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Make an important four-day investment in the future survival and growth of YOUR business by attending the 1988 National Home Genter ShowP March 13-16 at Ghicago's McCormick Place East & North. You'll discover thousands of products and ideas to help you identify and build your competitive advantage at the industry's premier annual showcase of do-ityourself and professional home improvement products.

Expanding to offer you more new products and vendors. We're making The National Home Center Showo bigger and better than ever by adding the lower levelof McCormick Place's new north hall. More than ofthene\restandmostprofitablehome ffi]ffi improvement products. ffiiltrmrsr€w ffiililmrslof$

The only COMPLETE range of DIY and professional products. The National Home Center Show@ is the one and only annual industry event otfering the complete range of products for every one of your home improvement departments, including lumber & building materials, hardware, electrical, paints & paint sundries, plumbing, kitchen & bath, building specialties and much. much more.

A comprehensive professional education program. We've assembled an all-new professional education program for 1988 featuring hard-hitting sessions designed to help you identify and build your competitive advantage. Be sure to attend some or all of these

Enjoy 'Uazz on the Lake" after the Show. Have a great time after Show hours at The National Home Center Show's@ fun-filled 'Uazzon the Lake" social hours. Relax with your fellow CIMPETITIUE deaters as you enjoy f ree hor! dbeuvres,

MARCH13-16.1988 big-name live entertainment and cash bars. Best of all, there's no admission charge.

DON'T MISS THE 1988 NATIONAL HOME CENTER SHOWg PRE.REGISTER TODAY FREE OF CHARGE.

Free Pre-Registration |nstructions

MARCH 13-16,1988

Chicago, lllinois

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I\EALERS equipped with their I/own truck or fleet of trucks have a special advantage, but also the added problems and worries that come with maintenance and driver letdowns. They are putting a lot of trust into each driver.

"You allow a driver to take your products and one of your greatest assets - your truckand to use your fuel. You want to ensure he's using it productively," says Kurt Burmeister, national sales manager of Rockwell International's automotive products division.

To monitor truck and driver performance, a number of companies like Rockwell have been offering various tracking aids. The grandfather of the tracking device is the tachograph, a nonelectronic gauge currently in use by a number of home centers.

Story at a Glance

Tracking aids help to improve productivityof drivers trackers monitor speed, rpm, braking, idling and other trip information...new computerized systems outperform traditional nonelectronic models, but are vastly more expensive to buy.