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CEO
Seminar For Senior Store Fixture Executives
Hollywood,
Fla. (March 15, 2002)—The National Association of Store
Fixture Manufacturers (NASFM) will hold its second CEO Seminar
June 23-25, 2002, in Lake Geneva, Wis. Participants include
fixture manufacturing company owners, presidents, CEOs, and
other upper-level managers.
The CEO Seminar
will address the diverse and demanding responsibilities of senior
executives.
Topics
to be discussed include:
• The state of the economy and industry profitability,
incorporating an exclusive sneak peek at NASFM's 2002 Profit
Report results
• A panel discussion on margin compression, addressing
the factors driving margin compression and how to deal with
margin compression
• International strategy, with topics on sourcing, exporting,
and NAFTA
• Training and motivating employees to grow from managers
into leaders
• The differences between marketing and sales in a custom
job shop environment
• Insurance, including cost management, options, cost
reduction, and self-insurance as compared to external group
insurance
NASFM is an international, not-for-profit association
representing the store fixture manufacturing industry since
1956. The association's membership includes more than 450
regular member companies operating over 800 plants employing
more than 75,000 people worldwide; an additional 200 industry
suppliers are associate members. NASFM members manufacture
an estimated 85% of all store fixtures produced in North America.
The typical NASFM member employs 85 people, and generates
revenues in excess of $10 million per year.
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