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16 | Bottom Line Gary Bartecki Everyone needs a guy
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MHEDA Convention & Exhibitor Showcase: Tomorrow’s Distributor "Tomorrow" keeps getting closer and closer. Business was already moving fast and then the pandemic momentarily stopped the world. Life changed forever and launched a monumental industrial change. Is your material handling organization addressing these never-beforeseen changes? Do you have the right mindset, people, and culture to take advantage of these opportunities? Is your technology smart enough for what your customers are demanding? MHEDA invites you to join us April 23-27, 2022 at the Loews Sapphire Falls Resort in Orlando, Florida for our Annual Convention and Exhibitor Showcase. Connect with your industry peers and uncover the answers to these questions and much more. This year’s theme “Tomorrow’s Distributor” is centered on looking ahead and planning for the next generation of employees, supply chain challenges, and evolving technology. Each program was designed to address the 2022 Material Handling Business Trends, as defined by your peers on MHEDA’s Board of Directors. Preparing for a better TOMORROW starts TODAY. Visit www.mheda.org/convention2022 for details. Prepare for the Future with Insightful General Sessions LEADERSHIP: The Hero Effect® – Creating a Culture of Heroes at Every Level Learn how to create an environment where people are inspired to be the best version of themselves and deliver world-class performance. Presented by Kevin Brown, Motivational Speaker, and Author RECRUIT & RETAIN: Building a Talent Strategy - Proven Strategies to Attract, Hire and Retain Your Most Valuable Asset The war for talent is escalating. This presentation will deliver key insights designed to help business leaders and decision-makers elevate talent-focused activities. Presented by Alex Chausovsky, Director of Analytics and Consulting, Miller Resource Group CYBER-SECURITY: Stop Today’s Hackers – What MHEDA Members Need to Know 6
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Know your Strengths 2022 is shaping up to be a year like none other in the recent past, as supply chain disruptions force us to reassess our priorities and reorganize our assets, our staffing, and our way of doing business. If there was ever a moment to re-invent yourself, that moment is now. As you enter the 2nd quarter of the year, demand for your products will no doubt be increasing while inventory dwindles. If you don’t have a battle plan for how you will navigate the inventory shortfall, you need to get busy. Murphy’s law stipulates that “things left to themselves go from bad to worse”. I have mentioned in previous articles the usefulness of gathering all of the middle managers and stakeholders for a yearly SWOT analysis. This year I believe this exercise to be critical. For those of you that may be unaware of this assessment tool, a SWOT analysis is designed to do a deep dive into the following: • Strengths • Weaknesses • Opportunities • Threats When market conditions change, it’s important to reassess all four of these important areas. The results may motivate you to shift resources and manpower in order to align your tools and planning to meet the realities of the current marketplace. As a consultant, I have helped mediate many of these gatherings. I always like to start with strengths and opportunities, then follow with weaknesses and threats. Strengths and Opportunities (the value proposition) Contrary to popular opinion, not every dealership is the same. There are things your organization does well. Your organization has a unique blend of experience, personnel, capitalization, and customer base. You will no doubt have advantages and points of value that your competitors don’t have. On the other hand, you also will have challenges that may be difficult 12
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to overcome based on your capabilities and resources. This blend of capabilities and deficits are the building blocks of a VALUE PROPOSITION. I define a value proposition as the PRIMARY REASON a customer does business with YOU and not the dealer down the road. It amazes me how many dealers have not codified this into a series of bullet points that every employee should have memorized by the 2nd week of their employment. For the dealership to have sustainable success it must RESONATE with customers. Why you resonate as an organization should be well defined. It’s important to KNOW what your dealership REALLY DOES WELL. Then ask WHY. By the way… the truth can be startling. When going through the process of defining strengths, there is a tendency to lean towards legacy instead of the truth. This can be emotionally challenging. Your dealership may have built its long-term reputation on a key point of value like technical excellence, robust inventory, financial flexibility, or personnel experience. These items may have been foundational attributes years ago, but do they apply to your current state of affairs? The marketplace is evolving. In order to maintain resonance, your dealership must constantly redefine the current value proposition. It has to be relevant. It has to be meaningful and it has to be TRUE. One way of assessing your strengths is to do a forensic analysis of the customers you serve. Is there an industry, or a group of industries that you tend to gravitate to? As you address unique and challenging applications in a particular industry, your reputation for solving problems adds to your value for that particular market segment. One dealer may have a substantial following from manufacturing companies, while another tends to succeed in the food and beverage industry. Many times, these followings are a natural extension of the unique blend of capabilities, policies, and offerings that resonate with a particular industry. Understanding this helps you not only to define your strengths but also allows you to plan to increase your influence inside that industry.
