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![Embracing Technology Must be Part of Culture]()
Recently, I had the pleasure of spending an afternoon with a small startup technology company and was amazed by the energy, passion, and natural curiosity demonstrated by this impressive group of 20-somethings.
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Steel Warehouse’s Michael Lerman is Metal Center News’ 2019 Service Center Executive of the Year. He becomes the 23rd recipient of the honor.
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![What’s Next in the Economy? Depends on How You Look at it]()
When Alan Beaulieu finished his keynote remarks at Steel Market Update’s Steel Summit in August, the semi-attentive listener could have come away fully enthused about the state of the industrial economy. Or thoroughly depressed.
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The metals industry seems to be trying to singlehandedly revive the lost art of the well-crafted letter.
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A week ago, a coalition led by the National Association of Manufacturers and Association of General Contractors sent a letter to the Senate, urging passage of a long-term, robustly funded surface transportation reauthorization bill. The deadline for such a bill is nearly a year off, but work on the complex matter needs to begin now.
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![View From the Corner Office: Comparing Competition in Steel vs. Baseball]()
Two of my major efforts in my lifetime have been playing team sports and working in the steel business. Both efforts are in consistently competitive environments.
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Metal Center News is issuing a couple of last calls to readers and other interested parties for special features in the last two months of the year.
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It’s been a little over a decade since former steel salesman John Packard founded Steel Market Update. In that time frame, SMU has become a valuable source of industry pricing information and events.
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The first day-closing session on technology featured three steel industry leaders engaging in rare, and enlightening, back-and-forth conversation. The subject: internet sales platforms and how they will shape the industry in the years to come.
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![View From the Corner Office: A Salute to the Salesperson]()
When I was a kid my father’s left arm was very tan by July 4th of every summer. He drove the roads of Missouri and Iowa throughout the week and his left arm tanned as it rested on the open window of the Chevrolet while he steered with his right. He was a traveling salesman.
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