Volume 2 Issue 11

NOVEMBER 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.

E-mail contact list for CIPH Staff

LAST CALL: Plan to attend "Industrial PVF: Economic Outlook and Business Trends Luncheon with Jim Olsztynski" November 21, 2006

LAST CALL: "Leadership Excellence for the Wholesale Branch Manager" Workshop in Toronto featuring Jim Ambrose, November 26-29, 2006
Register for this workshop at www.pide.ca

September 2006 Wholesaler PHCP Sales

ASA Materials Market Digest, November 2006

Investment in non-residential building construction, third quarter 2006
Statistics Canada

Building permits, September, 2006
Statistics Canada

Steel Primary Forms, Weekly Data
Statistics Canada

Housing Starts Move Higher in October
Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation

Outlook: Housing Starts Will Move Lower in 2007
Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation

Salespeople rate their job satisfaction
by Rich Vurva, Progressive Distributor

Refresh your marketing: New technologies open opportunities
by Mike Strand, Progressive Distributor

Ferguson Acquires HVAC, Fire Sprinkler Distributors   
Modern Distribution Management

HD Supply Expands Waterworks Division
Modern Distribution Management

Trade Data Online
Industry Canada

 

Stay tuned for more information!


Workshops

Stay tuned to the next issue of Pipeline Online to see our exciting 
schedule of workshops and seminars for Spring 2007!

Multimedia

Improving Distributor Profitability by Al Bates

Employee Performance Improvement Tool Kit

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

2006 Employee Compensation Report

Working at Cross-Purposes: How Distributors and Manufacturers Can Manage Conflict Successfully
By Mike Marks, Tim Horan, and Mike Emerson, Indian River Consulting Group

Driving Growth and Shareholder Value: The Distribution Value Map™

Click here for more publications from NAW/DREF!



Questions? Comments? Have industry news to share?
Contact Steve Apps, Editor
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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