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AWFS Las Vegas hasd the tools to strengthen your business. At the 2009 Association of Woodworking & Furnishings Suppliers Fairs (AWFS), you'll benefit immediately from all it has to offer. See how the newest woodworking innovations can save you time and make you money. Find lean manufacturing solutions to increase yields and improve ROI. Get critical answers and information right from the source. Learn how to stay competitive in a tight economy, and set yourself up for future success.

AZ School of Rock offers hands on training courses for 2008 in slab fabrication and stone restoration topics. The school provides year round training at an operational fabrication facility offered in English and Spanish to all students. The school will host a variety of four and five day training courses. The school offers skill training as well as objective assessments of products available to the natural and engineered stone industry.

Why do the best of the best in America employ coaches and consultants when they're already winners? They practice business in the future tense with consultants who brainstorm at the horizon. Whip-Smart Management Consulting LLC is speeding up, and every day has a bit less relevance to the one before - hurtling daily at greater speed with the relevance gap growing ever larger. Business visionaries see that experience is transforming from useful benefit to bulky anchor. Popular consulting services include: breakthrough consulting and HR fix-ups; winning website content and flow; brand identity & marketing themes; creative business planning; staffing strategies and employee development; guerilla/shoestring marketing; as well as expert writing, reports, plans and articles.

Moraware JobTracker eliminates the time fabricators and installers waste on scheduling and paperwork, according to the company. JobTracker is scheduling and job management software that uses a web browser-based interface. It can be configured to manage the variety of jobs done by fabricators and other specialty contractors.
The software features a calendar with a spreadsheet of job information and instant access to the details of any job. The multi-user system allows changes made by one person to be immediately accessible to everyone in the office, shop and field using mobile devices. Dealers, builders and other customers may also log into the system to see dates and other information about their jobs.

The Fabricator Network is a Web-based community for the surface fabricator. From downloads to documentation, TheFabricatorNetwork.com offers a comprehensive base of useful information, resources and support for the surfacing community. FabNet is free to all countertop industry professionals and its Web site includes an interactive forum, an extensive sink CAD file library, product reviews, tips and how-to articles and much more.

Are you equipped with the knowledge and tools necessary to help your livelihood succeed in today's uncertain economic conditions? Join the who's who of the stone industry and learn first-hand from the experts the emerging technology, cutting-edge business practices and hands-on solutions to everything stone. StonExpo/Marmomacc Americas is a leading stone industry trade show and will return to the Las Vegas Convention Center in 2009.

The core purpose of the MIA is to promote the use of natural stone, to be the authority on natural stone in the world and to help members succees; displaying integrity and professionalism as an association and as an industry; advancing competency and safety of natural stone craftsmanship; being the most credible authority on natural stone; and being responsive to the changing needs and interests of members through innovation and creativity.

Nelson Wood Shims has redeveloped the bulk carton of its shims to meet the expectations of fabricators, and it is now called the Fabricator's Bulk Box of wood shims. Nelson uses a high grade of wood that snaps well. Fabrictors also wanted a box that can be easily opened and closed for jobsite transfering, so the box has been improved to meet that demand.