SAM Coverage
Jim Shaw
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Rental Flow
Writing about ski rental shops, traffic flow, rack designs and procedures is theory based on practical experience. Actually designing a rental shop from the…
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The Rental Shop
An effective area repair shop requires high productivity. Fundamental to achieving this is having good personnel—a scarce commodity. The job is seasonal and offers…
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The Rental Shop
One thing any skier—even a never-ever—can understand is pain. When your feet hurt you don’t enjoy skiing. I doubt that anyone knows how many…
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Rental Shop
Where a rental shop operation is aimed at beginning skiers—you want to get them on the hill fast, teach them to ski efficiently and…
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Rental Shop
Fall is a good time to look at rental shop refurbishing. Efficient storage of skis, boots and poles for easy accessibility and space saving…
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Rental Shop
The ski equipment rental form is a small but most important link in the rental operation. The customer usually fills in part, the cashier…
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The Rental Shop
In 1950 the late Mitch Cubberly introduced the Cubco binding. This was the first popular binding which did not rely on ski-boot-to-binding contact. Many…
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The Rental Shop
Save Time with Floating Pre-mated Systems In selecting rental bindings a shop must consider many factors: initial cost, rental efficiency, customer acceptance and the…
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The Rental Shop
When I visit a ski area I like to see how problems indigenous to the industry are solved. After a quick glance at lifts…
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The Rental Shop
Large or small, old or new, east or west the heart of any rental operation is the people who operate it. All rental operations…