text: Important risk factors include, but are not limited to, the 
  
  following: risks relating to the operations levels of our customers 
  
  and the economic factors that affect them; changes in the prices 
  
  for products and services relative to the cost of providing them; 
  
  reduction in supplier inventory purchase incentives; loss of key 
  
  supplier authorizations, lack of product availability, or changes in 
  
  supplier distribution programs; the cost of products and energy 
  
  and other operating costs; changes in customer preferences for 
  
  products and services of the nature and brands sold by us; 
  
  changes in customer procurement policies and practices; 
  
  competitive pressures; our reliance on information systems; our 
  
  ability to implement our ERP system in a timely, cost-effective, 
  
  and competent manner, and to capture its planned benefits while 
  
  maintaining an adequate internal control environment; the 
  
  impact of economic conditions on the collectability of trade 
  
  receivables; reduced demand for our products in targeted 
  
  markets due to reasons including consolidation in customer 
  
  industries and the transfer of manufacturing capacity to foreign 
  
  countries; our ability to retain and attract qualified sales and 
  
  customer service personnel; our ability to identify and complete 
  
  “estimate,” “forecast,” “may,” and derivative or similar words or  acquisitions, integrate them effectively, and realize their 