Graybar LED Overview
Impressive long-life technology makes LED systems a long-term investment. While lasting significantly longer than fluorescent products and up to 50 times longer than traditional incandescent lighting, LED products offer tremendous energy and maintenance savings that easily justify their higher upfront cost. But not all LED systems perform equally over their years of operation. Making an informed decision on an LED system is unlike any other lighting purchase. Comparing fluorescent, incandescent or HID products to each other is easier because there are long established industry standards you can rely on but that’s not the case with LEDs. How can you be sure that one LED system is better than another? What is your assurance that a given product will last as long as its manufacturer claims? Graybar represents LED lighting industry leaders like GE, Cooper, Cree and Acuity Lighting along with hundreds of other lighting industry manufacturers.
Built on a foundation of quality and reliability, Graybar’s customized LED Lighting Solutions bring you a high level of performance and return on investment. Our specialized sales and service teams will listen to your needs and provide the product and service solutions to help you work better, smarter, and save you money. At Graybar, our goal is simple. We listen to what you need, we connect you to the right lighting solutions and then we deliver on our word. It’s how Graybar works to your advantage.
Graybar LED FAQ
How do I place an order with Graybar LED?
Graybar offers many different methods for order processing, including electronic exchange (EDI, XML, and flat file), Web-enabled self service, e-procurement punch-in, e-catalog syndications to e-procurement applications, Web services, and traditional channels such as phone, fax, e-mail, and counter service. Technology enables all of these channels and focuses on making them seamless and efficient.
Graybar supports most business processes including the full quote-to-cash and purchase-to-pay processes. Overall, Graybar supports 21 transaction sets so you can be sure that we can work with you to automate many of your manual or paper-based supply chain processes.
- Reduce operating costs
- Reduce total acquisition costs
- Speed up business cycles
- Eliminate major sources of errors
- Support quote-to-cash process
- Support purchase-to-pay process
ShopGraybar e-procurement:
Put the power of ShopGraybar to work and simplify your procurement of communications, networking, and security products. ShopGraybar is available to you 24/7 so you can access it in your office, at home, on the road or at the job site. Find the products you need quickly and easily and access the necessary product information to make the right decision. Searching can be done using a variety of options and refining your search allows you to quickly find what you’re looking for. Once you find the item, you can easily add it to a cart, a favorites list or a quotation request. Checking your price or availability for an item is easy and placing the order is quick. If needed, orders can be routed for approval or you can choose to pick up the order at one of our many locations. All of your orders can be tracked including the ability to get a proof of delivery regardless of how you placed the order with us. Your quotation needs are serviced on ShopGraybar including the creation of the quote, the review of the quote, the request for changes to a quote and the conversion of the quote to an order. Accounting personnel can easily retrieve invoices online and there is even a way to request a material return.
- Procurement card / credit card management capabilities
- All information is in real time
- Customer-specific pricing and product availability
- Order status
- View/print invoices
- Quotations – create, review, order
- Favorites lists
- Proof of delivery
- Order approvals
- Detailed product information
- Extensive search functions
- Search refinement on product features
- Product images, specification sheets, MSDS sheets
- Report requests
- User security to restrict access to specific functions
Who can participate?
Eligible agencies include: States, State Agencies, Counties, Cities, Special Districts, K-12 Public & Private Schools, Public & Private Colleges and Universities & Non-Profits.
Does the pricing meet competitive bid requirements?
Through cooperative purchasing laws, the U.S. Communities pricing, by virtue of its public bid language, meets the requirements for bidding in all states except New York, New Jersey and Louisiana. This allows agencies to use the pricing without taking the time to create bid documents, entertain multiple vendor inquiries and document the bids. Placing the order through Graybar allows them to utilize a quality vendor repetitively without the cost of using unknown or less reliable vendors.
Does the competitive pricing apply, regardless of quantity?
Using Graybar and the U.S. Communities program assures an agency they are getting a very competitive price on any size order. Therefore, driving smaller quantity orders along with larger ones to Graybar provides the agency with maximum value for everything purchased. There are no costs, minimum quantity requirements or spend limits associated with using the Graybar U.S. Communities program.
Is the pricing from a local government competitively solicited agreement?
The U.S. Communities pricing is the same pricing used to win the electrical and comm/data public bids for the County of Los Angeles, California. The County of Los Angeles is the largest county in the United States and spends more money than 44 states do! Therefore, your agency can buy at these same levels regardless of their size. While every price is not the lowest in the country, the overall competitiveness of the agreement is outstanding.
How does it save time and money?
The key value for the agency is resource savings. Most agencies today are spread thinner than ever. Agencies are downsizing administrative departments and retiring or departing purchasing and maintenance positions are left unfilled. The Graybar U.S. Communities program provides a mechanism to save the time and costs associated with obtaining quotes or preparing bids. The timesavings allow the department to accomplish its work tasks more efficiently with the personnel on hand.
How can my agency become a participating U.S. Communities member?
Go to the U.S. Communities Web site at www.uscommunities.org and click the "Register to Participate" link.