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March-April 2015

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NWPCA Breakout Sessions: Risk and Oppor tunities Standing room only was the order for the day. Members crowded into important sessions covering issues from, "Lumber Supply – Temporary Shortage or Long – Term Problem?" "OSHA Enforcement Initiative Update", "International Pallet Market Trends," and "Cost Accounting for the Pallet Industry – Do You Know Your True Costs." Sessions were analyzed and discussed by industry insiders, federal officials and expert consultants. Technical advisers and influential speakers spoke to NWPCA members including Mark Barford, executive director of the Hardwood Lumber Association, and Jim Gauntt, executive director of the Railway Tie Association. NWPCA reaped the benefit of its own industry expert members such as Bernie Kamps, Kamps Inc., Jim Schwab, Pallet Logistics of America, and Pat Sherry, who spoke about their real world experiences and systems in their respective companies for cost accounting and managing profit margins. As Jim Schwab noted from his experience on a lesson he learned early on from an employee, "Revenue is vanity, profit is sanity, and cash is King." Upcoming NWPCA Recyclers Conference NWPCA Recyclers Conference takes place this fall in the Charlotte, North Carolina area. Exact dates and hotel to be determined. The announcement will be made at PalletCentral.com and via E- News. If you're not receiving NWPCA E- News for events, be sure to log-in to our new site and check your email communication preferences. If you have trouble logging-in, please contact scheney@palletcentral.com to learn more, and add "palletcentral.com" to your safe-senders list. PC ALC 2015 Sponsors • Brewer Machine & Parts, LLC • Carolina Inspection Services, Inc. • Kiln-Direct.com • Mid Continent Nail Corp. • Pallet Machinery Group • Pendu Manufacturing, Inc. • Profile Technology Inc. • Rotochopper, Inc. • Smart Products • Vecoplan Midwest • Viking Engineering & Development • Wood-Mizer, LLC palletcentral.com PalletCentral • March-April 2015 11 "Cost Accounting" session moderator Jamie Gilbert with Bernie Kamps, Pat Sherry and Jim Schwab.

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