Whether you joined us in person or online, thank you for Pushing Forward for Spring Meeting 2021 last week. Please take a moment to share your thoughts by taking our survey:

We're grateful for our Strategic Business Partners. These companies offer strategic products or services in the industrial automation distribution industry.

DCKAP is honored to have worked with the team at Marysville Marine. Ryan Van Hoozer, Vice-President of Operations, was invited to one of our eSessions to tell us about his experience in digital transformation. Our industry-leading middleware solution is what changed the game for them, in choosing DCKAP to take the reins.

Cloras integrates with endless applications, making it a truly revolutionary experience for B2B businesses at any stage. Reach out to our integration experts for a personalized experience.

At last week's Spring Meeting, my MRA colleague, Jenny Mangone, shared strategies on how to improve employee retention. An easy item for your business to introduce is a “Stay interview” for new hires. This became an intriguing topic in a few of the breakout sessions. Click here for sample stay interview questions you can use to get ahead of the retention curve! Want to talk about how to get started with stay interviews, or other employee retention issues? Contact me at 262-696-3484 or peg.heinen@mranet.org.

We have released more webinar dates through November. Register today for this members-only experience.

This series is being presented in an interview format and offered through Zoom. ITR uses the first 7-10 minutes of each session to provide an economic update and share emerging industry trends. The final 15-20 minutes of each event is reserved for answering questions from participating attendees.

Do you have a skill or knowledge you'd like to share with other AHTD members? Message Leigha Schatzman with your idea on how you could be one of our members helping members.

Thanks to Robert Derringer of Crouzet for his time, talent, and efforts contributing to AHTD's "Members Helping Members" by offering to share his knowledge of Excel. The eager workshop attendees of varying experience and understanding all benefitted from his skill. Robert has agreed to host another session, this time on pivot tables!

The next session will be Friday, May 7 at 10:00 a.m. CT.

I loved the HBO show, The Sopranos. I’m a bit of a Mafia aficionado; I’ve been fascinated with that culture ever since my grandmother (!) gave me a book by Jimmy “The Weasel” Fratianno to read when I was 16. In an early episode of The Sopranos, James Gandolfini, playing Tony Soprano (the main character and the leader or “Don” of the Soprano mob) was hosting a barbecue in his back yard for other mobsters. Tony manned the grill while wearing Bermuda shorts, and this prompted a visit the next week.