LuckinsLive.com, the industry standard information portal
Luckins information still at the heart of the Building Services Industry
Manufacturers’ Guide
LuckinsLive.com 0800 028 28 28
LuckinsLive.com
0800 028 2828
Luckins data, at the heart of the building services industry Luckins data has been the industry-standard source of product and price information for wholesalers, distributors and contractors throughout the UK building services sector since 1966.
Luckins data was first introduced in the mid sixties as the wellknown loose leaf price books destined to become the “industry Bible” for the next 40 years. The service has now grown to encompass a range of powerful and comprehensive Data Services which form an integral part of the IT strategy for major companies throughout the industry. The Luckins data also now lies at the heart of LuckinsLive.com, which is growing rapidly to become the most comprehensive information portal for the industry.
Luckins role in the supply chain Manufacturers
rely on Luckins to integrate their latest product and price data with their customers’ estimating, sales and ordering systems
Manufacturers supply details of their products and up to date trade prices
Luckins data loaded into distributors’ stock control and sales order processing software
Luckins
Distributors
Contractors
rely on Luckins data as an accurate basis for quotations, orders, invoices and stock evaluations
rely on Luckins Data for accurate estimates, purchase orders and invoices
Luckins product range and TSI Codes used for exchanging discounts, net price data and electronic ordering
2
Luckins data loaded into Contractors’ estimating and procurement software
Who uses Luckins data?
Why do these companies use Luckins data services? • A single source of accurate, up-to-date product and
• A single source of data supply ensures consistency of
• Over 850,000 items from hundreds of manufacturers
• Luckins’ close relationship with manufacturers means
price data
• Over one million price changes are issued each year and 100,000 new items added.
• Years of experience from the largest team in the industry is backed by sophisticated data management systems.
pricing from a trusted source.
the database is constantly kept up to date with new products and prices issued weekly.
• Reliability and continuity of service – in over 45 years
of providing data services Luckins have never missed a week’s update.
Wholesalers & Distributors
Contractors
Edmundson Electrical
Balfour Beatty Building Services
Electric Center
EMCOR
Eyre & Elliston
IMTECH UK
Lockwell
Laing O’Rourke
Medlock Electrical Distributors
Lorne Stewart
Moss Electrical
MITIE Engineering Services
Newey & Eyre
NG Bailey
Senate Electrical
Skanska
WF Electrical
SPIE UK
Wilts Electrical Wholesalers
SSE Contracting
Specifiers 40 of the top 50 Consulting Engineers use Amtech software, which links directly to our Luckins data. * *Information taken from Building magazine Oct 2010
“We have enjoyed exceptional service from Luckins for many years, helping to maintain our market-leading reputation with key wholesalers and estimating contractors.
“
3
LuckinsLive.com
0800 028 2828
Introducing LuckinsLive.com LuckinsLive.com is the most comprehensive on-line building services information portal. LuckinsLive.com makes extensive ‘rich’ in depth product information available to everyone! LuckinsLive.com carries in depth product information including images, technical specifications, catalogue pages, lists of spares & accessories, specification clauses, product news and case studies.
Why should you get involved?
Specifiers will be able to find your details via the LuckinsLive.com directory facility and upload specific clauses relating to your products into the nes specification software.
It is free of charge for all to use and is is accessible directly through your web browser or via links with the full range of Amtech desk top software packages offering a direct route to over 25,000 industry buyers and specifiers. Listing an even wider range of manufacturers and service providers, LuckinsLive.com also provides comprehensive supplier directories for building services, with more to come.
Your products will be listed in wholesalers’ and distributors’ sales order processing systems with data available at pointof-sale.
1
5
2
Your products will be listed in contractors’ estimating and procurement software systems for inclusion in competitive quotes and project buying lists.
LuckinsLive.com 4 Wholesalers can link their own web sites to LuckinsLive. com which provides up to date pictures and technical content and further exposure for your products.
4
3 Contractors can access in depth information (tech specs, images, list of spares & accessories) about your products via a direct link to LuckinsLive.com on their desktop
How does LuckinsLive.com work?
KEYWORD SEARCH
MANUFACTURER SEARCH Quick link to manufacturer directory
Find products by catalogue number or description
FREE PRICE WATCH Register with LuckinsLive.com to receive regular price update summaries
CATEGORY SEARCH Find suppliers and products using our simple category index
PARTNER LINKS Quick link to our industry partners
FEATURED MANUFACTURERS
PRODUCT NEWS
Highlight your company on the home page
Home page links to the latest product news releases
We have spent thousands of hours building a powerful yet simple to use portal. All information is easy to find and consistently represented.
5
LuckinsLive.com
0800 028 2828
Features YOUR COMPANY INFORMATION Visitors can find and view your company and contact details including a link to your own web site.
YOUR PRODUCTS Your products are displayed in a clear straightforward view with with the icon indicating those with additional data available on the site.
PRODUCT IMAGES The individual product page displays one or more images of each product
TECHNICAL DATA SHEETS The product page can hold one or more downloads relating to each individual product. These may include, amongst other possibilities Technical Data Sheets, Catalogue Pages, Product Overviews, Installation Instructions or Safety Data Sheets.
RELATED ITEMS Major products in your range may be linked to associated products, spares, accessories etc. enabling buyers and distributors to select the correct ancillary items.
COMPANY LOGO Your logo can be displayed in the search results pages to draw users’ attention to your products.
COMPANY PROFILE Your company and products can be promoted via the company profile page containing profile, downloadable catalogues and corporate brochures, news releases and case studies.
