Wise up to a smarter future with Dynamics Building Materials
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We’re sure in your heating & plumbing business your main mission is to supply and sell your products profitably. Whether you just distribute, manufacture & distribute or also install and maintain these products, you need to make sure you are on top of your costs and maximising your revenues across all areas of your business.
But how do you find out this information now? Are you switching from one system to another? Often meaning the same information is being held in duplicate systems or, even worse, on pieces of paper that go missing or are filed away never to be seen again! Isn’t it time for you to scrap these manual processes and follow in the footsteps of the smart technology you are more than likely selling? Having the information you need at your fingertips, when you need it, is a must!
Being able to get your business insights through reports and analytics that run automatically behind the scenes will enable your staff to focus more on the job at hand and have more of an understanding of what makes you money and more importantly what doesn’t!
Time for your business systems to change with the demands of today
Now we have all heard of Smart technology & Smarter homes, it has become quite the ‘buzz word’ in most personal and work lives. Businesses like yours need to make sure you are on top of these trends to beat the competition. This means not only do you have to be more innovative with your products, but you also need to be more innovative with your business system too!
With constant uncertainty and change from customer demands for new technology to create smarter homes, numerous amendments to regulations from the government (like Boiler Plus in 2018), and a slow-down in orders at the merchants from Brexit1, you can’t afford to be left behind! By having one system that you know you can count on and that allows you to be smarter in the way you run your business, you can ensure your whole business stays in the loop as the world changes around you.
Supporting warranty management and new product development with Dynamics Building Materials
We have worked with customers who through smart technology are able to capture information about how their products are used and perform when installed at the end customer. Recording this information in Dynamics Building Materials means it’s all in one place, and easily available to all who need it: to inform improved product development, as well as, better support their field service operations and warranty management. And ultimately deliver better performing products for customers that are also more cost-effective to support.
Surely this shows you can benefit from being proactive with your products and, not only that, also be proactive with your customer experience to win you some brownie points and drive your reputation in the industry.
Dynamics Building Materials - Not just a one trick pony!
Dynamics Building Materials gives businesses like yours insight & control across finance, sales, production, warehousing, service management and customer service, so that you can have full visibility from initial customer enquiry all the way to the end sale and ongoing service.
Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central has been seamlessly extended to include building materials industry-specific requirements to ensure your business makes the most of its investment. It enables you to effortlessly track every aspect of your business interactions from specification to quote, production, delivery and cash.
Our Dynamics Building Materials solution already helps Biasi, Charlton & Jenrick, Eastbrook, The MX Group and other like-minded customers in the Heating & Plumbing industry as well as many more in the wider Building Industry such as: Alumasc Group Plc, Click Plastics, Epwin Group (including Permadoor, Profile 22, Swish Building Products and Quay Plastics), Eterna Lighting, Karndean, Selecta Systems, Wade International and Winlock to name a few.
Learn more about Dynamics Building Materials today and book of our FREE webinar!
1 Total Builders Merchants’ sales in August 2019 were down 5.6% compared with the same period in 2018, Source Builders Merchant Building Index