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WASDA and ACE--Why does an association of distributors and manufacturers display at AWWA's ACE event? What is the value? What role does its membership play? Before we answer these questions, [...]

Are you ready for Shifting Mindsets? The strategic mindset has shifted during 2010 from operational efficiency and cost reduction to include emphasis on growth, customers and innovation. So today, what [...]

When will my order ship? What is going on? No stock available? Delivery times are when? Prices changed before I ordered? Why do I need to change how I manage [...]

Supply Chain Management is best defined as the systemic, strategic coordination of traditional business functions and establishing tactics across all businesses within the supply chain, for the purpose of improving [...]

Most people do not worry or think about water. It is taken for granted by many of us in the United States, yet everyone depends on it for their life. [...]

The Safe Drinking Water Act (SDWA) was originally passed by Congress to protect public health by regulating the nation's public drinking water supply. The law was amended in 1986 and [...]

The article focuses on the design and techniques in stormwater management practices. It states that traditional stormwater management design, which focuses on collecting stormwater, transports the water into offsite thru piped networks. It says that low impact development (LID) aims to restore stormwater through a variety of techniques such as strategic site design, thoughtful landscape planning, and ways to control the sources of runoff.

The article discusses the need for effective cost control management in the waterworks industry while maintaining services or managing required level of stocks within limited budgets. It informs that a strategic planning hierarchy helps to create core competency by providing leadership and support to employees, processes and departments. It discusses various strategies including marketing product/manufacturing and engineering in controlling cost.