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MEMBER BENEFITS: CEN CONNECTIONS PROGRAM

Facilitated by CEN/SEN staff, CEN Connections allows members to pose questions to the entire CEN and SEN membership base who may be able to provide an answer.
Success Stories
 
• Member saved $1 million

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 Member grew company by 36%
• Member connected with critical supplier within 24 hours
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Member received invaluable advice about supplying contracts to China
• Member saved $35,000 on bank interest rate

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 Member connected with poly wrapping provider in 24 hours
 
 
One of the greatest benefits to being a member of the Chief or Senior Executive Network is the knowledge base you instantly tap into. At your fingertips, you now have the ability to ask any question and get a response from individuals in your exact same position. Not only that, the responses have been known to save our members thousands of dollars. See below for examples of CEN Connections in action.
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Member resolved a delinquent account and saved $1 million
Member Issue A member had an issue regarding a delinquent account they were unable to close.
Responses Received 4 responses within 24 hours.
Testimonial "The feedback I received enabled our company to collect over $1 million in accounts receivable from one of our customers, which would have been much more difficult and perhaps impossible to collect without the recommendation I received. From this, my membership dues have been repaid many times over."
Bill Mahon, TEXMAC, Inc.
Member was able to grow company by 36%
Member Issue A member wanted to significantly grow his firm. The issue was with new staff in place and a depressed market, he was not sure how much and how fast to do so. He wanted to hear from other members who had experience with significantly growing their business in a down economy.
Responses Received 4 responses within 24 hours.
Testimonial "I took the members advice to put the system and personal in place first. By doing this, along with the member's other input and direction, I was able to grow the company by 36%."
Larry Van Sant, Van Sant Plumbing and Heating
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Member was connected with a new raw foam supplier within 24 hours
Member Issue A member needed to find a new raw foam supplier ASAP. Hurricane Rita shut down current supplier and they were going to have to shut down themselves it they did not find a new one within a weeks time.
Responses Received 7 responses within 24 hours.
Testimonial "We were able to solve our foam problem with a couple of different sources. I am very pleased with the CEN support. It's great to know we had good resources available."
John Dorton, MasterCraft Boat Co., Inc.
 
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Member received invaluable advice about supplying contracts to China
Member Issue A member had just received a substantial contract to supply contracts to China. He had never been there nor had any other contacts in China and was concerned at the speed of the whole process (less than two weeks). He wanted to talk to someone with experience in the area.
Responses Received 6 responses within 48 hours.
Testimonial "The input that I have received to date has been extraordinary!! I have received several contacts, both in the US and in China...these referrals have made a huge difference in my approach to this opportunity. I guess from this response you can tell that my satisfaction couldn't be higher."
Bill Seyferth, Westech Corp.
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Member saved $35,000 on their bank interest rate and $10,000 in reduced activity fees
Member Issue A member was interested in benchmarking the market for banking fees, interest rates and required oversight in order to renegotiate their financial structure.
Responses Received 8 responses within 48 hours.
Testimonial

"I received 8 quality responses within 24-48 hours.  With the pricing and compliance information provided I was able to negotiate a 50 basis point reduction in my bank rate which will save me $35,000 in interest on outstanding loan amounts in the first year alone.  In addition I was able to garner an additional $10,000 in savings through reduced activity fees,  internal control time and and audit fees.

I am so wowed by the experience I will use CEN Connections again in 12 months to again benchmark after a year and see where everyone is at."
 
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Member was connected with a poly wrapping provider within 24 hours
Member Issue A member was looking for someone who provided poly wrapping for products that sold in retail establishments.
Responses Received 1 responses within 24 hours.
Testimonial "The information provided led us down a path of an invaluable education concerning the packaging of this project. We have made a lot of contacts and are moving forward. This process was extremely helpful."
Bob Berardino, The Flesh Company
 
Member received key feedback on how to structure R&D
Member Issue One of our members wanted to know how other small to medium size companies were organized as far as R&D. Specifically, they wanted to know if others: Had an actual R&D department? If so, what were the functions of that department? Who did it consist of and how many people? How did they test and document their data?
Responses Received 5 responses within 724 hours.
Testimonial "I received great feedback from several members. The members I spoke with were involved in companies my size and had already "been there and done that" on this process. From this information, I decided to dedicate a full time resource to R&D that has already paid great dividends. This is a great service to use outside of the meetings which I forgot was already a part of my membership."
Karen Ponce, SHAT-R-SHIELD, Inc.
 
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