Archive for the ‘Business and Market’ Category

Panel builder business software: buy an existing erp package or develop your own solution?

October 23rd, 2009 | 7 Comments | Posted in Business and Market, Software
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Mr Gilles FRADIN, manager of ITEC, panel builder in France, explains how they came to the decision of developing their own () rather than choosing an existing package on the market. And also shares the status of their project and the expected benefits …

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We are more than interested in hearing your own experiences in this domain (for example, do you know a package available on the market which is really adapted to panel builder needs?), so don’t hesitate to comment or share your own experience by proposing your own testimony.

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Financial crisis: an “extraordinay” situation to manage the best you can

June 24th, 2009 | 1 Comment | Posted in Business and Market, Finance
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Brendan MEEHAN, Managing Director of BMC manufacturing, panel builder in Ireland, shares with us how the affects his company, and the impacts he had and still has to deal with …

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You can listen to Brendan’s testimony, or read the summary below

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Switchboard service & maintenance: an attractive business!

May 27th, 2009 | 3 Comments | Posted in Business and Market, Service and maintenance
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Brendan MEEHAN, Managing Director
of BMC manufacturing, panel builder in Ireland,
describes the business
he has developed, and all the benefits he gets
from this complementary activity …

You can listen to Brendan’s interview

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or read its textual version below …

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Panel builder: subcontractor or technical business partner?

April 23rd, 2009 | 5 Comments | Posted in Business and Market
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Mr Alain LEBAS, from LEBAS SYSTEM, a french panel builder based on the north-east of France, has accepted to share with us his opinion about the place of panel builders among the different actors of the “electrical” world. What’s your own opinion ?
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chain_of_actorsPanel builders are too often just subcontractors …

Very often panel builders are mostly playing a role of with little influence on technical or commercial aspects; they are not close enough to consultants or architects.
However, our profession is key to handle the switchboard that is the “heart” and the “brain “of an electrical installation; and we deal with serious subjects safety (persons & goods) or industrial risks.

We have to enhance the credit and visibility of our profession by resisting whenever contractors try to optimize the costs and decrease comfort and usage features. (more…)

Can I expect something from panel builder web sites ?

April 9th, 2009 | 6 Comments | Posted in Business and Market, Web tips
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I have asked Mr B.Clavilier, Sales Director of SERVELEC panel builder, France, what he expects from his and what are the main changes in the lastest version. Find below his answer, and don’t hesitate to comment with your own experience !
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In France the major panel builders have created a in the 10 past years; they are in general limited in content & functionalities.

The aim of these is to push information, about the products, the competencies and the organisation of the company. Sometimes they also have some links to professional events or some monthly generic information files, but indeed these sites propose very little interactivity with the users.

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