6
Intergrated with estimating & procurement software Hundreds of M& E Contractors across the UK including most of the major players in the industry use Luckins data in conjunction with estimating and procurement software.
Users compile detailed estimates using Amtech’s Estimating software. Product data including catalogue number, descriptions, trade prices and labour times are taken from the Luckins database held in the software.
If a user needs more detailed information about a product he simply clicks the LuckinsLive.com icon ...
...which links (using the TSI Code) directly to the relevant product page in LuckinsLive.com giving access to images, data sheets and lists of related products.
7
LuckinsLive.com
0800 028 2828
Support your Wholesalers’ & Distributors’ own websites Most electrical wholesalers rely on the Luckins data within their software systems to provide accurate trade price data.
• Our close relationship with both major wholesalers and the industry’s leading software providers means that increasing numbers of wholesalers can now benefit from the more in depth data held in LuckinsLive.com.
• LuckinsLive.com acts as a hub providing images and in depth content for wholesalers’ own web sites. When customers visit these sites the data they are seeing is in fact held in LuckinsLive.com.
• Customer specific and price data sourced from Wholesaler’s local system (updated by Luckins)
• Images , technical data and related product lists (great for generating additional sales) sourced from LuckinsLive.com.
• Luckins’ TSI Code provides a common, unique link between the three systems
8
Reach Specifiers & Building Services Engineers LuckinsLive.com provides a comprehensive directory of suppliers which is widely used by building services engineers and specifiers, many of which are customers of Amtech design software. In addition many Building Services Engineers use Amtech nes software for compiling building services specifications. Endorsed by CIBSE and supported by BSRIA, nes is available in both general Building Services and specialist Healthcare versions. Based around a library of generic specification clauses structured according to Common Arrangement protocols, NES offers manufacturers the option to embed their own specification clauses in the software. These clauses are held and updated in Luckinslive and supplied to NES users via a live update facility.
9
LuckinsLive.com
0800 028 2828
Frequently Asked Questions What is the difference between Luckins data and LuckinsLive.com?
A choice of packages is available: the Standard Data Package covers basic product listing and maintenance of that listing in the Luckins database and on LuckinsLive; the Enhanced Data Package covers the addition of in-depth data (images, data sheets, related items etc.) on LuckinsLive; the Marketing Package enables you to enhance your presence on the web site with your company logo and supplier profile. The table on page 11 shows further details.
Luckins data provides a product and price updating service used in conjunction with wholesalers’ and contractors’ business software systems. LuckinsLive.com is an on-line information portal containing more in-depth product and marketing information. Customers using Luckins data in their local systems have the facility to link directly to LuckinsLive.com so the two services complement one another.
How do I get my products listed? What does LuckinsLive offer that is different from other web sites? LuckinsLive.com provides a onestop shop for product information which is directly accessible from the desk top systems of 25,000 Amtech customers.
Contact our sales department who will advise you about the most appropriate package. All suppliers and products listed must be appropriate to the UK building services industry.
What happens once I decide to go ahead? How do I include specification clauses? Please contact our sales team and speak to one of our specialist sales consultants.
10
What options are available to manufacturers who want to include their products?
The Luckins Supplier Services team will contact you to discuss your entry on the database and work with you to create and publish your data. They will also discuss how and when to supply any updates including new price lists and revised marketing materials.
Can you provide statistics to show how often my product data is viewed? We can provide statistics showing the number of customers who accessed LuckinsLive.com directly and are working to capture more detailed data about usage patterns which will in future be made available to manufacturers. We cannot provide statistics about data usage within customers’ local systems or via their own web sites.
My products are made to order and/or priced according to specification. Can I still promote to specifiers via LuckinsLive.com? Yes. Your contact details can be included and linked to the searches and you can take advantage of our Marketing Package to add your company logos, profile, brochures, product news and case studies.
Luckins & LuckinsLive.com Packages
LuckinsLive.com The most comprehensive Building Services information portal Free Package
Enhanced NES Data Business Package Partners Clauses
✓
✓
Products & price data created and maintained in Luckins master database
✓
✓
Products & prices listed in Luckins Distributors’ databases
✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
Your address and contact details listed in LuckinsLive.com
Products & prices listed in Luckins Contractors’ databases Products & prices listed in LuckinsLive.com Copy of Traser software Web link on LuckinsLive.com Listed in Luckins logo Product images on LuckinsLive.com PDF Catalogue pages; technical data sheets etc. linked to items on LuckinsLive.com
✓
Standard Data Package
✓ ✓
Related Item lists (i.e. spares & accessories) linked to items on LuckinsLive.com
✓
Logo displayed in Contact Details box on Product Page
Enhanced items flagged in Amtech desktop software
✓ ✓ ✓
Link from Amtech desktop software to Images & PDF’s in LuckinsLive.com
✓
Images & PDFs available for inclusion in distributors’ websites
NES Business partner clauses Logo displayed on Search Results page Manufacturer profile page PDF brochures, news stories and case studies linked to manufacturer profile page Featured manufacturer box on homepage Featured product ( to be renamed Product News) on home page
Marketing Package
✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ 11
We’re here to help... For more information on how to make your product data available to customers and promote your business via the Luckins database and LuckinsLive.com please call 0800 028 28 28 or email luckinslive@amtech.co.uk
Did you know...? Luckinslive.com is part of Amtech’s portfolio of Building Services software. For more information on our complete range of software, visit amtech.co.uk
Financial Suite
Amtech Group Ltd, Bank House, 171 Midsummer Boulevard, Milton Keynes MK9 1EB, United Kingdom Tel: 01908 608 833 Fax: 01908 234 355 Email: sales@amtech.co.uk Web: www.amtech.co.uk