Michael Souders, vice president of sales, Winsupply, and Ed Bishop, director of national accounts, Winsupply, will offer a holistic look of attendees' businesses and recommend what they can be doing now in "the wait" to recover.

An essential support and reference document for beginners and experts alike, the 2018 UPC and UMC Illustrated Training Manuals provide the entire code accompanied by hundreds of full-color photos and graphics and narrative discussion expanding on specific sections of each code.

With forced business closures, unprecedented rates of unemployment, and major disruptions across supply-chains, an economic downturn due to the COVID-19 pandemic is inevitable, posing a threat to HVAC industry distributors, contractors, and engineers in the B2B channel.

Downsizing is one of the most important factors that can either weaken or strengthen your company — both during the crisis and for years after — depending on how you do it.

Supply chains throughout our economy will experience volatile shock waves of product supply and demand over the next year or more. This will create chaos in both customer fulfillment and supplier replenishment unless managers adopt a completely different way of managing their supply chains.

This May's sessions will cover finance, management and leadership.

"How the Federal COVID-19 Response Impacts Your Business," a webinar co-convened on April 16 by IAPMO and many of its plumbing and mechanical industry partners and led by Glenn Spencer, attracted a large audience of business owners and employees seeking guidance on employment issues precipitated by the COVID-19 pandemic.

Code officials, contractors, manufacturers and members of the various organizations are invited to attend the webinar to learn from U.S. Chamber of Commerce experts on several topics.