it all depends on what you bring to the table. Garry Bartecki is a CPA MBA with GB Financial Services LLC. E-mail editorial@mhwmag.com to contact Garry.

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Grote adds two to growing sales teams Responding to the needs of its aftermarket and OEM business units, Grote Industries has announced new additions to these sales teams. For its aftermarket business, Malin Lewis has been named to cover the growing southern California territory. “Malin has wide and successful experience selling in the financial marketplace, said Grote Director of Aftermarket Sales, Matt Forner. “His skills Malin Lewis using a range of strategic growth strategies and his proven relationship building skills will be a benefit to our aftermarket partners and our sales team as well.” Malin will be covering the southern California territory. Ryan Taylor has joined Grote’s OEM Sales team. “Ryan is covering the western OEM territory including key heavy duty trailer, equipment, body builder, and other Ryan Taylor existing OEM accounts in the western US,” said Kent Bode, Grote’s Director of OEM Sales. “Ryan has deep experience in the Heavy Duty arena, previously employed at Phillips Industries as a Territory Sales Manager, where he serviced customers with both OEM and aftermarket products.” A native Californian, Taylor has experience in the lighting industry and also fleet accounts. www.grote.com

Clark appoints new dealer development manager CLARK Material Handing Company has announced the promotion of Rob Smith to dealer development manager, reporting to Scott Johnson, Vice President of Business Development. In this new role, Rob will be calling on both existing and prospective dealers. Rob will be supporting our existing field sales team with the training of dealers on CLARK’s many systems, programs, services Rob Smith and products. Additionally, he will canvas open territories for potential dealer candidates. His previous experiences here at CLARK and in the field with other forklift OEMs makes Rob uniquely qualified to execute this position. We look for Rob to also expand on the companies’ market analysis and reporting sophistication as he expands into this role. Rob has over ten years of prior forklift sales & marketing experience in the material handling Industry. He is a graduate of the University of KY where he earned a BBA in Marketing. Rob will be an excellent addition to the Dealers Services team, and his previous experience will ensure an immediate impact. Rob and his wife, Lori along with their two sons, Andrew and Colin will continue to reside in Lexington, KY. www.clarkmhc.com

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Pioneer Paul Laroia to retire from NMHG NACCO Materials Handling Group (NMHG), the parent company of Hyster Company and Yale Materials Handling Corporation, announces that its vice president of aftermarket, Paul Laroia, has indicated plans to retire. Laroia will stay with the company through the end of the year to ensure a smooth transition. As a well-respected industry leader and driving force in the Paul Laroia success of the company, Mr. Laroia’s career has been marked by a passion for innovation and a dedication to quality service. He joined Hyster Company in 1970, and by the age of 25, had become the youngest manager in the company, overseeing advertising and sales promotions for the Hyster European Headquarters. In 1980, he transferred to the Portland, Ore., corporate office and in 1984 to the Danville, Ill., facility to manage the company’s parts, service and warranty operations. Later Mr. Laroia became the director of group marketing and Latin American operations at the NMHG America’s Headquarters in Greenville, N.C. Then from 2005-2009, he served as president of Hyster Company, and following a subsequent restructuring, as NMHG’s vice president of aftermarket, his current position. www.hyster-yale.com

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Raymond marks 75th anniversary of product innovation The Raymond Corporation is commemorating the 75th anniversary of two inventions that revolutionized the material handling industry: the hydraulic hand pallet truck and double-faced wooden pallet. These innovations were developed by George Raymond, Sr., founder of Raymond, and William House, the first engineer for Raymond, and patented on Nov. 7, 1939. “On occasions such as this, I reflect on the many achievements of my grandfather,” says Steve Raymond, grandson of George Raymond, Sr., and president of Raymond Handling Concepts Corporation, an authorized Raymond Sales and Service Center. “Although my grandfather was a man of great vision and ingenuity, he would be astounded by today’s technological innovations — both in the company’s broad line of products and the methods used to produce them. He also would be pleased that many Raymond products still are manufactured at the plant in Greene, New York, where he founded the company.” Originally established as Lyon Iron Works in Greene, the small foundry purchased in 1922 by George Raymond, Sr., marked the beginning of Raymond’s contributions to the material handling industry. In its 92-year history, Raymond has developed and patented technologies that have become industry standards, including the hydraulic hand pallet truck and the double-faced wooden pallet. www.raymondcorp.com

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Help! I’m so frustrated. I just attended a “sales training” program that never addressed the real issues that I have to deal with every day. What causes me problems is not my lack of sales ability, it is my company’s back orders, the lack of responsiveness and competence in my customer service people, and the mistakes in delivery by the warehouse. Those are the real issues. What can I do about those things?

Thank you for a “real world” perspective on the real issues that impact the ability of real sales people to do their jobs. I appreciate you asking the question that so many sales people are hesitant to ask. Believe me, I understand. For much of my life, I dealt with those same issues. It seemed like my results (and my income) were totally dependent on how well someone else did their jobs – materials management, customer service, delivery, etc. No matter how effective I was, my efforts could be totally sabotaged by a problem in inventory, quality control, warehouse or delivery. How do you deal with this?