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One of the problems with a SWOT analysis is that when talking about strengths and opportunities, you will tend to cast your net a little too wide. It’s natural to want to be all things to all people. You can’t. You have limitations that will naturally limit your capabilities. Every dealer has a finite capacity to serve their customers. Keeping the list of key opportunities within the confines of that capacity can be the difference between resonance and disappointment. Weaknesses Nobody likes to talk about their weaknesses. One of the problems however may be semantic. The word “weakness” has become a pejorative because it tends to cast blame. A discussion about weakness however should simply allow you to define market realities. For instance, your competitor may have a larger field service staff than you do. They have 15 vans on the road, and you have six. Those are the numbers. The discussion shouldn’t necessarily be how to increase your staff from six to 15. The discussion should be about OPTIMIZING the operations of the six vans you have so that the customer never even considers the competitor as a viable option (despite their capabilities). A discussion of weaknesses needs to be tied to actions that limit your exposure. Optimizing resources, increasing efficiencies, customizing solutions, and increasing flexibility in your offerings are all ways you can limit your exposure in spite of deficiencies incapacity. Threats Sometimes threats can be known, sometimes they come out of the blue. Some can be external while others lurk right inside the dealership. I like to assess threats based first on their impact on customer service and second based on their impact on the bottom line.
It may seem uncomfortable to think that threats can be internal, but many times we put ourselves at the highest risk when we ignore the things that can hurt us the most. These include: • Lack of safety enforcement and accountability • Compensation programs that negatively affect customer service (see my article on “Silos”) • Customer-facing processes that take too long (service estimates, parts pricing, voice mail responses, cross-department response) • Insufficient van inventory (requiring return visits) • Lack of data visibility (between departments, and employees) External threats may include things like: • Capitalization and borrowing limits • Litigation • New competitive product offerings • Mergers and acquisitions You might expect that I would list threats like lack of inventory, interest rates, inflationary pressures, and supply chain shortages. I don’t really consider these threats. If it’s something that the entire industry has to deal with, it’s no more a threat to you than it is to your competitors. Threats that need your attention are things that uniquely affect YOU. Reinventing your value proposition will not be an easy task, but it may be the very thing that gets you through 2022 in a profitable way. The effectiveness of a SWOT analysis however will always be predicated on your ability to be honest with yourself, as well as your level of commitment to follow through on making and communicating the proper adjustments to your unique value proposition.
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Everyone needs a guy Or a Gal. Or a Person. Take your pick. All of them if you have enough problems to solve. This concept is one of the conclusions reached that the independent equipment dealer convention I attended a couple of weeks ago. What was interesting is how all the speakers wound up drawing the same conclusions about the construction industry and the dealers that serve that industry. If I did not know better, I would have concluded that the speakers got together before hand to arrive at the “Guy” conclusion noted above. At the end of the day the audience was presented with these facts: • Inflation is real and here to stay • Supply chain issues are also here to stay • Interest rates will increase the cost of business • Productivity increases are necessary to offset inflation and supply issues • Your dealerships need to become the “# 1” source for what customers need. • Growing your business with existing customers is the way to go. • A cap-x spend on technology is a must once you decide what needs to be corrected. • CRM systems must connect with, Boomers, Gen X, and Millennials. Whether you are a car dealer, lift truck dealer, construction equipment dealer, or rental company, this list applies to you. These changes or adjustments to the way you run your business are going to result from customer requests and expectations for the balance of 2022 and beyond, for they to find themselves dealing with the same issues of finding ways to improve or maintain profitability without generating a cash or liquidity problem. And they will be looking for answers from you, which in turn will solidify your relationship with that customer, which is the goal you are striving for in any event. So, after going through these sessions and spending time with the vendors at the show I started asking them what technology they had 16
