Door Industry Journal - Winter 2020

Also online at: www.dijonline.co.uk Domestic Garage Doors 38 THE door industry journal winter 2020 Aluroll Consistently Maintains 2 Week Turnaround Despite Pandemic As a successful 2020 draws to a close, Aluroll has been reflecting on the source of the company’s success. The record-breaking year of sales can largely be attributed to the service they have provided, even when faced with the most exceptional circumstances. Secureroll garage door customers have long appreciated the 2 week turnaround on offer. Following a brief pause in production in March/April, it was the Aluroll team’s aim to provide a service which minimised the negative impact of COVID-19 on installers’ own businesses. They surpassed expectations by consistently maintaining their 2 week lead time throughout. This was achieved through a rapid response to the developing situation in the pandemic’s early days, followed by constantly adapting to the changing circumstances which followed. Production resumed with an increased schedule and additional shifts to meet customer demands. The fact that Aluroll is a completely independent company provided the ability to carefully manage stock levels through close relationships with multiple component suppliers. Barry Mahon, Production Director, said: “We’ve always embraced a challenge here at Aluroll, and that’s exactly how we’ve approached the COVID-19 situation this year. “Limiting the negative impact on our customers has been at the forefront of all of our decisions, and our dynamic response to the developing situation certainly set the groundwork for the very successful year, in terms of both customer satisfaction and door sales”. Months on from the initial factory shutdown, Aluroll is still achieving 2 week lead times on roller garage doors, winning over the support of hundreds of trade installers in the process, including lots of new business. Email orders@aluroll.co.uk to find out more about how Aluroll can help you succeed. Decide How You Control Your Home… Alexa, Open the Garage Door! How you interact with the DAISY is up to you! Background: Designed for people who want the ability to control their blinds, lighting and even the pool covering on their summer house, this app has a simple and easy to navigate interface via beautifully presented pictures. Scenarios: Do you want to uncover the pool, draw the blinds, and enter the pool house at an ambient temperature of 21 degrees, when you arrive home at 6.25pm – no issue. Do you want to let natural light into your room and turn off the house lights, you can easily set this up with Daisy via the weekly timer. Just follow the app’s guidance and you can do this and now so much more. Garage Doors: The app has now been extended to control your Teleco operated garage door and is compatible with Google Home and Amazon assistant. Alexa, turn on the garage lights is now a possibility with Daisy. Have an important delivery but not able to be at home to receive it; open the door remotely from smart phone or laptop, and then get real time information telling you the door is closed. Want to give the gardener access to your garage but only at certain times, this can be set up through scenarios, and they can use their own smartphone to access the garage and garden. Extras: The adaptability of DAISY means you can use existing cameras and existing lighting control systems, you are not tied into one app - let the experts be in control of what they are good at. Compatible with any Android (version 4.4 and later) and iOS (version 10 and later) device. We recommend installing the latest version of the operating system. www.ellard.co.uk