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- The Browser As User Interface [Third Quarter 2010]
Online resources are a new way to access and deliver information. Browser-based applications are user-friendly and create a flexible business structure.
- GAWDA’s Social Media Strategy [Third Quarter 2010]
GAWDA uses social media tools like Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, YouTube and blogs to promote the association.
- Business Intelligence [First Quarter 2010]
Tools and options to allow distributors of industrial, medical and specialty gases and welding equipment to make smarter business decisions.
- Cloud Computing [First Quarter 2010]
Cloud computing offers a remote data site to support your information technology requirements, gases and welding distributors association, GAWDA, data key communications
- The Market Power Of Wind Power [Third Quarter 2009]
Gases and Welding distributors are tapping into the potential in the energy industry, which is creating new business opportunities for manufacturing and innovation.
- Scanning The Way To Savings [Third Quarter 2009]
Cylinder bar coding increases efficiency and accuracy in a gas cylinder distribution operation.
- Exercise An Extranet [Second Quarter 2009]
Doug O'Dell outlines the benefits of using an extranet.
- Reduce Your Software Costs [First Quarter 2009]
Open-source software offers low-cost software for gases and welding distributors. There are advantages and disadvantages of open-source business software.
- Emerging Security Threats [Fourth Quarter 2008]
New technology offers benefits but also comes with security threats. Avoid scams by learning threat signals and online security threats to stay away from.
- Acceleration 3 [Fourth Quarter 2008]
The rate at which technology is changing in the gases and welding industry is accelerating due to increased processing power, storage and bandwidth.
- Wireless Field Service [Fourth Quarter 2008]
Handheld wireless bar code scanners allow for more efficient cylinder tracking for specialty gas cylinders. Wireless technology saves time and money for a specialty gas distributor.
- Price File Updates [Third Quarter 2008]
The GAWDA Management Information committee is attempting to synchronize pricing data and other updates between gases and welding supplier and distributor members.
- “They're Back!” [Third Quarter 2008]
Online scams have again become prevalent in the gases and welding industry. Learn to avoid being scammed on online con artists.
- Electronic Price Update Standard [Second Quarter 2008]
The GAWDA Management Information Committee completed a revision to the Electronic Price Update Standard outlining format consistency, welding pricing updates, POS bar coding and other standards for the gases and welding industry.
- Technology Disposal: What You Don't Know Could Cost You [Second Quarter 2008]
Improper disposal of technology and hamzat can lead to fines and even prosecution. Properly dispose of all hazmat and technology as outlined in this article.
- Mobile Processing [First Quarter 2008]
Mobile technology allows a welding supply distributor to process orders from the field and track gas cylinders much more easily. This technology saves gases and welding distributors time and money.
- Your Telephone Is More Than Just A Dial Tone [First Quarter 2008]
Enterprise-class mobility is the ability to combine and unify all the communications tools available to your gases and welding supply employees, including VoIP-based phone systems.
- Getting To A Paperless Environment [Fourth Quarter 2007]
Specialty gas distributors can save money by converting to a paperless gas distribution and gas cylinder tracking system.
- Computer Security For Small Business [Third Quarter 2007]
Computer security is an increasingly important issue as identity theft and hacking become more prevalent. Ensure your computers are secure against internal and external threats.
- Position Yourself For Success [Third Quarter 2007]
GPS can be used to track the location and speed of a specialty gas transportation vehicle or welding service vehicle as well as gas cylinder tracking.
- Solution Providers [First Quarter 2007]
The GAWDA Management Information Committee seeks to provide solutions in technology for GAWDA members by implementing software standards and educational opportunities.
- Software As A Service [Fourth Quarter 2005]
Software as a service includes free software and pay-as-you-go software services for particular applications in the gases and welding industry.
- Industrial Distributors Can Learn From Consumer Goods Retailers [Third Quarter 2005]
Consumer retailers have zero tolerance for supply chain errors, and gases and welding distributors should mirror that. Gases and welding distribution should be made just as efficient as that of consumer retailers with more automated supply chains and distribution systems.
- The Well Connected Distributor [Fourth Quarter 2004]
Emerging technologies including VoIP, RFID, Wi-Fi and GPS make the distribution of specialty gases and welding equipment more efficient than ever.
- E-Commerce As A Strategic Initiative [Fourth Quarter 2004]
The Internet can be used as a strategic marketing tool for distributors in the gases and welding industry. Welding supplies and specialty gases can be marketed throughout the country, regardless of physical location.
- Radio Frequency Identification [Fourth Quarter 2004]
Radio frequency identification (RFID) technology is changing the way distribution centers manage inventory, including specialty gas cylinders and welding equipment.
- Leasing Technology Assets [First Quarter 2004]
Leasing information technology expenditures can save a gases and welding distributor money. IT leasing helps a creditor relationship and increases working capital.
- Revisiting The Online Sales Tax [Third Quarter 2003]
The Internet has made sales between states more prevalent, and with that comes new tax issues for e-commerce including sales tax issues for varying states. |
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