Tuesday, May 11
Virtual Workshop
Agenda
1:00PM – 5:00PM EASTERN (10:00AM - 2:00PM PACIFIC)
Running HVAC, plumbing, and electrical under one roof makes inventory far more complicated than it is for a single-trade shop. Three trades mean three sets of parts, three buying patterns, and more places for cash to sit idle on a shelf or slip off the books. Most owners don’t treat the warehouse as a financial issue at all; it’s just where the parts are kept.
But that warehouse is one of the easier places for money to slip away. Every time a truck has to return to the shop for a part, that’s a technician who isn’t in front of a customer and isn’t billing. A few roundtrips per day across a full fleet becomes real money and lost capacity by the end of the month.
In this session, Brad Barron covers the system his team uses to prevent that: how the warehouse and truck stock work together across all three trades, the purchasing discipline behind it, and the software and reorder points that show you what you actually have on hand instead of guessing. The session closes with open Q&A on the inventory mistakes that cost most shops the most.
Finally, Brad will share the best way to rollout your new pay plans – a strategy that will keep everyone excited to start increasing earning, and not start looking for another job.
Key Takeaways:
- Why inventory is a profit lever, not just storage — starting with the cost of a wasted trip
- A warehouse-and-truck-stock system that works across HVAC, plumbing, and electrical
- Purchasing discipline and reorder points that cut down on dead stock
- The inventory habits that quietly cost multi-trade shops the most
Who Should Attend:
Operations managers, warehouse and inventory leads, dispatch, purchasing, and owners scaling a multi-trade or multi-location business.
Presenter
Brad is a graduate of the University of Washinton (Seattle) with a degree in engineering. Prior to joining the Barron Team, Brad worked as a consulting engineer, eventually earning his Professional Engineering license. After a half-decade of consulting, he spent another five years as a sales engineer then engineering manager of a four-state territory, including Washington, Idaho, Montana, and Alaska. During his tenure as an engineering sales manager, Brad's northwest team led the company in specification approvals and sales growth.
In 2017, Brad joined his father John at Barron Heating & Air Conditioning, Inc. as the Business Development Manager. During his time in this role, he led Barron's expansion into Electrical, Solar, and Plumbing - after which the company was re-branded Barron Heating AC Electrical & Plumbing. Recognizing the growing chasm of Baby Boomer retirements with few Millennials and Gen-Z-ers entering the trades, Brad spearheaded the development of the Barron Technician School (now WholeHome Academy). This in-house, 15-week intensive HVAC program has graduated three-dozen licensed and certified HVAC Technicians and has significantly helped Barron's growth through the COVID-19 pandemic.
Through his career at Barron, Brad has worked as the Business Development Manager, Director of Operations, Chief Operating Officer, and now Chief Executive Officer & Partner. Barron Heating AC Electrical & Plumbing's growth has been 100% organic - Barron has never acquired a trades company nor partnered with private equity. To this day, Barron remains debt free with a healthy cash reserve to continue on its multi-trade growth trajectory.
Brad is an adamant believer in his grandparent's (and Barron founder's) philosophy of "when you bless others, you in turn are blessed". He has a passion for sharing best practices and growing leaders - from sales and marketing to operations and finance. There is no need to re-create the wheel - Brad embraces a culture of equipping people with the tools and training to get the job done while advancing their careers and businesses. We don't need to do it alone!
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