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| FEBRUARY 26 , 2009 - |
| Before conducting a Prime Resins training seminar with almost 20 public works employees and contractors, Martech's Glenn Votkin called the press. Prime Resins can seal leaking underground waterworks, allowing public utilities to save money on water treatment and pumping. Keven Drews from The West Coaster was on site to cover the event. See the Success Stories page to read the complete story. |
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| JANUARY 26, 2009 - |
The beta release of our Web Warehouse site opened in the fall of 2008. Since then, we have:
- opened 175 user access accounts,
- processed over 7000 additional SKUs along with thousands of product images and PDFs
- $200,000 in sales to distributor customers on the web and
- served over 15,000 pages to distributor customers looking for price and product info
During this period, we have actively sought input from our users on how to make the web site more useful and valuable. The feedback and suggestions from people on the site were undeniably first-rate and we were able to put in most of what people asked for. The beta feedback resulted in a site upgrade with the addition of several new features you're going to find very useful:
- Detailed stock status information - you can see what we have and where it is
- Good/bad feedback - instantly let us know if you need something that we're out of or instantly let us know that we're doing a good job!
- Improved backorder report - now you can easily see which of your purchase orders are waiting for product and when that product is expected to arrive
- Printable shopping cart - now you can print your quotes to paper or PDF and
- many other smaller tweaks and fixes
- A snippet from the Web Warehouse showing the NEW stock status and the NEW good/bad feedback button
Remember, with the new Martech web warehouse, you can quickly:
- Find your price without him having to make a phone call or look in a catalog, price file, booklet, etc. Easy!
- Put together a shopping cart online, save it as a quote and come back to it later! Convenient!
- Find whether Martech has this product in stock, no phone calls! Easy!
- See a quick link to the manufacturer's specs and a picture! Quick information!
- Submit an order online! No scratching out a PO with pen and paper!
- Use the site 24 hours a day. Work with Martech when there's no one in the office!
Are you a buyer? Sign up for an access account to the Martech Web Warehouse by sending a message to store@drivingstrategicsales.com. Visit the online Web Warehouse http://store.drivingstrategicsales.com. |
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| JANUARY 15, 2009 - |
EMCO's Natalie Lachance, featured Web Warehouse user
Last week, purchasing dynamo Natalie Lachance gave us an opportunity to learn about why she makes a habit of using her supplier's online ordering and tracking tools.
The Kapuskasing-come-Edmonton inventory management expert first fell in love with busines-to-business web tools while working with the team responsible for Amre Supply's excellent online tools. Now a purchaser with EMCO, Natalie uses the web sites of her suppliers for making inventory queries, building quotes and submitting and tracking orders.
"You know what's in stock, you know what you're paying for it and you know when you're going to get it" said Natalie of Martech's Web Warehouse. Building an order is easy for Natalie because she can save a shopping cart as a quote then add to it later. "I wish people doing a project would build a quote online and save it for me. Then converting it to a purchase order would be extremely fast!"
Natalie says entering an order with the web site means "less room for errors, faxing an order may have keying errors on the other end." She points out that "if I do it myself, I have no doubt about what product and quantity I'm ordering. When I submit a PO on the web site, I know that their stock is instantly allocated to my order, I don't have to wait for an order entry person to put in my order manually."
Natalie tracks orders that are on the way and she looks to see if something has arrived, even if the receiver in the warehouse doesn't realize it. Using the Web Warehouse means she "doesn't have to use the phone and wait for someone to give me information".
At the close of our lunch-time interview, I asked Natalie if she would recommend our Web Warehouse to others. "You're doing a pretty good job with the web site," she responded positively, "I'm surprised the guys in Calgary haven't caught on to this yet!"
Are you a buyer? Sign up for an access account to the Martech Web Warehouse by sending a message to store@drivingstrategicsales.com |
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| OCTOBER 31, 2008 - |
Toronto, Dec 3, see the helpful ventilation experts from Martech and learn how Abreezo can solve your problems and earn you more money!
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| MAY 24, 2008 - |
 At this year's annual Fantech sales meeting in Sarasota, FL,
Martech representatives Marv Verlage, Vincent O'Brien and Bob Hindman were extremely pleased to be handed the Sales Agency of the Year award! Martech represents Fantech products for the Western Canada territory.
Our sales people have worked very hard to build market share for Fantech products in our region.
Read this 2007 testimonial letter from Fantech, which touts Martech as a key strategic partner for sales success! |
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| MARCH 17, 2008 - |
 Colleen has a background in purchasing and inventory management and will be working hard on keeping all our audio/video and ventilation goods flowing into our market. Colleen enjoys her flower garden, her cabin at the lake and playing Nintendo Wii with her two daughters.
Welcome to Martech, Colleen! Colleen is working from our Edmonton location. Click here for Colleen's contact information. |
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| FEBRUARY 2, 2008 - |
| Martech is growing! We need new people in Edmonton, Calgary, Vancouver, Winnipeg and Toronto to contribute to our continued development.
