MTS Journal

2011  •  Volume 27  •  Issue 2

This issue of the Journal, includes articles from Jack Beckwith, ASA, Alan Iannacito, FASA, Mike Clark, and an interview with Michael Makin, MBA. The new Editor hopes to provide quality articles to help readers hone their skills.
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Articles from this Issue

Chairman’s Perspective

News from ASA’s Machinery and Technical Specialties Committee
PAGE 4 Richard A. Berkemeier, ASA

Editor's Corner

A special note from the Editor of ASA’s MTS Journal
PAGE 5 William M. Engel, ASA, MRICS

Machinery and Technical Specialties Discipline Governors’ Commentary

Important information and updates from MTS Discipline Governors
PAGE 6 Daniel Lagace, ASA and Sharon Desfor, ASA

Medical Imaging Report

Medical imaging is one of the largest sectors of the healthcare industry. This article covers what appraisers need to know when valuing diagnostic imaging equipment.
PAGE 9 Jack Beckwith, ASA

When Values Hibernate

Assets in hibernation are not necessarily economically or technologically terminal, but contrary to everyday appraisal theory. How do appraisers think of these assets and is there intrinsic value?
PAGE 13 Alan C. Iannacito, FASA

Premises of Value: What is Forced Liquidation?

the question, “What is an auction?” With the introduction of online sales – which have become dominant in the industrial auction scene – the concept of “Forced Liquidation” is not so easily applied as it was ten or twenty years ago.
PAGE 16 Mike Clark

Interview with Michael Makin, CEO and President of the Printing Industries of America

The MTSJ had the opportunity to interview Michael Makin, the CEO and President of the Printing Industries of America, the world’s largest graphic arts trade organization, about the current state of the printing industry and markets.
PAGE 18 MTS Journal

How do you Use Technology in your Appraisal Practices?

This article will discuss technology, not from the standpoint of how it impacts equipment, but rather from the standpoint of how appraisers perform their appraisals. In other words, how do appraisers use technology to do their jobs better?
PAGE 27 William M. Engel, ASA, MRICS