NEWS
IDS Wins Contract from Medical Facility
Integrated Document Solutions® Inc. won a 5-year, $3 million contract from Erlanger Health Systems, Chattanooga, Tenn., to provide document management services. Erlanger Health Systems has six locations with 851 beds in the Tennessee valley.
F.C.L. Graphics Acquires Graphics Group
F.C.L. Graphics, a direct marketing printer, acquired certain assets of The Graphics Group, a regional sheet-fed printer providing prepress, print and inventory management services.
FedEx Increases Rates
FedEx® announced new rates effective Jan. 2. FedEx Express® package and freight rates will increase an average of 5.5 percent for the United States and U. S. export services. FedEx Ground® and FedEx Home Delivery® rates will increase an average of 3.9 percent. For details, click here.
SOLUTION OF THE WEEK
Manufacturer Offers Solution Just in Time
A distributorship in the Midwest supplied and warehoused cash tickets for a multi-location bank. The distributor ordered the cash tickets in quantities of 5,000 because it received better pricing from a manufacturer than on smaller quantities. Also, the bank expected just-in-time shipments to its various branches. When a teller at a branch placed an order, the distributorship pulled 2,500 cash tickets from its warehouse, shipped them to the branch, reordered 5,000 cash tickets and stored them in its warehouse. Full story.
TOP TEN
Here are this week's top unusual source requests received by DMIA:
- Liquid Calcium Chloride
- Styrofoam package inserts to protect glass vials during shipment; QTY=10M
- Collated cut sheet laser forms made of 20# carbonless paper, sequence is pink-green-green; QTY=7.5M sets
- Handheld ultraviolet lights used by banks to verify document security features: QTY=50
- Garbage bags with a custom imprint; QTY=100-500
- Nursery (plants) tags made from a synthetic material as a stock item
- Hospital forms with five holes across the top and three holes along the side as a stock item
- Dry wax paper envelopes, size 6-3/8” x 12-3/16”, holds state license plates; QTY=1M
- Tax form 1098T as a stock item
- Vendors that accept print orders via Four51
If you have a source request—for anything—call the Hotline at (800) 333-2828 between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m. Eastern Time, or use the Source Hotline Database online. For new sales ideas every day, try our 1,000 Sales Ideas Database. Manufacturers, if you produce any of these items and would like to check your listing with the Source Hotline, please email Cheryl Rush.
WHAT'S NEW AT DMIA?
CEO Summit
If you are one of DMIA's larger members, you don't want to miss the CEO Summit from
March 1-3 at the The Ritz Carlton Lake Las Vegas. The program is packed with interactive sessions that will help you grow your business, become a better sales manager, assess sales force re-engineering, learn about the state of the industry, and more. Hear Greg Mosher, chairman and CEO of WorkflowOne, discuss the future of the industry. For details, visit the CEO Summit page on DMIA's web site.
2006 Small Distributor Summit
DMIA's third annual conference for its member distributorships with sales volumes less than $2.5 million is from March 17-19 at the Renaissance St. Louis Hotel Airport, St. Louis. One of DMIA's best-attended and highly rated events, this 2-day program offers new topics, new technologies and new insights. Your peers developed all the programs, the schedule, and the manufacturer sessions. Spend a minimum amount of money, miss a minimal amount of office time and get the maximum educational benefit. For details, visit the Small Distributor Summit page on DMIA's web site.
Excess Inventory Depot
DMIA's Excess Inventory Depot enables members to sell items such as excess inventories, blank forms and labels, pre-converted material, paper stock, converted material, new or used equipment and other business-related items. Take advantage of this introductory offer and post your items for free. Find out what's for sale. DMIA members can view postings 24/7 at no charge.
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