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Distributor's Link Magazine Spring Issue 2017 / Vol 40 No2

46 THE DISTRIBUTOR’S

46 THE DISTRIBUTOR’S LINK Joe Dysart Joe Dysart is an Internet speaker and business consultant based in Thousand Oaks, California. A journalist for 20 years, his articles have appeared in more than 40 publications, including The New York Times and The Financial Times of London. During the past decade, his work has focused exclusively on ecommerce. Telephone: 631-256-6602; web: www.joedysart.com; email: joe@joedysart.com. FACEBOOK FOR WORKPLACE: A PRIVATE SOCIAL NETWORK FOR FASTENER DISTRIBUTORS Fans of Facebook – and there are more than 1.7 billion of them – now have a near mirror-image of the social network they can use for their business. Dubbed ‘Facebook for Workplace,’ the new app offers all the familiar features that have made Facebook the world’s most popular digital meeting place. The primary difference: Facebook for Workplace enables fastener distributors to use the familiar Facebook environment to create an entirely private social network for their employees and trusted trading partners. “Workplace by Facebook re-imagines a range of business communications by bringing the familiar social experience to the enterprise environment,” says Siddharth Bohra, chief business officer, LTI (www.lntinfotech.com/ en-US/Pages/Home.aspx), an IT service provider. David Meyer, vice president of product, OneLogin (www.onelogin. com), an Internet credentials management company that partners with Facebook for Workplace, agrees: “Today’s modern workplaces recognize that people want to use tools that they are familiar with to collaborate at work.” ABOVE: NOT CONTENT WITH PROVIDING A SOCIAL NETWORK FOR MORE THAN A BILLION PEOPLE, FACEBOOK CEO MARK ZUCKERBERG NOW WANTS TO HOST A PRIVATE SOCIAL NETWORK FOR YOUR BUSINESS. BELOW: FACEBOOK’S ARMY OF CODERS TRIED TO MAKE FACEBOOK FOR WORKPLACE FEEL AS FAMILIAR AS POSSIBLE TO FACEBOOK USERS. Pilot-tested a year before its release in October, Facebook for Workplace is looking to muscle-in on other players already offering social networks for business, including Slack, Jive, Basecamp, Trello, Asana andTeams, a business social network still in development at Microsoft. Essentially, each of these social network environments enable a fastener distributor to create a searchable, interactive, highly flexible community, where management and staff can meet virtually to get projects done. Moreover, each of the companies behind these social networks stress that they sweat the details when it comes to security, promising that your business secrets will be safe in their secured cloud. Facebook for Workplace’s primary advantage, or course, is that the social network is already a comfortable shoe for millions of business people. Millions of Millenials grew up on Facebook. And many of their parents and grandparents could not resist its siren’s call after they realized Facebook makes it a snap to keep up with family and friends – not to mention old girlfriends and boyfriends. CONTRIBUTOR ARTICLE CONTINUED ON PAGE 134

THE DISTRIBUTOR’S LINK 47 ALL AMERICA THREADED PRODUCTS 4661 Monaco Street, Denver, CO 80216 TEL 1-800-354-3330 EMAIL info@aatprod.com WEB www.aatprod.com ALL AMERICA - KEEPING THEIR COOL WITH COLD FORMING Since 1994, All America Threaded products has been a prime U.S. manufacturer and distributor of quality, threaded products. Economies of scale created by expansion through acquisition have allowed them to become a major player in the threaded products industry. Having plant locations in Denver, CO, Indianapolis, IN and Lancaster, PA makes All America operate with greater geographical reach. They understand that their customers want shipments delivered promptly. Thus, they carry large inventories of threaded products, practice flexible manufacturing, and typically ship within a day or two of receiving their orders. Products arrive in sturdy packaging, proudly displaying “Made in USA” labeling. In addition to producing more products and covering more areas, they also take pride in providing exemplary customer service. All America Threaded Products forms the majority of BUSINESS FOCUS ARTICLE its threaded rod and bar products using the thread rolling process - a.k.a. cold forming. Unlike the cutting process which severs the grain structure in the steel, thread rolling re-forms the grain structure in a continuous line along the thread form. This technology produces a significantly stronger thread: it bolsters tension, shear and fatigue resistance. And finally, cold forming is an incredibly effective procedure that derives important cost savings that are inevitably passed along to the customer. All America Threaded Products has developed a wide range of capabilities to support their customers’ needs, including cutting, finishing and plating as well as drawing, bending, welding, assembly and packaging. They can produce the precise size, shape and specification needed in a project. ALL AMERICA THREADED PRODUCTS

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