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Forethought: On your mark…

One hundred years ago, the first issue of The National Tent and Awning Manufacturers Review was issued to association members. In 1915, World War I deepened in Europe: in January, the first German Zeppelin attack occurred over Great Britain; in May, the SS Lusitania was sunk by a German submarine; in April, the massacre of [...]

By |2015-10-01T00:00:40-05:00October 1, 2015|

Forethought: IFAI Expo 2015

IFAI Expo 2015: Let's talk Some of the most interesting conversations I have with people in our industry occur after I ask them to tell me about a connection that changed their business, or their jobs. Their stories are always interesting and informative, and I am often amazed to see how delighted they are because [...]

By |2015-09-01T00:00:57-05:00September 1, 2015|

Forethought: Patience and time

We’ve now gone back 70 years in our voyage to the very first Review published in 1915. The issues published during 1945 were something of a surprise to me, in that so much “normal” business activity was subsumed by World War II. My father served on the U.S.S. Maddox in the Pacific; a good friend’s [...]

By |2015-07-01T00:00:44-05:00July 1, 2015|

Product, then procurement: MUST

FORETHOUGHT By Mary Hennessy Something very exciting and potentially game-changing is occurring in the military market: ATA members will soon have the opportunity to get into the Defense Logistics Agency (DLA) supply pipeline before contracts and specifications are issued. It’s called MUST—Military Uniform System Technology. The initial demonstration and proof of concept of MUST is [...]

By |2015-06-01T12:00:51-05:00June 1, 2015|

Forethought: Face forward

As I was reading through the 1965 copies of Canvas Products Review for this month’s “Future History," an article in the November issue celebrating the magazine’s 50th anniversary caught my attention: a recap of a report from the very first issue of The National Tent and Awning Manufacturers REVIEW about the Fourth Annual Convention in [...]

By |2015-05-01T00:00:40-05:00May 1, 2015|

Forethought: The division of labor

Capital is only the fruit of labor, and could never have existed if labor had not first existed. Labor is the superior of capital, and deserves much the higher consideration. ~Abraham Lincoln

By |2015-04-01T01:00:26-05:00April 1, 2015|
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