SUPPLIER CITES BENEFITS
I want to compliment you on the Fourth Quarter issue of Welding & Gases Today. I was struck by the number of subjects that were relevant to us as a Supplier Member, from the state of the association discussed in Gary Stoneback's President's Perspective and the comparison of GAWDA to similar associations in Kent Van Amburg's Director's Desk, to the embezzlement and price cutting article in the Money Matters section. I was also interested in the litigation lottery article in the Consultants Corner and the Distributors Respond section of the cover story on regulatory issues. Even the article on reducing your product losses was relevant to us as a manufacturer, as we also subscribe to the Philosophy of Lean Thinking: Eliminating the Waste.

Congratulations on a job well done - producing an association publication that has much to offer the supplier members as well as the distributor members.
- David Day, CEO, American Standard Mfg., Inc.