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to offer to address dealer issues. Most had stateof-the-art products and services available which, to me, appeared worthy of further review and a demo to see if the results could solve any of the recognized problems listed above. Vendors mentioned they have competitive solutions available but found a lack of technical expertise or time devoted to the product or system to fully generate the available results. Further discussion with attendees seemed to indicate that the vendors were correct. And this is where the discussions started to focus on what can be done to correct for this lack of expertise. The problem is a lack of ability to work with technology, thus creating a spend without an adequate return. The solution to this problem as you can guess is you need a GUY, a GAL, or a PERSON to learn the system, install the system and use the data the system provides to make better decisions regarding profits and costs. Does this person have to be an employee? Not necessarily, because today companies are hiring off-site folks or independent contractors to assist with these types of endeavors. I am absolutely amazed how many companies are using this approach. I do not know about you folks, but I use outsiders all the time because I am not comfortable working with current levels of technology. Now look in the mirror and tell me you do not feel this way as well. Me, I am looking for data to tell me what I can do better internally to better serve customers, knowing I do not have the time nor patience to learn how to process data and work with it to find the answers I am looking for. But, on the other hand, once your staff spends some time on a new system with a Guy to guide and learn from, most will become proficient with the process to produce the returns you hoped for in the first place. In the end, your goal, in this timeframe, should be to better manage costs, better understand your costs on a real-time basis while finding ways to better serve customers, keeping in mind the need to effectively manage the balance sheet.
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One thing we all agreed on at the meeting and that was ……you are going to have to do more with less. Plan to work with fewer sales, lower margins, and increased costs. And on top of that find the money to spend to improve productivity and at the same time interact at new levels with current customers. Garry Bartecki is a CPA MBA with GB Financial Services LLC and a Wholesaler columnist since August 1993. E-mail editorial@MHWmag. com to contact Garry.
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Nido Qubein is a great communicator. One of the finest communicators in the world. The best part about that is that he has dedicated his career to teaching others his expertise. Sharing his gift. How did he get to be a great communicator, you ask? Nido had to deal with change. Big change. It seems that the bigger the changes, the bigger the opportunity for achievement. Check out Nido’s change challenges: 1. Nido Qubein came to America (from Lebanon) in 1966, and could not speak a word of English. 2. He learned 10 words a day on 3×5 cards. (Might not be a bad idea for my vocabulary) 3. He worked his way through high school, college, and graduate school. 4. He became a master salesman. 5. He joined three strategic organizations. Sales and Marketing Executives, Toastmasters, and the National Speakers Association. 6. He has given 5,000 presentations in all 50 states and 5 continents. 7. He has won every award for speaking excellence imaginable including being the youngest inductee in the Sales and Marketing Executives Hall of Fame (he was elected to the hall before Zig Ziglar. Wow!) 8. He has stayed a student for life. He relates his success journey to his quest to master the English language via 3×5 cards the success did not come overnight. It came day by day as he learned ten new words. I went to hear Nido speak at the Peak Performance seminar series in Charlotte, NC. His message began philosophically. “We are products of choices, not products of our circumstances. We must each take responsibility for what happens to us.” said Nido in complete command of the audience. “I’ve never heard anyone say ‘I’m in search of failure.’ Everyone wants success, most don’t know where to find it. They’re looking in the fast lane. Success is rarely found there and it’s the lane where you get run over.” 22
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Qubein says success grows from 4 things: 1. Clear vision 2. Solid strategy 3. Practical system plan 4. Consistent (daily) execution. The nuance of success, the biggest reason success escapes most people, is that they lack the ability to capitalize on the opportunities of an everchanging world. Nido defines the change in three categories… 1. For the timid, change is frightening. 2. For the comfortable, change is threatening. 3. For the confident, the peak performers, change is an opportunity, change is welcome. Every seminar has a gem or two. Qubein’s seminar was a diamond mine of “wake-up calls” about the way we live our lives through communication. Here are a few to give you an idea of his wisdom: • We spend 78% of our time each day communicating. • Communication is not just a discipline, it’s an outgrowth of the way we live our lives. If they love their work, they will love their lives. • Create personal identification. When something becomes personal, it then becomes important. It’s not the dentist that matters to you, it’s the toothache. • Reputation is what others think you are. Character is what God knows you are. • Get a great idea or thought? Put it on a card, read it for 21 days and it will become a reality. • Ask yourself how does this piece of information builds the bridge of understanding to the person you’re communicating with? • Set the mind to succeed, not just accumulate information. There’s a world of difference between training and education. Get educated.
