Articles Tagged with ''American Supply Association''

Earlier this year, I embarked on several busy weeks of travel which involved representing ASA at a series of industry events throughout the country. As my predecessors as ASA president can tell you, this involves providing association updates at various regional meetings, including gatherings of the Midwest Distributors Association, the Wholesalers Association of the Northeast, the North Central Wholesalers Association, the Southern Wholesalers Association, the Western Suppliers Association and others.

A reoccurring theme of late in the PHCP/PVF wholesale distribution industry has been the need to attract young talent into the workforce.

 Next spring, ASA and its independent regional affiliates will release a comprehensive employee and executive compensation report.  

Workshop delivers value proposition that membership offers wholesale distributors.

It has been just more than six years since the American Supply Association hired Michael Adelizzi to manage the national organization. 

As the theme goes from the popular 1970’s T.V. sitcom, “Laverne & Shirley”, “…give ‘em any chance, they’ll take it; give ‘em any rule, they’ll break it

 The American Supply Association officially has agreed to partner in Design & Construction Week, a joint venture of the National Kitchen and Bath Association and the National Association of Home Builders.   

 Slow but stable growth in the stock market and a bright outlook for 2014 and 2015 were points of discussion during ASA’s Aug. 14 Industry Forecasting Webinar  

Doing training for training’s sake is not a good use of precious time and resources. You may feel good about training, but in the end you are not where you really want to be. 

On occasion, luck plays a huge role. A couple years ago when the American Supply Association was sealing the deal to hold NetworkASA 2013 in Washington, D.C., the group led by Executive Vice President Mike Adelizzi had no inclination an issue such as tax reform would be up for discussion by Congress.