CADET NEWS
NW Radio
Our own NW Regional Sales Manager, Dan Maze, was featured October 4th with Bob Strong from Northwest Radio’s “Around the House”. Dan and Bob took calls from local home owners interested in reducing their heating costs this winter with zonal heating.
MARKET NEWS
Riverview Place
Whiskey Hill Electric was awarded a project in Albany, Oregon, consisting of 40 downtown rental units targeted to senior living.
Electric heat is featured throughout.… MORE»
ASK THE EXPERT
I have Cadet heaters, but my electric rates are expected to go up this winter. What can I do?
You can do two things:
First, practice good… MORE»
SPOTLIGHT ON MANUFACTURING
Two years ago Cadet realized we had a problem: we were literally out of room when it came to storing product for our peak heat season, which limited our ability to pre-build product based on historical customer demand.
Constructing more warehouse space was a costly option, and didn’t take ad.… MORE»
LEAN in the OFFICE
Do you have processes in your front office that could benefit from the same principles used in Lean manufacturing?
Cadet recently completed a 3-day Kaizen event that targeted improving our purchase order and requisition process by reducing 50% of the steps, time and paperwork, and providing a clearly defined process to eliminate errors...MORE»
UPCOMING EVENTS
ENTER TO WIN!
Creating an individual temperature zone can solve thermostat battles in your household. That’s why we are currently featuring an ad contest where you can submit your brief story of how a Cadet zonal heater has improved your relationship. Winner is awarded fresh flowers sent to their home for the next 6 months!
Trends Conference & Tradeshow
Trends Trade Show:
Cadet will be attending the Trends Conference & Tradeshow held at the Washington State Convention & Trade Center in Seattle on December 11, 2008. This event is the largest rental housing management conference & Trade Show in the NW. Stop by our booth and say hello, and catch up on the latest rental Trends.
Scaling Back, or changing mindsets?
Given the current economy and my new projected retirement age of 103, I recently announced to my family that "we are scaling back." Businesses are doing the same: tightening up, and scaling back. Sweeping changes and major layoffs make the big news headlines, and those may be needed. But if things haven't slowed dramatically for you yet, preparing now by changing spending attitudes can create lasting impact, without turning your company on its head.
Changing spending mindsets creates significant opportunities that help pull you through the down cycle and most importantly, stick around for the upturn.… MORE»
