September/October Edition

ELECTRIC.IE • The Magazine & Website for the Irish Electrical Industry • 43 Industry News don’t utilise the data that is built up on a daily basis. It’s time like these that you need to get a grip on what your customers are buying from you. What are they not buying from you? These are the questions you should be asking from your business intelligence tools. And look to advanced forecasting tools to help your purchasing teams buy better for the future. Find out what business intelligence or forecasting tools your system offers and start using them. Today! Investing in your trade counter system Where you have a mixture of trade, retail and wholesale, a fully integrated EPOS system is essential. It needs to take into consideration the important role that cost, margins, stock and customer service play in your supply chain. And it must fully integrate everything you need from quotations, returns, batch stock management, rebates and order placement to deliveries and collections. More importantly it needs to be fast, efficient and reliable. Ensuring a smooth flow of information and access to real- time data, your integrated EPOS system must also be able to handle multiple sales channels, complex stock control, order processing, customer relationship management, financials and more. The coronavirus pandemic is not just a short-term crisis. It has long- lasting implications for how people work, supply chains function and customers’ needs are met. Unfortunately, many of the systems in use today are not flexible enough to adjust to the new speed of business. To find out more about the system capabilities required for today’s electrical wholesalers , contact us on 042-9331742 or check out www.intactsoftware.com AEW launch new poster campaign T he Association of Electrical Wholesalers (AEW) is launching a poster campaign in September encouraging their customers to return their waste light fittings and lamps to electrical wholesalers nationwide for free recycling. The campaign coincides with the start of the lighting season and AEW Administrator, Ken Legros, hopes that it will generate significant increases in recycling over the next 5 or 6 months. For more information, please visit www.aew.ie C M Y CM MY CY CMY K ELECTRIC Are you looking to employ an ELECTRICIAN? Why not advertise in the very magazine that ELECTRICIANS read? It's that simple! ?? Electric . ie Electric Bureau Ireland Limited, Bluebell Business Centre, Bluebell Avenue, Dublin 12 Tel: (01) 4080256 - Email: info@electric.ie