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Nido challenged the audience with three strategic communications and positioning questions: 1. Who am I? (or in business ask, who are we?) 2. Whom do I want to become? 3. What is it that I must do to close this gap? Here are Nido’s ten tips to communicate more powerfully. Ten techniques that will put you in command of your communications 1. Have direct eye contact. Use the threesecond technique to practice looking at their eyeball for three seconds. 2. Use speech connectors. Words of conformation like really, how interesting, wow. 3. Listen for the meaning of their message. If you understand the meaning, you can respond with clarity. 4. Adapt the rate of brain speed. Talk at their speed, not yours. 5. Use congruent gestures. Make your gestures match your words and tone.
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6. Respond, don’t react. The reaction leads to conflict. Response leads to understanding. 7. Focus on what’s different. What’s special in each area of communication. 8. Learn names and use them. People feel connected when you call them by name. 9. Take notes as others speak. It shows them you’re interested and gives them a feeling of importance. 10. Be visible. Call or write three people every day. Stay in front of people who can say yes to you. A learning session that ended too quickly. A masterful lesson presented in implementable bites. Afterward, as I continued the interview, he was gracious, funny, and engaging. Then it struck me, when you get to know Nido Qubein, you realize he possesses the most important of all communication skills: the ability to get along with others. Jeffrey Gitomer is the author of twelve best-selling books including The Sales Bible, The Little Red Book of Selling, and The Little Gold Book of Yes! Attitude.
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RELiON Battery announces Aftersales Agreement with Hyster-Yale Group, Inc. RELiON Battery just announced that the company has entered into an agreement with Hyster-Yale Group, Inc. to sell RELiON lithium deep cycle batteries through authorized Hyster® and Yale® dealers. Hyster-Yale Group will offer their dealers RELiON’s innovative InSight Series™ line of lithium batteries. The InSight Series™ was designed and engineered from the ground up by RELiON engineers to meet the power and energy requirements in material handling equipment. www.relionbattery.com
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MHI just released the list of finalists for the 2022 MHI Innovation Award. After receiving 121 submissions for this year’s awards, five independent judges comprised of professionals from the material handling and supply chain industry completed the initial review process. Best New Product Finalists: • Beckhoff Automation for XPlanar • Boston Dynamics for Stretch • Exotec for The Skypod System • Phantom Auto for Remote Operation Platform Logistics Best Innovation of an Existing Product ARA forecast for equipment rental Finalists: revenue growth continues to rise • Ancra Systems B.V. for Skateloader System The latest updated • AutoStore for Grocery Micro Fulfillment quarterly American Center (MFC) Solution Rental Association (ARA) forecast for • ProGlove for MARK Display equipment rental revenue now calls for a 10.2 • Rufus Labs, Inc. for Rufus WorkHero: percent increase in 2022 to reach $52.7 billion Superhuman Platform for Supply Chain in the United States, a slight increase from the Best IT Innovation Finalists: previous forecast in October 2021, reflecting the positive influence of expected increases in • SVT Robotics for The SOFTBOT® infrastructure spending. The revenue forecast Platform, from SVT Robotics also calls for equipment rental, which includes • Systems Loading Dock Equipment for myQ construction, industrial and general tool revenue, Dock Management to increase by 6 percent in 2023, 2.9 percent in • Veryable, Inc. for On-Demand Labor 2024, and 3.4 percent in 2025 to reach $59.5 Marketplace billion. www.ararental.org • Yard Management Solutions for Yard Management Solutions Morrison Industrial Equipment’s Dick On Monday, March 28, 2022, finalists will Morrison passes at 82 present their unique solutions to a panel of judges Richard “Dick” Gowans on the show floor at MODEX 2022. The winners Morrison, 82 of Grand Rapids, in each category will be announced at MODEX MI passed away peacefully 2022 on March 30th during MHI Industry Night surrounded by his family on with Preacher Lawson. February 4, 2022. He worked www.MHI.org www.MODEXshow.com his whole life in the family business where Dick eventually became president and CEO of Morrison Industrial Equipment. He will be remembered by employees and clients alike for his kindness, leadership, and love 26
