New Sensi models build on success of J.D. Power’s top-ranked smart thermostat
June 14, 2017
Emerson announced the next evolution of its nationally recognized smart thermostat. The new Sensi™ Touch Wi-Fi® Thermostat combines proven smarthome technology with a color touchscreen display and sleek, minimalist appearance that will be at home in any modern living space.
It’s easy to open a business — anyone can do it. But, what’s not easy is opening a business and running it in such a way that it becomes a successful business. To take it one step further, it seems safe to say that it’s definitely not easy to maintain that success while traveling across the bridges of time and change.
Heating, Air-conditioning & Refrigeration Distributors International (HARDI) has announced the speakers for its upcoming Marketing & Sales Focus Conference on Sept. 18-19 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. This is the last and largest HARDI Focus Conference of the year.
It was 2013, and the HARDI brain trust was mulling over a perennial chess problem. What type of programs could it offer its members that would benfit their financial health and success? Taking input from members and their own discussions led to, in hindsight, an obvious conclusion: the need for leadership training.
The demand for unitary air conditioners is forecast to expand at a 4.9 percent yearly rate through 2021 reaching $11.0 billion and continuing to outperform air conditioning equipment sales as a whole. The replacement of units that have reached the end of their operational lives will remain the primary driver of sales.
Focuses on customer engagement, eCommerce disruption, and taking Inform ERP Software to the next level
June 9, 2017
DDI System welcomed 250 attendees to Nashville, Tennessee for its sixth biennial user conference. DDI System, an ERP software provider for wholesale distributors, leveraged the insights of well-known industry thought leaders, Steve Epner and Dirk Beveridge, to facilitate discussions on facing change in the disruptive marketplace.
Rapid adoption of newly set regulations among several countries of the world by building automation systems manufacturers is fueling the demand for building automation systems.
As part of our follow-up, we did deep dives with nearly two dozen distributors, in four lines of trade (HVACR, industrial, electrical and automation, and building supplies). Clearly, distributors are struggling to get to a compensation plan that drives the right behaviors. And thoughts on commission extended past outside sales.
Heating, Air-conditioning & Refrigeration Distributors International (HARDI) released its monthly TRENDS report, showing average sales for HARDI distributor members increased by 5.6 percent in April 2017.
Heating, Air-conditioning & Refrigeration Distributors International (HARDI) has released to participating members the annual operating performance benchmarking data via Distributor Performance Dashboards (DPD) Powered by CoMetrics.