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2015 BUYER'S GUIDE
Now is the time to start preparing for the 2015 Buyer's Guide; please watch the mail. Deadline for submitting changes and orders is Oct. 1, 2014, or click here to download order form and submit it today.
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LOCATOR
Have you updated your listings yet for the Locator October print directory? Before you pack your bags for Chicago and IMTS make sure you've updated your listings at LocatorOnline.com. Simply go into your Dealers' Back Office and add your new machines for inclusion both online and in our print directory. Don't forget to flag the machines that best represent your inventory or that are in popular categories as "Featured" so they rise to the top of the online listings. The Locator directory's circulation totals 100,000 and is a controlled list targeted specifically to the metalworking industry. An additional 40,000 recipients are notified each month electronically. The directory targets prospective buyers in both the United States and Canada, so it's a great way to keep your machines in the public eye in Canada while you sort out your email strategy under the new CASL regulations. To update your listings, simply follow this link and login through your Dealers' Back Office. Click on Add Listings and flag the machines you would like to include in the October Edition. Don't miss out — deadline is close of business Sept. 10.
If you would like to discuss the advantages of putting a display ad in our directory or have never advertised with Locator Services before, simply call Jim Bowman at 703-683-5957 or email JBowman@locatoronline.com. He would be happy to help you round out your sales & marketing strategy and discuss which products and services would work best for you.
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MEMBER NEWS
 Part 1) Truck Accident — Everybody's worse nightmare ...
John Van Heuveln President of MDNA member firm Naab Sales Corporation was thinking of his fellow MDNA members in the aftermath of a recent disaster (see images) during a recent shipment of a Fadal 4020 new in 2000 and a ¼ x10' New Accurshear. John said, "It was not the drivers fault; 90 mile per hour strait winds flipped the truck and trailer sending the driver to the hospital and turning the machinery into instant scrap." He said, "It's the stuff you don't even want to think about, but it does happen." The shake out between him, his partner, the buyer and the insurance company has only begun, but "the moral of the story is simple — use a trucking outfit you trust and buy extra insurance on each and every load."
John said he will share with the continued lessons that unfold as they go through the insurance procedures. Stay tuned for more on this story.
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Premier Vendors
The Premier Vendor networking and marketing program is designed to strengthen and broaden the relationships between MDNA Members and our key industry supporting vendors.
See the Premier Vendor Application.
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Good and Welfare
 Congratulations!
Tasnim Tanveer and John Morgan Greene were married Aug. 16. John Morgan Greene is the son of John and Siobhan Greene of MDNA member firm F L Sales Inc.
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| Date |
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Location |
| Sept. 7-9 |
MDNA/Locator Services, Inc./AMEA/Austin D. Lucas Scholarship Fund Meetings
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Radisson Blue Aqua Chicago, IL |
| Sept. 8 |
MDNA/IMTS/Chicago Chapter Dinner & Meeting
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Chicago, IL |
| Sept. 8-13 |
IMTS 2014 |
McCormick Place, Chicago, IL |
| Sept. 17 |
Canadian Chapter Meeting |
Canadian Measurement Metrology Inc., 2433 Meadowvale Blvd. Mississauga L5N 5S2 |
| Sept. 17 |
Detroit/Toledo Chapter Kick-off Tailgate |
Warren (Detroit), MI |
| Sept. 26-27 |
Ohio Valley & Cleveland Chapters Event |
Hyatt Regency Lexington, KY |
| Oct. 9 |
Milwaukee/Minneapolis Chapter Meeting |
Mantorville, MN |
| Oct. 16 |
West Coast Chapter Meeting |
Sherman Oaks, CA |
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Manufacturers love US, Mexico
Forbes
One reason why manufacturing is returning to the U.S. is stagnant wages. Other reasons are because of logistics, location to other markets the manufacturer is targeting and high productivity due to automation. Still, the good news is that manufacturing is returning to the U.S.
Recovering lost profits by improving reverse logistics
By Alan Kelsky
 Until recently, the most attention that the supply chain got was for product management centered on the new introduction of products or on the outbound shipping part, where volume shipping is part of the product life cycle. But around 20 percent of everything sold in the United States finds its way back to the company that manufactured the goods for return or recycling. The cost to industry is more expensive than most people know — costing companies about $100 billion per year. For some, the cost of processing the returned item often is two or three times that of the cost of shipping the product outbound.
How manufacturing can solve its own talent shortage crisis
IndustryWeek
For the class of 2014, the future seems bleak. In a recent study conducted by the Economic Policy Institute, the authors say labor effects of the Great Recession have "idled" recent graduates. The longest and most severe period of economic weakness has many well-educated young millenials asking, "Will I ever have the career I want?"
Missed our previous issue? See which articles your colleagues read most.
4 factors driving the emergence of digital manufacturing
Manufacturing.net
The powerhouse combination of mobility, cloud computing, security and predictive analytics is becoming the "holy grail" across the manufacturing industry, according to Kevin Martin and Michael Kotelec with Verizon's manufacturing practice. With an empowered consumer base now dictating supply and demand, accelerated time to market pressures, intense global competition and the continual rise of the Internet and mobile economies, manufacturers need to be able to make production decisions on the spot by leveraging the latest supply chain information at their fingertips.
US ISM manufacturing PMI jumps to 59 in August
Investing
Manufacturing activity in the U.S. expanded at the fastest rate since March 2011 in August, marking the 15th consecutive month of growth, according to recent data. The Institute for Supply Management reported that its manufacturing purchasing managers' index jumped to 59 in August from 57.1 in July. Economists had expected the index to tick down to 56.8. On the index, a reading above 50 indicates industry expansion, below indicates contraction.
The factory of the future will be shaped by the Internet of Things
Wireless Design & Development
Around the globe, intelligent and pervasive industrial automation has been catapulted in recent years to a top national or regional priority. Known by different names, e.g., "advanced aanufacturing," "smart manufacturing," "industry 4.0" or "factories of the future" to highlight a few, these initiatives all bear the same characteristics, transforming the manufacturing process from a patchwork of isolated silos to a nimble and seamless whole fully integrated with the downstream and upstream production environment.
US factories keep losing ground to global rivals
The Wall Street Journal
America's shale boom has raised hopes of a revival in U.S. manufacturing, in part fueled by cheaper energy. But U.S. factories still are losing ground to rivals in Asia and Europe. Much of the problem stems from steel, trucks, car parts, industrial machinery and furniture. The U.S. deficit on trade in goods swelled in the first half to $371.59 billion from $354.64 billion a year earlier. Imports rose 3.3 percent, while exports increased 2.6 percent.
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