Operations

Pricing Optimization March 14, 2019 8:00 am - 4:00 pm Is your pricing structure simple, data driven and consistent, or is it erratic, unpredictable and overly complex?  Take control!  Learn “complexity management” – a method to simplify and standardize your pricing structure for maximum efficiency while making your unique value proposition clear to your customers. […]

Successful purchasing depends on good decisions, and good decisions result from good management techniques. The changing procurement and physical supply environment requires that Metals Service Centers apply the latest business, purchasing, supply management and materials management strategies, practices, systems, and organizational structures to improve productivity and effectiveness. Worldwide competitive pressures require greater contribution from the […]

Click here to see the two-day agenda. Each day your company relies on numerous methods of transportation to receive material from your suppliers and to get your products to your customers. Transportation management becomes an ever greater aspect of cost control. How well are you controlling transportation costs? Are you getting the most for your […]

Did you know that 40% of new managers fail within the first 18 months of promoting them? Why? Because they don't get the training they need to deal with people, manage workloads, mediate conflict, juggle deadlines and much more. In other words, they got promoted because they were good at their job—not because they can […]

An efficiently run warehouse can dramatically increase a company’s profitability, while reducing its costs! This intensive seminar focuses on plant layouts, capacity planning, scheduling, receiving and shipping, storage and equipment, and inventory control in order to help you run your operation more efficiently. Following the seminar, participants can expect to return to their jobs with […]