This is $5 million worth of parts and equipment, and it’s one of the best investments we’ve made. Not because inventory is exciting. Because when a customer calls, we’re not waiting on a supplier. We pull what we need, get to the home fast, and take care of the problem. Speed is the product.
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I'm standing in our distribution center. This distribution center in Indianapolis supplies five of our locations. Behind me is about a million and a half dollars worth of parts and pieces for every trade that we provide service on. Over here is three and a half million dollars worth of HVAC equipment. We have it here in this building so that as we sell jobs we can get out to customers quickly. We have all the parts and pieces so as our guys need them we can readily get them to them so that we can take care of customers. This is a huge investment but it's an investment in our efficiency and our ability to take care of customers more timely.
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