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Property Managers: Is Your Inventory Out of Control?
For property managers, having the right supplies on hand to complete service requests is a must. Without the right supply, your maintenance technicians waste valuable time trying to find the parts or running to the store for materials. As a result, they have less time in the day to complete requests, which hurts your customer...
August 3, 2018
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Trying to Beat Amazon? I Have Some Good News
"Integrating with your customers’ operations creates stronger loyalty and results in a greater share of spend":    By Vince Sheeran. If you're like many distributors, you've probably wondered how you'll survive growing competition from Amazon Business and others that are already providing a seamless shopping and buying experience online, with quick and accurate delivery. I...
July 31, 2018
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New MarginPoint Mobile Inventory ‘Smart Search’ Feature Saves Techs Time

MarginPoint has greatly improved search functionality for mobile users of MarginPoint. The improved functionality empowers users who aren’t sure of an item’s exact name to more easily find it via the solution’s mobile application, whether they are looking to issue/return an item or to perform a check stock, destock, supplemental restock or cycle count. Previously,…

June 29, 2018
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In the News: Stock 360, a MarginPoint Powered Mobile Inventory Solution, Drives Growth for Winsupply
In recent articles for Supply House Times and Distribution Center magazine, Winsupply, a Dayton, Ohio-based distributor and partner of MarginPoint with 600 locations nationwide, touted its incredible sales growth and credited Stock 360, its MarginPoint Mobile Inventory-driven solution, for giving the distributor a clear competitive advantage. Stock 360 is the distributor’s web-based inventory-management platform for...
May 14, 2018
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5 Signs Your Inventory Is Out of Control
For service contractors, having the right supplies on hand is a must. Without the right supply, your technicians waste valuable time running to the store for materials. As a result, they have less time in the day to complete jobs, which hurts your bottom line. While having adequate stock of commonly-used items is good for...
April 27, 2018
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In the News: The Power of Customer-Side Data
Some customers are notorious for hiding their dissatisfaction and being less than forthcoming about how much business they're giving your competitors. Just ask any sales rep how their accounts are going; unless they've seen a marked sales decline, they'll tell you that everything is great. This ignorance is bliss - until your unseen mistakes cause...
April 3, 2018
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Want Customer Loyalty? Bring More than Donuts to the Table
Many distribution sales reps are focused on price, and they assume that their service contractor customers are, too. They are, but not to the exclusion of other factors that are critical to getting their jobs done. The product must be compatible with the application, so they can finish the job without running to the store...
March 23, 2018
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In the News: 3 Early Warning Signs of Customer Dissatisfaction
Your sales reps are already listening to your contractor customers, but are you listening to what your customer data is telling you? If you rely only on the gut reads of your sales reps, you'll miss the signs that point to customer dissatisfaction, such as: Changes in purchasing patterns. If your customer has historically purchased...
March 15, 2018
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Capterra Places MarginPoint on Top 20 Most Popular Inventory Management Software List
We are excited to announce that MarginPoint Mobile Inventory has been named a Top 20 Most Popular Inventory Management Software product by Capterra, a site that reviews and researches inventory management software. The Capterra award is based on the total number of customers, the total number of users and a product’s social presence. Our 75,000-user...
February 21, 2018
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Can Service Contractors Minimize Cycle Counting?

Do you spend hours and hours cycle counting your inventory?  If so, how often?  As a former operations manager, I have been asked these questions frequently, and truthfully when I answer them, it is often with furled brow.  “We cycle count once a quarter!”  Of course you do… So far this year I have visited…

November 5, 2017
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