Team, With only one month to go in fiscal year 2022, we are now laser focused on 2023. Our budgets are set, capital spending approved, and our strategic plans are already being executed. We anticipate a very solid finish to 2022 at approximately 102% of sales plan. And with the projections and backlog entering 2023, […]
October 2022
Team, We are in the fourth quarter of 2022 and pushing for a strong finish, but are also working to complete our strategic plans for 2023! This planning actually started in July, as it does every year, to make sure our strategies are in alignment with our largest opportunities, while taking into account our strengths, […]
August 2022
Team, It’s hard to believe we are already in the home stretch of summer. The good news is that means football is right around the corner and training camps are opening! It is my favorite time of year, and I am happy to report that I will once again be able to enjoy it! This […]
June 2022
Leadership. It is defined as the ability of an individual or entity to influence and guide followers or other members of the organization. A true leader is not only one who inspires passion and motivation in followers, but they also have a vision and lay the path towards realizing it. As we near the 50th […]
April 2022
Team, It’s hard to believe we are already through the first quarter of 2022. Overall, the performance of the Group remains strong. Orders are at plan and shipments are slightly behind plan, mainly due to continued constraints in supply chain and labor. The good news on the labor front is our initiative to hire 30 […]
February 2022
Team, It’s hard to believe it’s already mid-February, we’ve celebrated Valentine’s Day, and survived Superbowl LVI. But the good news is that spring is right around the corner and we got to see all our Principals and Sales Managers at our Virtual Principals Meeting today. We have so much to share with you regarding our […]
January 2022
I hope your new year is off to a great start and wish you all nothing but good health and success in 2022! As you’ll see below, we finished 2021 strong and as a Group finished at $97 million in total sales on a plan of $86.5 million—which in round numbers is $1 million more […]
December 2021
Greetings Spacesaver Group, 2021 is almost in the books and it is time to turn the page and FOCUS on 2022. As I mentioned last month, we have so much to be thankful for as we reflect on another successful year as a Group. Challenges will always be there no matter how hard you work, […]
November 2021
Team, Wow, October was a blur! We all have so much going on and so many challenges in our businesses to address as we close out 2021 and prepare for 2022. The chaos created by supply chain issues, severe labor shortages and the new Executive Order 14042 requiring COVID protocols for all government contractors (just […]
October 2021
Team, We are in the home stretch of 2021, one more quarter to go! Our Virtual Principals Meeting is scheduled for Wednesday, October 13th. In addition to covering our strategic initiatives for 2022, we will be sharing the Spacesaver Group’s performance through nine months and our forecasted finish to 2021. I will also be sharing […]
September 2021
Team, It’s hard to believe summer is almost over and we are heading into fall already. This transition means much more than the return of football and pumpkin spice lattes (sorry, I have never had one and probably never will), but a time to FOCUS on 2022. As mentioned last month, we are putting the […]
August 2021
Team, This is a follow up to my “Spacesaver Recovery Efforts” update sent to all Area Contractor Principals and Sales Managers on July 27, 2021. We are making positive progress to our plan and are on track to recover on-time delivery to budget levels and lead time reduction to goals by mid-October. In fact, we […]