Best Practices - Articles - Page 19

Feature

Sustaining Value

Maintaining the same core values past leaders established Piping and Equipment celebrates 50 years in business.

July 3, 2019

Houston-based Piping and Equipment (P&E), a subsidiary of Fairmont Supply Co., a full-line industrial supplier of pipe, valves, fittings, flanges and other ancillary tools, sustained five decades of success by staying true to the established best practices of co-founder and former CEO Gary Cartright.

Plumbing & Showrooms

Making It Memorable

Inspirations to create drama in the kitchen and bath.

July 3, 2019

Linda Jennings

The secret to creating an unforgettable design space is all about the drama. The most memorable kitchens and baths all have an element of daring — a decisive “wow factor” that makes a lasting impression.

Plumbing & Showrooms

Designing Showrooms for a New Generation

Looking at millennial habits and tastes is not about stereotyping or ignoring other segments of your audience.

July 3, 2019

Stephanie Azran

Retail has entered a new era thanks to a generation of shoppers who shop online as effortlessly as they do in physical stores.

Business Management

Customer Catalogs

Don’t put all your eggs into the e-commerce basket; the majority of your business does not come from the Internet.

July 3, 2019

Rich & Jen Schmitt

Creating a good webstore is a complicated process. It’s not as messy as managing a top-notch salesforce, maintaining brick-and-mortar locations with fast, efficient product delivery, establishing customer relationships and building effective marketing programs that attract and retain profitable customers.

The full-service company keeps up with the latest plumbing innovations and trends, from general installations to CAD-designed plumbing systems.

Neptune Plumbing Presidents Win Entrepreneur Award

June 24, 2019

The full-service company keeps up with the latest plumbing innovations and trends, from general installations to CAD-designed plumbing systems.

New Grant Collaboration Publishes 72 Safety Best Practices for Mechanical Contracting

June 19, 2019

Comfort Systems USA Northwest, Central Washington University, Oregon State University and McKinstry partner to improve worker safety by preventing injuries, illnesses and fatalities.

ASSE Publishes Revised Guide on Residential Garbage Disposals

June 11, 2019

Standard provides a basis for evaluating the adequacy of appliance design and performance to ensure sanitary conditions and to protect the public from health hazards.

New Flat Rate Unveils New Cloud-Based Training Platform

June 7, 2019

The Lab provides service managers and owners the ability to walk technicians through an online curriculum.

e-Commerce

Manufacturer-Distributor Relationships: Why Manufacturers Sell Direct

It may be to counter a competitive threat or serve a channel that distributors are not interested in pursuing.

June 5, 2019

Scott Benfield

Many manufacturers open up direct sales to counter a competitive threat or serve a channel that distributors are not interested in pursuing. However, if they do so without researching their channels and end users, and lack a solid financial evaluation of the channel costs, their efforts are usually unsuccessful.

Investments

My ‘Eureka’ Moments in Transferring a Business

Clarity and understanding about your ultimate motives is the first step to getting there.

June 5, 2019

Roger S. Balser

As a business owner, you have myriad ways to transfer your business. Having total clarity and understanding about your ultimate motives is the first step to getting there.