What we hope to learn from MHEDA 2011
There are very specific times when we need to take a step back and take a good look at ourselves. This is just as relevant in business, as it is in our personal lives. At Bluff Manufacturing, as we’re packing our gear and heading towards Phoenix for this year’s MHEDA convention, we’re going to be […]
MHEDA Convention 2011 at Phoenix, AZ (April 30th – may 4th) – Come to Booth 310 for the Best Seat in the House!
It’s that time of the year again – a chance to meet and mingle with other material handling professionals at one of the largest material handling events – MHEDA. With warm weather, great seminars, sales and marketing information, and a chance to openly meet and converse with 100s of suppliers and distributors, there’s plenty to […]
Spring blooms and so does the economy in the second quarter!
It’s safe to say we’ve left behind the cold dreary days and welcomed the warm and bountiful new season, speaking metaphorically and literally. As Spring brought in warm winds and blossoms, business bloomed as well. No other factor sounds more promising or better portrays a healthy economy than strong employment numbers. While the unemployment rate […]
Shout-out to Women in Material Handling
“Well-behaved women seldom make history.” – Laurel Thatcher Ulrich Once upon a time, even in developed parts of the world, well-behaved women didn’t go out and work. Today, women have broken glass ceilings and infiltrated the old boys network. Not only have they stepped outside of their homes, they have stepped outside of familiar occupations […]
Listen, Design, Build
The voice of the customer is important. Bluff Manufacturing has always been a leader in providing solutions-oriented products. Our business objective has always been and will always be “What can Bluff do for you today?” We are a business that realizes that the voice of the customer matters a great deal and it is what […]
Steel prices STILL rising!
We hate to be bearers of bad news, especially while we’re still hurting from the last few years of economic downturn, but there’s no escaping this scenario – rising steel prices! Last April, we blogged about the negative impact that rising steel prices had on manufacturing companies, but there seems to be no end in […]
Distributor Loyalty and Leads
Sometime back Bluff Manufacturing created an important discussion about building and nurturing healthy and mutually beneficial manufacturer-distributor relationships that would ultimately help in creating a loyal customer base. It’s time to re-visit that topic again and to reinforce that message. We can all agree on one thing – building and maintaining customer loyalty should be […]
Making a Case for Case Studies
What are case studies? They’re simply real-life stories of two correlating events or incidents. In other words, this happened as a result of that. In the business world, they’re often related to success stories. An actual incident where a problem existed, a solution was implemented, and the problem was solved. Pretty simple isn’t it? Not […]
Good tidings in December 2010 spills over into 2011!
With the holidays behind us, a new year ahead of us, and plenty of work to be done – we could use a little boost to our spirits! For some of us, a new year means new opportunities and another shot at keeping our resolutions and achieving our goals. For those of us moping around […]
Happy New Year! A Look Back at 2010!
As we step into a New Year, Bluff Manufacturing takes a look back at 2010. It was a great honor for me to have kicked off Bluff Manufacturing’s marketing and sales agenda for 2010 by joining Bluff as the Marketing and Sales Director early in the year. Designing a strategic plan meant implementing several changes […]
