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Owner Of Go Mini’s LLC In The National Marathon To Finish Breast Cancer

Tuesday, February 8th, 2011

Sheila Norris, owner and co-founder of Go Mini’s LLC, an international portable moving and storage company based in Jacksonville, Florida with 220 dealerships in the U.S., Canada and Mexico, will participate in this year’s 26.2 With Donna:  The National Marathon To Finish Breast Cancer.  The event, to be held on February 13, is the only marathon in the country in which all proceeds and donations go to breast cancer research and care for patients.  The Mayo Clinic receives 70 percent and 30 percent goes to the Donna Foundation, a nonprofit organization that helps financially struggling breast cancer patients.   More information regarding the marathon can be found at www.breastcancermarathon.com

Sheila is a breast cancer survivor having aggressively fought the disease through surgery, radiation and chemotherapy.  This year she celebrates ten years of freedom from cancer.  Sheila’s sisters Jorja and Margaret also had breast cancer.  Jorja died at the age of 42 from Ovarian cancer.

“Everyone has been personally affected by breast cancer in some way,” Sheila’s husband and business partner, Bill, commented.  “My wife, her sisters, many friends (not to mention countless mothers, sisters and daughters of friends) have all had breast cancer.  I’ll be participating with Sheila in the half-marathon, which I have to admit is a bit of a challenge for me, but it is nothing compared to what these ladies have gone through.  With this year’s event occurring the day before Valentine’s Day, I can’t think of a better way to show my love and support.”

Go Mini’s, the business founded by Sheila and Bill Norris in 2002, was recognized in the 2007 Inc. 500 listing as the 39^th fastest growing privately held company, number 1 in the transportation sector.  Go Mini’s portable storage and its mobile storage containers, that are Made In The USA, offer the very best quality portable storage units at an exceptional value for your moving and storage needs. Go to www.gominis.com to learn more and get a free moving and storage quote.

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Taking Portable Storage To The Next Level

Friday, April 16th, 2010

A major HVAC mechanical contractor in the Midwest wanted to be more aggressive and branch out into other geographical areas.  However, they had no in-house expertise to quote or manage the logistics of a remote job site.  So they asked Stangate Management, Inc. (SMI) www.stangate.com , specialists in supply chain management and logistics engineering to assist them.

Stangate Management developed several custom alternatives for their client.  They guided the manufacturing and installation teams through the feasibility evaluation process of each alternative.  The best overall and lowest cost solution involved partial assembly prior to transport then final assembly on the job site.  SMI had partnered with Planes Logistics and Go Mini’s of Cincinnati to develop the whole process.  It was a very complex situation involving many steps and it had to work perfectly the first time so a trial was developed to test the equipment, manufacturing, and transport to pilot the whole process.  Once the process was refined and validated the bid was made and the client won a large construction contract ($30+ mil) for a major University hospital expansion.

After consulting with Go Mini’s, Mini Storage On The Go, SMI learned that Go Mini’s containers are highly portable and can be loaded in one location and shipped inside of 53′  over-the-road trailers or on flatbeds to move product to multiple job sites.  They can also be lifted by forklift or crane and once placed at job site, can be maneuvered where needed since they are mounted on sturdy polycoated steel casters.

Partially fabricated duct sections were loaded into 45 Go Mini’s containers, transported over 100 miles to the job site, where the Go Mini’s containers could be lifted to the second floor without having to unload and reload product.

The efficiency improvement from use of the Go Mini’s mobile containers resulted in a transportation cost reduction of 47% ($14K) and a material handling labor reduction of 30%, which saved over $200,000 for the contractor.  As an added benefit, shop through-put and flexibility was greatly increased because some of the assembly was done at the job site.

Contact Stangate Management, Inc, at 513-300-7385 or Go Mini’s at 866-466-4647.

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Why People Buy

Wednesday, April 14th, 2010

People buy for hundreds of reasons, from needs to prestige and everything in between. Psychologists such as Abraham Maslow and B.F. Skinner wrote about people’s wants and needs over a century ago and their theories are still being used today in college business courses.

We hear people say they want the most “bang for the buck”.  That may be  the definitive answer to this article. In simple terms they want the benefits of  good value with a good price. If we break that down into a formula:  VALUE = BENEFITS/PRICE.

To make your product or service desirable to the customer you can add or decrease benefits while raising or lowering the price. But the important thing to remember is that people do not buy on price alone.

“I am easily satisfied with the very best,” Winston Churchill.

Go Mini’s portable storage and its mobile storage containers offer the very best quality portable storage units at an exceptional value for your moving and storage needs. Go to www.gominis.com for a free quote and find the dealer nearest you.

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