1. Put it in perspective. Keep this in mind. Your customers may point out your problems with delivery, back orders or quality. As a result, you think that your company is the worst performer out there. The truth is that your company is probably no worse than your competitors. Your customers may complain about you, and since you are the one fielding the complaint, you take it personally and think it is just your company they are complaining about. Trust me, when your competitor is calling on them, they are likely saying the same things about his service to him. So, your reaction is probably a bit too extreme for the circumstances. Unless you are going through a particularly horrible time, you are probably no worse than your competitors. You probably don’t have any more problems than your competitors do. So, first, realize that the situation is probably not as bad as you think it is. Relax a little bit.

2. Communicate the specifics to the appropriate powers within your company. Two keys to this statement: a. Specifics. Don’t say, “We’re losing business because our price is too high!” Do you know how many times your management has heard that? Hundreds. It has no meaning because it is too general. Say, instead, “I lost a deal for $10,000 at XYZ Corporation because our prices on ABC products were 4% higher than our competitor, CCC Company.” Your boss can’t deal with generalities that have no substance to back them up. But he can deal with the specifics. If you can’t collect and communicate specifics, you’re not going to be persuasive. b. The appropriate powers. If the problem is delivery, take your case to the head of shipping. If your problem is back orders, take your case to your material manager. Communicate the specifics to those people who have the authority to do something about them. Complaining to your colleagues will not solve anything.

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I understand that the problem is some other department or person. However, I also know that your behavior influences your company’s ability to perform. And, while you can’t change other people, and you can’t change other departments, you can change your behavior. So, search for the little things you can do that will help with the problem. For example, let’s say that you are plagued with back orders. What can you do to positively influence this problem? It may be that: a. You could be more conservative in your promises to your customer. Instead of promising that new item next week, you could say, “We should be able to deliver that first order within 30 days.” Manage your customer’s expectations.

Sales Trends A back order is an order that isn’t received when the customer expects it. Change his expectations, and you’ll impact your back orders. b. You could communicate new demands to your materials manager before it happens. If you expect an order for a substantial number of gadgets, for example, let your materials manager know how many you expect to sell and when you expect to do it. Don’t let the actual order be a surprise to your inventory control person. c. You could check on your inventories of an item before you promise delivery of it. You could take a moment to check to see if you have sufficient stock of an item before you tell the customer that he can have it next week. Don’t misunderstand me. I’m not saying that you are the reason for back orders, or mistakes in shipments, etc. But, you are part of the system. And, by changing your behavior, you can influence the performance of the total system. Accept your responsibility to do what you can to help the situation.

4. Trust your coworkers. When you are in the heat of the battle away from the office, it is easy to imagine the incompetent and uncaring people who manage things inside. However, when you go speak to them, and see the situation from their point of view, you’ll often discover that they are just as intent on serving the customer as you are. They are, in their areas, just as competent. Instead of pointing fingers from a distance, see the world from their point of view,

have some empathy for them and trust them to do the job for which they are paid.

5. Be proactively honest with your customers. Don’t make promises you can’t keep. Don’t make excuses that aren’t real. Don’t blame anyone else. Admit your company’s problems, be honest about what you are doing, and offer the customer some options. In my tenure as a sales person, back orders were a constant headache. I’d get on the computer every morning, and print out a back order report for the customers I was going to call on that day. I’d then get on the phone with my favorite customer service rep, and strategize how to expedite those orders. I’d have a solution for every back order before I left my house. When I made that day’s calls, I’d say, “XYZ product is backordered, but we expect to receive them on the 10th, and I’ve already put in an expedited order for you. You’ll have them on the 12th.” I’d proactively identify the problems, create solutions and then be the one to inform the customer of both. By the way, you’ll find this kind of insight into dozens of sales issues in our Sales Resource Center. It houses 435 training programs to help everyone live more successfully and sell better. All delivered over the internet, 24/7, for one low monthly fee. Dave Kahle has trained tens of thousands of distributor and B2B salespeople and sales managers to be more effective in the 21st century economy. He’s authored nine books, and presented in 47 states and eight countries. Sign up for his free weekly Ezine or visit his blog at www.davekahle.com. E-mail editorial@mhwmag.com to contact Dave.

