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NEW SOFTWARE SOLUTION MAKES A REAL DIFFERENCE
» » REAL ALUMINIUM HAS TEAMED UP
with top industry software developer First
Degree Systems to design, develop and
build a new online quoting and ordering
system, which will allow installers to quote
and order REAL products anytime and
anywhere when they are online.
The REAL Aluminium team will be on
stand L20 at the FIT Show in May and
running a series of seminars and training
sessions to show visitors this new software
and to demonstrate the benefits of the
REAL Aluminium package.
John Harvey, Customade Group
production systems manager and lead
developer on the project, explains: “We
know from our research that when our
installers visit their customers to measure
up, the time to return and follow up a
quote is a critical part of the home owners
selection process. Giving our customers
the tools to be able to do this almost
immediately will give them a ‘REAL’
competitive edge. It is a breakthrough
for firms wanting to enter the aluminium
market because it simplifies what can be a
time consuming and complicated process
of quoting and ordering.
“We also wanted to minimise the risks
when quotes are converted to orders and
give our customers confidence that they
will get the products they need, especially
those who are new to aluminium. And our
new offering goes beyond the software
element, because there is the full support
of the team at REAL who are there to
review every order placed. This minimises
the risk of error and allows installers to
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design and specify their projects with
confidence.”
The launch of the new online quoting
and ordering system is the latest phase of
investment at REAL Aluminium to maintain
its lead within the industry. Last year, REAL
Aluminium completed a £250,000 investment
programme to create an additional 23,000ft2
aluminium factory space and fulfil its industry-
leading two-week lead time on windows and
bifolding doors.
REAL Aluminium is helping more and
more installers to seize the potential of
aluminium and benefit from the higher
profit margins it brings by giving them
all the resources they need to grow with
aluminium. The ‘REAL Difference’ brings
together a complete range of aluminium
products and a comprehensive showroom
and award-winning sales and marketing
support package to help installers to
promote, quote, order and sell aluminium
with ease.
www.real-aluminium.co.uk
New Pocket Door Systems, concealed door kits,
hydraulic patch fittings a stainless steel Barrierslide
addition and a single sided glass balustrade system.
Just a sample of the new products we’ll be
displaying at FIT this year.
Come visit stand N45 at the show...
Tel: 01708 891 515
[email protected]
barrier-components.co.uk
54 MAY 2019