Auto firm spends R16m to upgrade parts store--------------------------------------------------------------------------------Automotive company General Motors South Africa (GMSA) has spent R16-million on refurbishing its parts and accessories warehouse at its Port Elizabeth plant, which is set to increase productivity of employee's involved in the parts and accessories distribution processes.After sales director Dough Harrison said that GMSA had increased the warehouse productivity by 33% over the last 21 months and that it recorded almost almost 100% ontime delivery.“This is partly due to lean warehousing principles, which involves velocity and commodity stocking.”Productivity had also increased by introducing standardised work assignments, whereby each employee in the warehouse gets the same workload for each assignment.“We also placed special focus on the optimisation of ergonomics. The vast majority of work for our employees is between shoulder and knee height, so all parts and acc
SmarTire to Participate in International Commercial Vehicle Trade Show in GermanySmarTire Systems Inc. (BULLETIN BOARD: SMTR) announced today that it will participate in the 61st IAA Commercial Vehicles 2006 trade show in Hanover, Germany, September 21 through September 28, 2006.The International Motor Show (IAA) is the industry's most comprehensive show, which makes it the international information and sales platform for those who develop, manufacture or use commercial vehicles. SmarTire will display its products with 750 of the world's leading commercial vehicle parts and accessories companies.Dave Warkentin, vice president sales and marketing of SmarTire, said, "This is an excellent opportunity for us to expand our reach and contacts as well as showcase our products to potential customers and leading companies in the industry. As a result of scheduled meetings with representatives of commercial vehicle manufacturers at this major event, we are extremely confident that SmarTire will be adding to its
Seeking a pickupTruck purchases in Texas turn flat this yearBy SHANNON BUGGSCopyright 2006 Houston Chronicle TRUCKS always sell well in Texas, but this summer they didn't sell as well as usual.Texas still leads the nation in truck sales, and dealers say they are are doing better largely because energy companies are going strong, as are related construction and services businesses where pickups are amust.But when domestic truck sales in Texas, the No. 1 market for full-size pickups, are virtually flat compared with the previous year, as they were in June, July and August, the national sales declines look even worse."We're not doing as well with full-size trucks as we did last year, but we're doing better in Texas and Oklahoma than we are in the rest of the country," said Earl Hesterberg, chief executive of Group One Automotive, a Houston-based national auto-dealership chain.That's because soaring oil prices in Texas and Oklahoma mean higher gasoline prices and more money flowing into and out of t
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Boys and Girls Club after-school program will open in Buena Vistaby Kirsten LaskeyMail Staff WriterChaffee County Boys and Girls Club will open Nov. 13 in Avery Parsons Elementary School in Buena Vista.It will be for elementary school-age children, although staff members hope to eventually include middle school and high school, club executive director Penny Wilken said.Programming will be focused on providing a healthy snack to club members and offering tutoring and help with homework, Andrew Miller, program director for the Buena Vista club, said.He said optional electives will be available such as art classes or fitness games.One thing the club won't be, Wilken said, is a cookie cutter version of the Salida club.The Buena Vista club will be tailored to the local community and local youths, Wilken said. For example, a local artist could be brought in to teach an art class or have a local chef teach club members how to cook a specific dish."We would like the community to step in and give us a more Buena
Submitted by wwmm2008 on 22 September, 2006 - 01:16.
Furniture Row Shopping Sprees from Berkeley Homes Berkeley's Acadia kitchen at The Hearth in Highlands Ranch.Provided by: Berkeley HomesContributed by: Alicia Olson on 9/20/2006 Berkeley Homes, a single-family home builder in Colorado, and Furniture Row Shopping Center, a home furnishings and bedding retailer, are partnering on a shopping spree promotion. Homebuyers who contract on a Berkeley home by December 31 will receive a $5,000 shopping spree to Furniture Row at closing. New registrants who fill out entry forms at any Berkeley Homes sales office will be entered to win one of eight $1,000 Furniture Row shopping sprees. The $1,000 shopping sprees will be awarded on select Mondays from Sept. 23 through Dec. 11. "The promotion is a win-win for everyone involved; especially homebuyers who receive the thrill of filling their new home with free furniture," said Rich Laws, president of Berkeley Homes. "Furniture Row is an exceptional company and we look forward to working with them on
Submitted by Michael_MD on 28 September, 2006 - 22:09.
Just got home after my first day at WD06. I decided that I should add something to MY OWN blog a bit more often (even though I'm not much of a writer!) Interesting day! I love fact that microformats are be promoted so much! Reason: I've been looking for years for tools to help event promoters provide data feeds from their own websites with all the information required for event listings in a machine-readable format. Yes of course most people add events to spraci by using the "add event" forms but there are some promoters out there who are so used to dealing only with street press over the years they assume websites also work the same way and think that if they send out a press release blurb there will be someone hired to type it in for a free listing. Of course in the real world that is not the case. However if those promoters already have their own website with listings of their upcoming events on it they coulld provide a data feed of their events which sites like spraci (and anyone else compili
Submitted by JaciRae on 30 September, 2006 - 01:08.
Every year stress is a main ingredient during the holidays. With Halloween around the corner and Thanksgiving and Christmas not far off, most of us think say the same thing to ourselves: This is the year I will shop early so I can avoid last minute shopping. I will begin the holiday season fully relaxed and enjoy it!
Yet every year time seems to slip away and suddenly the holidays arrive. You end up racing to the stores, panic-stricken, trying to find candy in the empty racks or a beautiful turkey for the dinner table that is now triple the price because the only store that has any left is the high-end market down the street.
