November 25 2009
Volume 39, Issue 22 - 11/25/2009
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With uncertainty dominating the economic landscape, companies are continuing to look for ways to cut costs. Many have already cut staff and production to levels not experienced in decades. They have outsourced tasks that could be done for less outside of the firm. But what about inventory management?
More customers are showing interest in using inventory management services from their suppliers, according to those who supply those services. Many larger public distributors …
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Details in this article were taken from Grainger's annual analyst meeting Webcast at grainger.com.
Grainger CEO Jim Ryan said it right this month at the distributor's annual analyst meeting: "I'm getting tired of looking at negative numbers, and I know you are, too." The company presented some much more optimistic numbers for 2010, and said its approach to the past year of down has helped prop it up for good growth going forward.
Ryan said the downturn "has had a profound impact on not only our business but on our industry."
Grainger has outperformed the industry as …
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Privately-owned housing starts in October were …
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September sales of durable goods were up 0.7 percent from last month, but were down 16.2 percent from a year ago. Sales of nondurable goods were up 0.6 percent from last month, but were down 14.3 percent from last year.
Inventories. Inventories of wholesalers were …
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With uncertainty dominating the economic landscape, companies are continuing to look for ways to cut costs. Many have already cut staff and production to levels not experienced in decades. They have outsourced tasks that could be done for less outside of the firm. But what about inventory management?
More customers are showing interest in using inventory management services from their suppliers, according to those who supply those services. Many larger public distributors …
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Details in this article were taken from Grainger's annual analyst meeting Webcast at grainger.com.
Grainger CEO Jim Ryan said it right this month at the distributor's annual analyst meeting: "I'm getting tired of looking at negative numbers, and I know you are, too." The company presented some much more optimistic numbers for 2010, and said its approach to the past year of down has helped prop it up for good growth going forward.
Ryan said the downturn "has had a profound impact on not only our business but on our industry."
Grainger has outperformed the industry as …
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Privately-owned housing starts in October were …
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September sales of durable goods were up 0.7 percent from last month, but were down 16.2 percent from a year ago. Sales of nondurable goods were up 0.6 percent from last month, but were down 14.3 percent from last year.
Inventories. Inventories of wholesalers were …
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