"successful Materials Management" Will Be Featured At NRLDA Show

"Sut r','.sful lnatet'ials nt,rrrlgt'rnt'rrt" lill bc thc lhcrnt'oI llo lrrtsittcss st'ssiolls. tht'et' matt'rials harrdling clt'ntottstlatiolls. a toul' to a ltrrrtlrer yarti" arrtl ottt' of the shou's spt'r'ial i<lca centers, u lrt'tt thc Nlll,i)A [3uilrlirrg \laterials l'.rlrosition has its [otrr'dtrl rtttt at (ihit ago"s \l<'(.r,rmick Plat't'. Octolrcr 20-2.1.

'I he tn'o lrusittt'ss tnt'elirtgs ai'e entitlt'tl. "Trim (losts I'p Profits." trnd "(.rrt 'I-treging' Costs uith I'.lii<'it'rrt Plannirrg." ln lht' {irst of these rnt'ctirrgs. rtrrder the t hairrnanship of Rit'hartl J. l)ve of tht' Slarrrlartl l,umber (iomparrr'. Hammond. Irttl.. a parrel of dealers l ill tliscuss unitizing oI lrrril<ling materials. ot'rlt'r assemhlv. l at't'ltottst' design and erltr ipntt'ttt selcctiorr. Ilolrt'rt P' Ilosenlhal of llosenthal Ltrmlrr'r' l( I r,rel f.ompanv" (.rystal Lake. Ill." rvill lt'ad the second pancl rliscttssion u'hich u'ill t'enter on such strhjt't ts its wareltottst' modifit:ation. mo<lerrr handling and storagt' mt'thods, ner,r hoorn r,rarrt's. the advarrtagt's oI stccl strapping. arrrl vtrrtl surfat ilrg artd lavottt.

'l'hrct' spccial materitrls harrdling demonslratiorrs with emphasis on difft'rent tvli('s of htrndling equipmerrt rvill lie held in a largt. pavcc[ art'a imrnt'tlintt'ly adjat'ent to the I'.rposition hall's ('ntran('c.

Orr Sunda,v nrortting" [)r'tolrer 21. dealt'rs

Construclion Slrong, But Goin Over l96l Lessens

Const,ructir.rn continued at a gootl pace itr July, but ('ontra( ts [or future t:ottstrrtction are not shorving srrt'h large gains ovcr 1961 as 1\ias the case t'arlicr this ,vt'ar.

Contnr<'tion contracts as reported b1' F. \tr. Dodge Corporation totaled fi:3,746-628,' 000 in Jull-. a gain o{ (r percent over July, 1961. The seasonally adjusted Dodge Index slippet{ from 120 in June to ll7 in July.

l)r. Gordon W. NIcKinler-, Dodge vice prcsident and chief cconomi-st, commenting on tht' Jtrlv {igures. sairl, "the {ailure to makt' a more impressive -.howing compart'd to Julv. 1961 is attrihutahle principally to a drop in the pact' of public engincerirrg work" and educational and hospital l,uil<ling. All three categories are ahead ol the Iirst seven months of 1961. but in Julr educational and hospital contracts dropped lrt'lou' the same month last year and public uorks just marraged a one per .en[ gain.

uill ht' takt'n bv lrus to tht' llt'nvYn Lumlrer' (iorlyranr-. llenvvn. Ill.. to gain a Iir-ttharr<l lit'u of thi-s suctessful maleria]s handling opcratiort. Arrangement-* for thi-c intt'rt'stilrg si<lt'light have bcen made br- the l.umlrt'r 'frarle Association of (,reater (ihit'ago.

I nitt'd States Gvp,.um Companr- antl lJert, 't " l,lrnlrer (lotttltitttr',

["or the thirtl sut'rressive Year. I'nitt'tl State-. GvPsunr (.ompanv. as a l)tlrt of t'his shorl. u'ill l)r('s('r)t its rridelv tlis<'usst'd "Yard Planrring Itlea Center"" l.nlarged lhis vear to 2.250 sq. [t. of e-rlrositiorr spate. the (lerrtt'r uill he staflt'rl lrv I S(] ('ustomer st't'r'it e t't'yrrt'sental ir ts. u lro rr ill assist dealers itr lrlannirrg improvt'mt'ttls for thcir orvn vartls.

Erperts in lrrriltling materials management technirltrt's. the USG corrn.t'lors u'ill olTer st't'r ict' itleas in crlrriprnt'rrt. vard. storag('. ittttl ortler pltrnning. l)t'alcrs artl invited to lrring their lar-orrt attd opt'rational problt'ms to the (,t'nter fol on-the' spot analysis.

"A hr-ight spot in the rnorrtlr's ligrrres"'' he saitl. "u'as tlte ercellerrt slronirtg hr hoth r:ommert'irl and manr-rlattttring Ituilding. X{anufat'turirlg contracts sttrpassed Jull' l9(rl lry 25 per cent. for a st'\('tr month gairr of 24, per cent; and t'ontmt'r<'ial contracls 'rvt.rc aht'ad o{ Jul-v" l9(rl lry 12 per tent" fol a st'r't'tr month gain of l3 per cent."

Ilesidential contracts 111 Julv exc'eeded tht' year ago figure bv [l pcr t't'trt. substantia]lv less than the 18 ])er ctnt increase {or the {ir-.t six months of tht' vear. }lcKinlcv noled. honever, lhul (omlrarisons are llo\\ running up against the high volume of resi' dential building in the last half of 1961. "Residential ('onlra('t-s held level lrt'twt't'n June and Julv on a seasonallv adjustcd basis," he said. "'ln 1961. aPartmellt ('ontracts spurte<l rtlrnard in June" Julr-. and August, so thal one cannot erpt't't to shol as large veirr-lo-) ('ar increast's irt llre current months as llas true earlier this vear rvhen comparisons rvere being made rr-ith the t'ert lo\\i pace at the hottom of last year's recession. One- and trvo-{amilv home-" tult' rnaintaining tht'ir nrargin ovt.r l9(rl. uith tlre Jtrlv figurt' bt'ing 7 Pcr cent aht'atl anrl lhc ser,en montlts < rrmttlative total [l lrtr t t'rrt ahcad."

I tilit,v contrat'ts itt Jtt]v rvt're 27 pt'r' cent alrove thc sarnt' month in 1961. raisirrg the ser.en month gain lor this t:atcgory to II pt'r cent. Otrtstarrrling uere electri<' light and poner ,systems uith a Jul-v gain of 125 per cent and a st'r't'n months margin of 17 per cent. Despite the small irtcrease in public engineerirrg work. the exccllent shorving of utilitit's pushed the total cngineering categorv 6 per <'ent ahead of July 1961.

\lcKirrlo- stated that thert, had been delay-. in moving public building jobs to the contra('t stage. part.icularll in c'onnection with Fetleral government yrrojt'r'ts. For this reason. pulrlic building ('ontra('ts in the first sir month,q rvere only 4 per ct'nt over 1961. "ln the la,.t half of this year," he said, "Feclt'ral €iovernment work will probably begin to catch up to st'hcdule. helping to maintain the volume of construction activity in the months ahead.''