Volume 2 Issue 5

MAY 2006

Pipeline Online is CIPH's web digest designed to provide you with the most
up-to-date information on CIPH events, programs and trade shows, as well as delivering news on the industry and the economy.

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E-mail contact list for CIPH Staff

Plan to attend ABC 2006: "Journey to the Summit of Excellence"
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Register here for "The Changing World of Selling: Outside Sales" Workshop Toronto, May 26

MBA: My Business Analysis”
Financial Management CD by Jim Ambrose now available!
- Order your copy here

ISH North America Newsletter
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Successful 1-½ day Business Leadership Skills for the Wholesale Branch Manager Workshop with Jim Ambrose held in Toronto.

News Release - Budget Sends Right Signals
Canadian Chamber of Commerce

ASA Materials Market Digest 

Starts pull back in April 
Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation

Housing starts will slow down in 2006
Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation

Annual Wholesale Trade 2004
Statistics Canada 

Study: A Review of Wholesale Trade, 2005
Statistics Canada

Steel primary forms, weekly data, Week ending April 1, 2006 (preliminary)
Statistics Canada

Wholesale Trade, February, 2006
Statistics Canada

Building Permits, March 2006
Statistics Canada

Breakthrough Book and Map from Deloitte and Dref help Distributors Jump-Start New Initiatives and Re-Energize Existing Programs
National Association of Wholesale Distributors

Waste Busters, by Rich Vurva
Progressive Distributor

CIPH Assists Federal Government with Census 2006


Trade Data Online
Industry Canada 

 

 

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Workshops

The following workshops are scheduled for Spring 2006:

Outside Sales: The Changing World of Selling, featuring  Frank Foster, May 26th, Toronto

NAW’s Price for Success Online Course—A Training Course for Your Entire Wholesale Distribution Salesforce

Multimedia

Improving Distributor Profitability by Al Bates

Employee Performance Tool Kit now available from CIPH

INSIDE SALES DVD Now Available Through CIPH

Advanced Inside Sales CD

Improving the Bottom Line Financial Planning CD

MBA: My Business Analysis

New Publications from NAW/DREF

Driving Growth and Shareholder Value: The Distribution Value Map™

Smart Investments: Developing Top Performers in Wholesale Distribution, by Susan Levering, Ph.D.

The 2006 Wholesale Distribution Economic Reports, by Adam J. Fein, Ph.D., Pembroke Consulting, Inc

Restructuring the Distribution Sales Effort for Maximum Productivity
Scott Benfield and Rich Vurva

Outlook 2006: An Executive's Companion to Facing the Forces of Change

Click here for more publications from NAW/DREF!



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Pipeline Online: s.apps@ciph.com

The Canadian Institute of Plumbing & Heating is a not-for-profit trade association founded in Montreal in 1933.  CIPH is the Canadian Association representing the interests of companies that manufacture, sell, and distribute Plumbing, Hydronic Heating, Industrial PVF and Waterworks products and services. CIPH Wholesalers operate over 600 warehouses and showrooms across Canada.  Over 10,000 Canadians are directly employed by CIPH members.  Total annual industry sales are at $4 billion.


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