by Paul V. Arnold

As I’m sure you’ve noticed last issue and will notice in this issue, MRO Today continues to tweak the publication, all in an effort to make it more meaningful and important to you. Heck, we preach change all the time. Why not practice it as well?

Here is the basis for some of the changes.

Showing off Showcase: Over the past few years, a number of you have suggested that MRO Today publish a compendium of new products that can be used throughout the year for making purchasing decisions. Those suggestions have led to this issue, which includes our first-ever Product Showcase. We hope to continue this Showcase concept on an annual basis. So, after looking through this issue, please let me know if the format meets your particular MRO product information needs. E-mail your comments to me at igwebeditor@milomediapub.com. 

Reviewing Product Preview: A new feature called Product Preview debuted last issue. Unlike our Product News section, which has traditionally highlighted MRO products currently available for purchase through your local industrial distributor, Product Preview highlights products that will be available to you in the coming weeks and months. In these information bites, product manufacturers give you a sneak preview into their upcoming products and the new technologies being incorporated into these products. Is this information helpful to you? Let me know.

Chris crosses over: As the result of feedback supplied by you, the focus of Chris Christensen’s MRO Coach column has shifted from inventory management to maintenance management. The adjustment gives Chris the opportunity to draw upon his decade-long experience of leading maintenance departments at large U.S. manufacturing firms. If you have questions or topics you’d like Chris to write about, e-mail him at cchristensen@execed.bus.wisc.edu. 

New-look logo: While we were making some of these editorial format changes, we thought it also would be a good time to alter the magazine’s logo. While the old MRO Today logo suited us well for the magazine’s first seven years, it always did have kind of a 1980s-ish feel to it. So, we thought we’d pep it up a bit and make it more modern. Graphic designer Bridget Stebly gets the credit for the sleek redesign.

I hope you like the new look as well as the new editorial components. If you have additional ideas to make the magazine more useful to you, bring them to my attention. I and this magazine are here to serve you.

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