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humble beginnings as a warehouse rack and forklift service company with a handful of employees. Quickly Shoppa’s became the local authorized Toyota forklift dealer and grew alongside the Toyota brand with a reputation for quality, safety and productivity,” Shoppa said. When the company received the Toyota Presidents Award in 2013, local news site BrownwoodNews.com reported that Shoppas was one of 15 recipients of the award from among 70 dealers and 225 dealerships across the U.S. and Canada. Even recent years that have brought so much economic turbulence have been a time of stable growth for Shoppa’s Material Handling. Jim Shoppa attributes this to several things, starting with the Texas economy. The state’s economy added 421,900 total nonfarm jobs over the year, according to figures released in late 2014 from the Texas Workforce Commission. “We have witnessed the Texas economy growing stronger and stronger over the last several years, culminating in another record-breaking month,” said Texas Workforce Commission (TWC) Chairman Andres Alcantar, in the late November report. “The diversity of our growing industries, businesses and skilled workers, has made for a prosperous Texas. I’m proud of all of them for making the Lone Star State great,” Alcantar said. Beyond the regional economy, Shoppa noted the significance to his business of “the Metroplex being a major distribution center.” The Metroplex is a term used by some to refer to the 13-county Dallas-Fort Worth metro area. Shoppa added that the company’s employees and anchor customers are also major factors in the success of the business. The industry’s future development will hinge on the growth of built-in technology, according to Shoppa. He noted coming advancements in safety, productivity, ergonomics, ease of operation, cost of ownership and environmental solutions. “As for Shoppa’s Material Handling, we will continue our commitment to customer service and willingness to do whatever it takes to provide customers with the most advanced material handling solutions available,” Shoppa wrote. Eileen Schmidt is a freelance writer and journalist based in the Greater Milwaukee area. She has written for print and online publications for the past 12 years. Email editorial@mhwmag.com or visit eileenmozinskischmidt.wordpress.com to contact Eileen.

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E Dock Equipment E Drum Handlers E Electrical/Electronic Controls E Engines E Finance Companies E Fluid Power Equipment E Insurance Companies E Inventory & Production Control Systems E Inventory And Bar Coding E Lift Tables E LP Gas Distributors

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E Mechanical Power Transmission Equipment E Non-Powered Floor Equipment & Access. E Other E Overhead Lifting Equipment & Access. E Packing And Equipment E Pallet Jacks E Plant Facilities Equipment E Parts E Plant Yard Equipment

E Powered Industrial Trucks E Rack/Shelving E Rentals E Repair Services E Robots, Automated Equipment E Safety Products E Seats E Storage Equipment E Sweepers Scrubbers & Brushes E Tires/Wheels E Training Education/Assoc. E Transportation & Hauling Equipment E Warehouse Management

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E ELECTRICAL / ELECTRONIC CONTROLS

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E Manufacturer/Suppliers (Rebuilt)

E ENGINES

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Reman Engines/Gas, LP & CNG

Engines, Cylinder Heads, Parts

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E Pallet Truck Parts

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E POWERED INDUSTRIAL TRUCKS E Lift Truck Wholesalers

E PARTS E Cylinders–Hydraulic

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E Emissions Analyzer

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E RACK / SHELVING

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E Transmissions

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Reman Transmissions, Drive Units, Differentials & Torque Converters

Experience the benefits of a full-time After Market Consultant at a fraction of the cost. (803) 548-6707 • Email: amsconco@aol.com

E TRANSPORTATION / HAULING EQUIPMENT

E SAFETY PRODUCTS

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Campus Crafts

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Advertiser’s Index Advance Metalworking Company, Inc.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22, 34

Dyna Rack. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1

Melmor Associates, Inc.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46

Dynamic Manufacturing Co.. . . . . . . . . . . . 30

Mor-Value Parts Company. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24

ECOTEC LTD. LLC. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12

Motor Tech, Inc.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5

Engine Power Source. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15

Power Solutions Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12

FB Chain Limited. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25

Products For Industry. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53

All Brand Forklift Parts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18

Flight Systems Industrial Products (FSIP). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10

Rack Deck . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34

American Industrial Transmission Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21, 28

Fork-Co USA Sales, LLC. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19

Advantage Material Handling, Inc.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29, Insert Aftermarket Services. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44 Akro-Mils Inc.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11

American Vulko-Tread Corp.. . . . . . . . . . . . 55 Arcon Equipment, Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44 Bay Equipment Co.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 Bell Forklift Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33 Cavaion Baumann USA. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 CharNor Inc.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37 Clark Material Handling Co. . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 Connell Finance Co. Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 CT Packaging Systems Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47 De Lage Landen Financial Services. . . . . . . 35 Ditto Valve.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38

Forklift Pro, Inc.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42, Insert Forklift Safety Training Services. . . . . . . . 13 Gateway Rack Corp.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32 Gregory Poole Equipment Company . . . . . 31 Grindstaff Engines, Inc.. . . . . . . . . . . . . 30, 43 H&K Equipment Company . . . . . 13, 25, Insert Hader Industries Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 Hamilton Caster and Mfg.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Howard Bernstein Scholarship. . . . . . . . . . 7 Joseph Industries, Inc.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39

Regency Metals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46, Insert Rhino Rubber, llc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51 Safety Systems & Controls Inc.. . . . . . . . . . 47 Shoppa's Material Handling. . . . . . . . . . . . 41 Stellana U.S.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17, Insert Summit Metal Products, Inc.. . . . . . . . . . . . 36 Superior Engineering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45 Thombert, Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54 Transamerican Equipment Corp. . . . . . . . . 20 TVH . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13, 56, Insert West Point Rack, Inc.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Insert Wy'East Products . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52

Material Handling Industry (MHI) . . . . . . . . 4

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