The pre-politically correctness-named Wigwam resort in Litchfield Park, Ariz., was the site for HARDI’s first in its series of focus conferences for 2014.

The March 9-11 event, which focused on operations and logistics, told members how they could position their companies to handle economic storms. First presenter Rick Blasgen, CEO of the Council Supply Chain Management Professionals, told the Heating, Air-Conditioning and Refrigeration Distributors International members in attendance that the supply chain is responsible for 8.5 percent of U.S. gross domestic product.