An eNewsletter for industrial manufacturers keeping you informed in the areas of b2b eCommerce, Internet marketing and website self-service.
September 2011 |
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i-MARK President's Blog
The USPS is at the Edge of Insolvency - A Warning to All?
Blog Post By: Del Merenda, President & CEO, i-MARK, Inc.
September 27, 2011
B2b buyers of components and assemblies are searching, evaluating and purchasing products using the Internet, which is fast becoming their primary marketplace for B2B transactions. Many of your competitors are already up-and-running or are busy putting their websites to work. How well equipped is your company to do business on the Internet? If not so well, then don't let this happen to you!
'The U.S. Postal Service, burdened with huge financial losses, recently announced that it was facing a "new reality" that would include shutting a slew of processing facilities, changing service standards for first-class mail and cutting up to 35,000 positions.
The news comes after the agency recently announced it was studying shutting hundreds of post offices across the nation as its business erodes amid the growing use of e-mail and other Internet tools. The agency has reported a series of financial losses that have pushed it to the edge of insolvency.' (MSNBC 09/15/2011)
At first glance you might ask, 'what does my manufacturing company have in common with the US Postal Service'? Well for one thing, you both have . . . customers. Read More |
Customer Success 
Global Custom Solutions Manufacturer Puts Innovative Quick-Ship Linear Actuator Prototype Program Online
Posted By: i-MARK Inc.
Read how Haydon Kerk Motion Solutions put up a self-service eBusiness component on their website with the help of i-MARK's 24/7 BUSINESS SaaS solution for industrial manufacturers. While ninety-five percent of Haydon Kerk's products are custom made, they came up with an innovative way to put their prototyping program into an online self-service system that is working exactly as they hoped.
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Industry in Motion
Our 'virtual' department providing influential content from respected third parties or from us - that demonstrates how the Internet is transforming the way that B2B companies conduct business and revamp their processes to achieve maximum ROI and growth.

Getting IT Spending Right This Time
Smart IT investing doesn't require a return to spendthrift ways of the late '90's
i-MARK recommends this 'classic' McKinsey article as good, gut-check reading. Published in 2003, it foretells how the then present B2B business climate needed to be seriously evaluated and to apply new, 'outside the box' thinking in order to create business processes and platforms that would best capitalize on dramatically changing market conditions.
A bit of a long read - but considering the source, it could be well worth the time - especially if your company is still looking to 'getting IT spending right'.
May 2003, By: Diana Farrell, Terra Terwilliger, and Allen P. Webb |
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Industrial Manufacturers Get Busy 'Online'
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Emhart launches i-MARK's 24/7 BUSINESS™ guided-selling system to serve global Spanish-speaking markets on the web. View it!
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Setra Sensing Solutions (MA) chooses i-MARK's 24/7 BUSINESS™ to power their new Internet eBusiness channel. Read More
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Cameron's Valves & Measurement Group chooses 24/7 BUSINESS™, starting with their U.K.-based subsidiary, International Valves Ltd! Read More
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