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Home » Keywords: » policies and procedures

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Expert panel to address critical supply chain issues

This panel aims to offer actionable solutions during the FGIA Fall Conference.
September 24, 2025

How can companies navigate today’s supply chain turbulence? At the Fenestration and Glazing Industry Alliance (FGIA) 2025 Fall Conference, experts will unpack the economic, legal and compliance challenges shaping the landscape.


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Massachusetts Gov. Maura Healey with plumbing industry representatives

Plumbing representatives support March4Water initiative at state capitols

Events in New Jersey, Missouri, Iowa and Massachusetts support the March4Water initiative organized by IAPMO.
April 2, 2025

Industry representatives unite to advocate for policies to improve public health, water quality and economic sustainability.


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Al Levi

Why you need to have written policies and procedures

Written policies and procedures help everyone sleep through the night.
7 Power Blog
Al Levi
March 28, 2017

I grew up in my family’s plumbing, heating, and cooling company, and among my earliest memories are those of my dad getting calls in the middle of the night from people with heating emergencies — a homeowner whose furnace had quit or a bakery where they needed the steam from the boilers for their baking.


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Dog-gone it

The 500-pound dog in the room.
7 Power Blog
Al Levi
November 17, 2014

The 500-pound dog in the room is the question about whether or not to allow dogs at work.


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Why you need systems in your plumbing business

Known policies and procedures help you in good and bad times.
7 Power Blog
Al Levi
October 18, 2013

Is it true that systems can make any company run better and be more profitable? Yes! Is it also true that systems can make it possible to run your company successfully without you having to ride to the rescue to save the day? Can you depend on great staff to overcome a lack of known and practiced policies and procedures? Yes


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Training Service Technicians

Paul Ridilla
April 19, 2013
Maintaining effective human relations throughout your shop and service department creates an enviable reputation for attracting key employees, which naturally attracts new customers.
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Who’s judging my work and based on what?

Who is really my boss and what the heck are they judging me on?
7 Power Blog
Al Levi
February 22, 2013

This is one of the most common complaints I hear in my multiple one-to-one private interviews with staff when I make my first onsite visit to a new consulting client’s shop.


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