Johnstone Supply and Epicor are working together to make the multi-branch business successful. What are they doing and who are the most recent additions?
Lifting Gear Hire (LGH) announced that its Houston warehouse has been relocated to a new facility. The company said the new warehouse, located at 305 Deerwood Glen Drive, Deer Park, Texas, will help LGH provide faster equipment rental turnaround times for customers in and around the Houston area.
Whether a contractor who has a little inventory or a distributor who has a lot of inventory, there is one uniting factor between these two HVAC industry participants — both have inventory. Tracking and managing this inventory can be a challenge, especially for establishments that don’t have a strong infrastructure or that haven’t invested in electronic solutions or platforms.
With increasing demand for air conditioning and refrigeration compressors from its West Coast wholesale customers, Packard Inc. has announced the opening of a warehouse in Las Vegas.
The 2012 Distribution Monitor Report showed that as hiring begins to increase in some areas once again, distributors are no longer going to be able to rely on cutting the workforce to help maintain and increase profits in a tough economy. What can they do instead?
Charlie
Jones founded his eponymous company in Kansas City in 1939, believing that
contractors could benefit from purchasing wholesale heating supplies in one
convenient location. He started out with three employees and a limited
inventory, betting on a hunch that contractors would embrace his business model
of buying products from one knowledgeable source. Did his bet pay off?
If last season's mild winter didn't ding HVAC wholesalers' profits, this summer's fuel prices could do it. Is there something that could help mitigate these costs? Stephen Roth, principle of Carmel Software Corp. thinks so.
Is your business benefitting from a pre-season stocking program? Pre-season stocking programs can make a big difference in business. How much of a difference and how positive that difference often depends on the terms and conditions of the program.