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Digi names Guy Yehiav president of SmartSense by Digi Digi International® has announced it has named Guy Yehiav President of its SmartSense by Digi division. Over his 25-year career, the highly respected executive has helped build worldclass technology companies like Oracle Demantra and Profitect, In his new role, Yehiav will lead SmartSense by Digi’s overall strategy, direction, development, and implementation of enterprise software solutions as it continues on its aggressive growth path. www.digi.com
SnapFulfil strengthens U.S. arm with key senior appointment WMS technology innovator, SnapFulfil, selects Brian Kirst a seasoned 3PL Executive for the role of US Vice President Sales & Business Development. Kirst has 25+ years of experience in supply chain, logistics, and digital technology. Prior to joining the SnapFulfil team, he co-founded and launched two high-growth 3PL order fulfillment companies –Total Reliance in 2014 and Resurge in 2019. Both scaled successfully with the highly flexible SnapFulfil WMS as their differentiator. As part of the US leadership team, Brian brings his domain expertise in the 3PL sector to accelerate SnapFulfil’s growth as companies capitalize on trends in the Direct to Consumer (DTC) market. www.snapfulfil.com
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CLARK Material Handling Company announced the launch of the TWLi20 Three Wheel Electric Lithium-Ion forklift truck to the CLARK line of industrial lift trucks. Raymond adds new Automated This highly efficient Lithium-Ion forklift provides both new and experienced operators an easy Transtacker to intralogistics solutions to maneuver and handle lift truck. The narrow offering profile and tight turning radius make the TWLi20 The Raymond perfectly suited for a wide range of applications and Corporation has operations. The new TWLi20 also comes with the introduced the CLARK Protection Plan, one of the best warranty Raymond® Automated programs in the industry. www.clarkmhc.com Transtacker (Automated TRT) to its line of automated warehouse solutions, further expanding the company’s JW Winco’s new Standard Parts comprehensive intralogistics solutions portfolio. Handbook is released With a very narrow aisle (VNA) design and dualJW Winco’s new handbook mode versatility, the Raymond Automated TRT will support designers and provides both space- and labor-saving benefits. engineers with the largest The Automated TRT’s Order Manager software selection of standard parts. fully integrates with your warehouse management Our handbook has the most system (WMS) to optimize performance and comprehensive number of eliminate errors. www.raymondcorp.com 32
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Trelleborg delivers maximum performance and minimum waste with its new XP1000 tire solution Trelleborg looks to significantly improve material handling operations with the launch of its latest tire solution for maximum intensity applications, the XP1000. The tire provides customers moving materials around ports, warehouses, and shop floors, with optimum traction and minimal vibration to bring greater comfort, increased safety, lower fuel consumption, and longer tire life for more cost-effective and sustainable operations. www.trelleborg.com
Kivnon presents its latest three innovations in mobile robotics Kivnon, specialists in innovative mobile robotics solutions, presents its new three models of autonomous vehicles: the K03 Twister, the K50 Pallet Truck, and the K55 Pallet Stacker, capable of circulating around the environment using magnetic guidance or mapping navigation, based on SLAM technology. The new K03 Twister is a rotational mobile platform with dimensions of 700 x 500 x 280 mm, making it the smallest AGV of the Kivnon mobile robot portfolio. With a load capacity of up to 400 kg, this vehicle has a rotational lifting platform that allows it to rotate itself while maintaining the absolute position of the load. www.kivnon.com
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Felling Trailers’ “Green” Air Bi-fold Ramp System Felling Trailers’ continues to go “green” with their patent-pending Air Operated Bi-fold Ramps system. The Air Bi-Fold Ramps system first debuted at CONEXPO-CON/ AGG 2020, stirring the interest of many in the construction sector. The Air Bi-Fold ramp system is part of Felling’s Controlled Flow Air Ramp series, which the company launched over a decade ago, all air-powered, no batteries, no hydraulics. The new Air Bi-Fold system is a revolutionary system that is perfect for the paving and low clearance markets. www.felling.com
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