Volume 4 Issue 6

June 2008

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.

Your listing of CIPH Team Staff

Former Premier of Alberta Ralph Klein to deliver keynote at ABC 2008

Fourth CIPH Maple Leaf Reception Set for Wednesday, October 1, 2008 in Atlanta

The Future in Lead in Plumbing Products - Update
Click here to see the results of CIPH's Industry Compliance Workshop held May 27th

Feds mulling regulations on water-wasting toilets, shower heads and faucets
The Record/By Steve Rennie, The Canadian Press

ISH North America Seminar Series to Highlight Green Technologies

Register today for CIPHEX West, Western Canada's Biggest Plumbing, Cooling, Piping & Heating Show!
September 25-26, 2008, Roundup Centre, Stampede Park, Calgary

Plan to Attend the 2008 World Plumbing Council Conference 
September 24-27,Calgary, Alberta

ASA Materials Market Digest, June 2008

Building Permits, April 2008
Statistics Canada

Wholesale Trade, March 2008
Statistics Canada

Study: Outsourcing and offshoring in Canada 1961-2003
Statistics Canada

Residential Construction Investment: 1st Quarter, 2008
Statistics Canada

Housing Starts move higher in May
Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation

China: A land of vast and diverse opportunity for Canadians
By Ken Lewis, Senior Trade Commissioner in Beijing
CanadExport

Distributors Tackle the Rising Cost of Fuel
Modern Distribution Management

 

CIPH Region Update

Each CIPH Region provides members with meaningful opportunities to attend Business Meetings, Professional Development workshops, golf tournaments, and other special events. Plan your business trip around a CIPH Region business event!

Plan to attend CIPH Calgary's next General Meeting, 11:30 am, June 20, 2008 at the Blackfoot Inn.
For more information contact Connie Pruden, conniep@associationsplus.ca

CIPH Edmonton will be hosting an upcoming poker tournament. Further details coming soon!
For more information contact Linda Wood Edwards, lue42@shaw.ca

CIPH Ontario Region Holds Successful Conference

 

 


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Workshops

Stay tuned to the next issue of Pipeline Online to see our exciting schedule of workshops and seminars for fall 2008.

Multimedia

"Making Counter Sales Profitable" CD kit

Employee Performance Improvement Tool Kit

Inside Sales Training: New Directions in Inside Sales DVD and Advanced InsideSales CD

Improving the Bottom Line Financial Planning CD

MBA: My Business Analysis

New Publications from NAW/DREF

NEW: Lean Operations in Wholesale Distribution
by Dr. Perry Daneshgari, Michelle Wilson

Profit Myths in Wholesale Distribution: The Truth About Sales, Margins, Inventory, and Expenses

2008 Wholesale Distribution Economic Reports

Official Guide to Wholesaler-Distributor Financial Success - Three-Volume Set

Profit Myths in Wholesale Distribution: The Truth About Sales, Margins, Inventory, and Expenses

5 Fundamentals for the Wholesale Distribution Sales Manager
Tim Horan and Steve Deist, Indian River Consulting Group

 



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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