Doing E-Business or E-Commerce?
Ask 7 Questions Before Hiring a Web Agency e-Business is about blending traditional business operations such as Accounting, Shipping, Sales, Warehouse, etc., with a webstore. How will …
NAED Adventure Marketing Time Again
 Electrical Marketing Review It’s time for another “Adventure” .When asked to give a presentation at the NAED Adventure Marketing Conference for electrical distributors last year, my response was brief: …
Dialight High Bay LED Lighting
High Bay LED Lighting, Low Cost of Ownership Dialight’s Vigilant is a high-output LED High Bay Light Fixture and an ideal HB replacement for less efficient 1,000W traditional HID fixtures. Dialight’s Vigilant …
Electrical Life Extension: Is it right for you?
by Greg Carter Have you considered excess overstock for hard to find items to fill a bill of goods including OEM new? Industrial and Electrical companies in this niche market supply excess overstock as …
Cooper Lighting Metalux LED High Bay
Cooper Lighting Metalux LED High Bay lighting fixtures are gaining facility managers’ attention in industrial, commercial, manufacturing and gymnasium type settings …spaces that once favored traditional HID and fluorescent high bays. …
Electrical Distributor Data Warehouse Standards
IDW Data Warehouse Structured Data Advances by Greg Carter NEMA, IDEA, NAED, ETM and GS1 (see Electrical Distribution Data Centers – Part II). are tackling the “normalization” of electrical distribution data …
Electrical Distribution Data Centers – Part II
by Greg Carter Electrical and Industrial transactions routinely include the phrase: “Do you have a part number?” A customer’s response can help close a sale, delay the deal, or worse. Part …
Dialight High Bay LED Lighting
High Bay LED Lighting, Low Cost of Ownership Dialight’s Vigilant is a high-output LED High Bay Light Fixture and an ideal HB replacement for less efficient 1,000W traditional HID fixtures. Dialight’s Vigilant …
NEMA versus IEC for Motor Control
by Greg Carter Choosing the best electrical components for Motor Control can extend electrical life and offer dependable performance. So how do you choose between NEMA or IEC Style products? …
Satin American Moves Legacy Circuit Breaker, Switchgear Marketplace
by Greg Carter Power circuit breaker manufacturing in the U.S. has struggled over the past five years due to weakened demand downstream where the equipment is installed. In turn, the …
Surplus Electrical Parts for Legacy Equipment
by Greg Carter Industrial Surplus Overstock Parts and Repair To Reduce Operating Costs Here’s an Asset Recovery article I wrote a few years back that is ripe with keyword opportunities …
Heavy Equipment Moves the Economy
Institute for Supply  Management: Factories continue to gear-up The Institute for Supply Management reported last October 1 that factory activity rose from 49% to 51%. Economic activity in the manufacturing sector …
Replacing Carbon Brushes for Electrical Motors
Carbon Brush Grade Choices for Electrical Motors Carbon brush grades fall under four main categories based on the manufacturing procedures, the types of carbons and other ingredients. The types of brushes …
Motor Control Training: Textbooks, White Papers
by Greg Carter Practical Guide to Motors and Motor Controllers Electrical Construction and Maintenance Magazine published the Practical Guide to Motors and Motor Controllers. This series of textbooks is filled with …