Memorial Day Weekend 2010 Bluff Manufacturing is closed for the Memorial Day weekend! Got any plans for the long weekend? If you don’t have any major travel plans, there are always plenty of…
Performance Pay – Blaze Your Own Path Every one of us has the desire and ability to be entrepreneurs; to be in control of our own lives. In its own way, the piece rate system of…
Optimism in the manufacturing sector Dare we hope for some good news finally? If numbers are any indication, then it seems that the sun is finally beginning to shine on the material handling and…
Creating Bridges in the Material Handling Industry Andrea Curreri Quite simply, a bridge is a structure built to span a physical obstacle in order to provide an object passage over that obstacle. This obstacle could be…
MHEDA 55th Annual Convention – The Rules Have Changed In attending MHEDA’s 55th Annual Convention (May 1st – 5th, 2010) at the Marriott Marco Island Resort and Spa on beautiful Marco Island, Florida, we learned that indeed the…
Strategic Dealers We talked about trust and communication among dealers and manufacturers in our last blog, and there still seemed much more to explore on this topic. This week’s blog will…
Building Trust and Communication in Dealer – Distribution Partner Relationships Channel relationships are born out of a natural desire to create and sell winning products and to garner greater market share from the competition. There are tremendous opportunities for…
Steel prices shoot up The manufacturing sector is about to be hit by a sudden hike in steel prices. It is speculated that the cost of steel will increase by about a third…
Tuning into Email Best Practices As a new generation of web-savvy workforce enters the material handling industry, more communication will be through emails, text messaging, instant messaging, social media, discussion forums, podcasts, webinars, web…
Spring into Action So, it seems like Spring is finally here. Hopefully, the spate of cold weather we’ve been experiencing in Texas this year is finally behind us, at least until next…
Sustainability in the Supply Chain April of 2010 will see an impressive gathering of buyers from the material handling and logistics industry at the 2010 North American Material Handling and Logistics Show (NA 2010)…
Steel or Aluminum – we provide you the support you need. Everybody could use a little support from time to time, and at Bluff Manufacturing, that’s what we provide – support to the material handling industry. Everyday, our employees work…