Events

2007-06-14
Online, Watch from your computer
9:30 a.m. PT, 11:30 a.m. CT, 12:30 p.m. ET - One hour event

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RSM McGladrey’s 2007 Manufacturing and Wholesale Distribution National Survey garnered over 900 responses – and provided us with answers to the following questions: 

• How optimistic are U.S. manufacturers and wholesale distributors about the present and future of their industries and their companies?
• What are the leading growth strategies within your industry?
• How are your peers managing costs and improving operations?
• Where are they finding skilled labor?
• What primary factors are impacting cost structure?

Learn firsthand what your industry peers are doing now and what they see as future obstacles and opportunities. In addition to hearing the survey results, we’ll share what we learned from industry leaders in post-survey interviews.

Topics Include:

Your speakers are:

Tom Murphy – Executive vice president of RSM McGladrey’s national manufacturing and wholesale distribution practice. Before joining RSM McGladrey in 1991, Tom spent over 25 years in manufacturing as a CFO. He is a board member of the National Association of Manufacturers (NAM) and The Manufacturing Institute, and was a contributor to the 2006 NAM report, The Future Success of Small and Medium Manufacturers: Challenges and Policy Issues. 

Bob Jirsa – General services partner with McGladrey & Pullen and leader of the Wholesale Distribution and Manufacturing Services Group for the Mid-Atlantic region. Bob has extensive experience in the areas of information and accounting systems for client industries, including companies with multi-state and international operations. 

Mark Bloom - General services partner with McGladrey & Pullen and leader of the manufacturing and wholesale distribution practice in the Great Lakes region. In addition to applying over 25 years accounting experience, Mark assists clients with business development issues, international expansion, acquisitions and divestitures, development of product lines, business valuations, contract negotiations, financial statement projections and financing matters.