Techniques

Centralized purchasing: Taking business operations to a new level of efficiency

November 15, 2016

In today’s highly competitive marketplace, centralized purchasing has become integral to business success. It eliminates redundant and duplicated efforts and creates opportunities for combining departmental purchases to qualify for volume discounts and decreased/eliminated shipping costs. Centralized purchasing also makes it easier to create and maintain good relationships with vendors and suppliers. Volume purchasing means better prices, greater discounts, and more agreeable terms can be obtained. Further, volume deliveries also help to cut down on staffing costs involved to move and store goods. Fortunately, the technology incorporated into today’s business software allows pool and hot tub retailers to automate much of this work as well as integrate these purchasing systems with accounting and stock control, making centralized purchasing key for specialized retailers to compete against big-box stores.

Building a knife-edge, perimeter-overflow pool takes precision

October 21, 2016

Orchestrated correctly, an infinity pool can create the illusion that a pool and horizon have merged as one. Imagine this scenario: a potential client browses through a project portfolio looking at photos of pools. They view a photo of an infinity pool, but at first glance they do not realize they are actually looking at a pool. This is the ideal result any aquatic designer attempts to achieve when creating these types of pools. Very few watershapes can rival the appearance of an infinity pool and the seamless transition between it and an adjacent body of water. Similar to a vanishing-edge pool, a perimeter-overflow pool takes a design to a whole new level of intrigue and awe, not to mention technical expertise. The complete stillness, reflective qualities, and mirror-like surface result in an appearance that can be breathtaking.

Standout from competitors by mastering drop-in hot tub installations

June 19, 2016

Hot tubs continue to be an important element for consumers when it comes to creating their backyard oasis. However, builders have not always been quick to capitalize on the benefits of marketing hot tubs when selling pools. Most tend to leave the selling of stand-alone hot tubs to outdoor living retailers, which also offer backyard furniture and other similar accessories. That said, by embracing hot tubs, whereby making them an integral part of a backyard pool design, builders are better able to distinguish their business from their competition. By adding a drop-in hot tub with the pool, builders can increase their profits on pool projects, while their clients get more enjoyment out of their backyard oasis.

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