The electrical distributor’s blog

Practical ways to manage your customers’ inventory, offer better terms, get paid faster and make more on every account.

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Phone, text and email orders cost your counter time and cause pulls of the wrong wire or breaker. Here is how an ordering app fixes that.

Bin labels, scanning, counts and on-site programs let you run a plant or contractor's electrical stock and keep them buying from you.

Let contractors and plants order by their own part numbers, see everything they have bought, and scan a competitor's label to switch.

Price per foot of wire is only part of what an electrical contractor or plant pays. Here is how to sell on total cost, and win.

Electrical contractors live on terms. Online credit applications and tax exemption tracking let you open accounts faster and safely.

Electrical contractors pay when they get paid. Make it easy for them to find invoices and pay right away, and your cash comes in sooner.

Reorder, AutoPilot reorder and blanket orders keep fast movers like wire nuts, straps and lamps coming without a weekly phone call.

Give contractors, plants and institutions control over who orders and how much, with budgets, approvals and master accounts.

Electrical quotes pile up fast. Price photos, plain-language requests and emailed RFQs quickly so you win the job before someone else does.

Help outside reps cover contractors, job sites and plants with a planned route, quick visit logs and alerts when an account starts to slip.

Electrical margins leak through stale pricing and unpassed cost increases. Find the leaks and raise prices carefully, account by account.

From the exec dashboard to the reports your customers see, use data to run the business and run better quarterly reviews with key accounts.

Same app, same scanner, works with your existing ERP. Loaded with your catalog and your logo.