News & Trade Magazine Articles

Choosing the Right Lift

By: Steve Perlstein With all the lift choices available to today’s shop owners, if we wrote about every type, size and style available, it would require an entire issue of Auto International.. The choice of two post, four post, parallelogram, scissors, in-ground and mobile lifts, can leave lift buyers wondering which is best. AI decided […]

Time is your most valuable asset

By: Steve Perlstein Everyone is busy managing their business. Sometimes your business can manage you, which is never good for your time management, getting everything done you need to do and seeing all the prospects you need to see. All can show up on your bottom line and profits. As a PD reader, your most […]

Teaming up for discounts

By: Josh Cable An important procurement tool for decades, cooperative purchasing may be more important than ever in today’s economy Judy Meisel is passionate about cooperative purchasing. As purchasing manager for Olathe, Kan., and a long-time buyer, Meisel sees cooperative purchasing as a powerful cost and time saving tool for public-sector procurement professional. Meisel, who […]

Rudy endorses Gibson, is mum on who he wants for governor

by: statepolitics.lohudblogs.com Former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani traveled to Total Tool in Schodack, Rensselaer County, today to endorse Republican Chris Gibson in the race for the 20th Congressional District, whose southern counties include Dutchess, Greene, Columbia, Otsego and Delaware. It includes 137 towns and stretches up to Lake Placid. Gibson, a retired Army […]

Cooperative Procurement: Group buying power saves time & money

Cooperative procurement allows government agencies to purchase equipment and vehicles under another government entity’s contract. At some point, government agencies must replace key equipment, such as fleet vehicles and maintenance equipment. These items take a hefty toll on an agency’s budget, as do the staff hours related to procuring them. However, cooperative procurement offers a […]

Mohawk Lifts & THE ROAD TO SEMA

Andy Cohen producer of THE ROAD TO SEMA uses Mohawk lifts in the fabrication & customization of all vehicles in his shop. Check out some of the photos from the Scion build

Cooperative purchasing yields improved operating results (IOR)

By: Steve Hamill – www.govpro.com Over the past few years, Americans have become increasingly critical of government and cynical about government’s ability to “do good.” Despite these stereotypes views and criticisms, there are many compelling examples that demonstrate how government can indeed achieve greatness. Click for the full PDF article featured in “GO-PRO – The […]

How Public School Bus Fleets Can Save Money, Procurement Time and Budgets

By: Steve Perlstein Cooperative procurements, once known as “piggybacking,” have skyrocketed in recent years for many reasons. It is a method whereby a single government agency has gone through the bid process, established a contract for an item or group of items and issued an award or awards to several vendors. Other state agencies can […]

Cooperative Procurement

How Public Sector fleets can save money, procurement time and stretch budgets. Cooperative Procurement once known as “piggybacking” is a public procurement method that has skyrocketed in recent years for many reasons. Cooperative procurement is a method whereby if a single government agency has gone through the procurement (bid) process, established a contract for an […]