We've recently posted several new job opportunities at monster.ca and drivingstrategicsales.com. Take a moment to read what position we need you to play! Send your information in confidence to salespeople@drivingstrategicsales.com. |
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| DECEMBER 15, 2007 - |
 Martech is pleased to announce our appointment as Western Canadian master distributors for LockDown-LockDry manhole inserts and vault security products.
LockDown stainless steel insert pans combine infiltration seals with access security in an effective yet simple method that has become the new standard for buried utilities around the world.
This is a very timely introduction for Martech. Our clients are much more sensitive to the protection of key communications and utility assets, which are often left vulnerable at manhole access locations. Contact your Martech representative to discuss your requirements. |
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| DECEMBER 14, 2007 - |
 Martech is pleased to announce that we have been appointed as exclusive Western Canadian distributors for Prime Resins. Prime Resins, Inc. is a leading manufacturer of polyurethane grouts, epoxies and polyurea resins used for infrastructure repair and restoration.
Prime Resins has been helping contractors, municipalities, facility owners, and utility companies achieve the best long term repair value in the field for over 25 years!
According to Ray Verlage, "This will strengthen Martech's position as a resource for providing municipalities with expertise in reducing infiltration that robs them of sewage treatment capacity. Prime Resins solutions are an excellent compliment to our Lock-Down® stainless steel inserts and RiserWrap® external shrink sleeve manhole solutions". Contact your Martech representative to discuss strategic solutions from Prime Resins. |
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| DECEMBER 6, 2007 - |
 We'd like to extend a belated web welcome to Murray McCoy, who has been Martech's warehouse leader in Surrey, BC since late October, 2007. Murray has been doing excellent work organizing the warehouse into a well-oiled machine while shipping and receiving orders. Thank you for the superb job, Murray! |
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| NOVEMBER 29, 2007 - |
 Martech principal and municipal sales expert Ray Verlage contributes a story of the City of Airdrie having the confidence to install ARI Air Valves into new applications.
Click here and read how ARI's superb track record is perceived in Airdrie! |
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| NOVEMBER 28, 2007 - |
 Our intrepid sales person Glenn Votkin has contributed the amazing story of a City of Langley public works crew overcoming a nasty surprise in the field using the versatile One Bolt restrained joint pipe fittings.
Click here and read what happened! |
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| NOVEMBER 19, 2007 - |
 Our shipping/receiving/inventory management folks were excited to welcome Ron Mattison to the Martech fold! Actually, everyone is excited about Ron Mattison. Ron brings years of warehouse operations and inventory management experience to the club and has already made a huge impact on our shipping/receiving and customer service. Welcome, Ron!
Ron is based at our Edmonton location. Click here for Ron's contact information. |
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| OCTOBER 15, 2007 - |
 New team member Steve Agnello has joined Martech to work as our audio/video technical support leader.
Steve will use his knowledge to actively support design, implementation and troubleshooting for our customers. Martech is thrilled to have Steve’s brainpower on our team! |
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| JUNE 18, 2007 - |
 After many years of preparation, the new Martech web site is ready for public consumption! Martech has a new message - "driving strategic sales" and the web site is helping us communicate that with all of our strategic partners.
Our web site will be growing a lot in the coming months. Please contact Nathan Smith with any questions or comments! |
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| JUNE 18, 2007 - |
| Ray Seutter is Martech's first Audio/Visual technical sales representative. We are extremely proud and excited to have Ray join our organization and looking forward to the challenges and opportunities provinding technical sales services to the A/V community will bring! Welcome Ray! Click here for Ray's contact information. |
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| JUNE 11, 2007 - |
 To prevent the waste of the Earth's precious natural resources, Martech has switched to a paper and cardboard recycling program!
Like many companies, Martech uses packaging made from corrugated cardboard and we are happy to be recycling this material that would otherwise be taking space in a landfill. Congratulations to everyone at Martech for taking part in this environmentally-friendly practice! |
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| JUNE 9, 2007 - |
| As part of our new "driving strategic sales" brand and fit message, the entire Martech team came together in Edmonton, Alberta for group meet and team-building events. Click here for more stories on this team event. Click here for the full story. |
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| MAY 28, 2007 - |
| Thank you Bill Easton for bringing your electrical sales knowledge to Martech! Bill Easton will be Martech's outside sales representative for British Columbia. Click here for Bill's contact information. |
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| MAY 7, 2007 - |
| Welcome aboard, Mr. Bob Brandon! Bob will be working the northern Alberta municipal/infrastructure market. Click here for Bob's contact information. |
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| JANUARY 15. 16. 18, 2007 - |
 Martech presents a Continuing Professional Development Seminar series on Managing the Effects of Air in Pipe System Design and Maintenance. The seminars will be featuring lectures by Naftali Zloczower, B.Sc.C.E from ARI and Dr. Don Wood from the University of Kentucky. Three sessions will be taking place, one in Calgary, Edmonton and Vancouver.
Click here for details on this continuing education event. |
