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Article: Fulton Supply president offers ways to cut costs in new book.
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- May 8, 2008
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By Susan Avery
Joel Roth wants to talk about MRO.
Looking to open up discussion between purchasing and distribution, the president of Fulton Supply Co. in Atlanta, has written a book based on his experience in the industrial distribution business called The 20% Solution: A Practical Guide to Dramatic Cost Reduction in MROP Procurement. (MROP stands for maintenance, repair, operations and production.)
And to really spur the conversation, Roth is making the book available free for download at www.the20percentsolution.com .
'MRO is one of the best and biggest untapped areas I know to achieve significant cost reduction,' he says. 'But many ...