In this Read Listen Watch, Karen Edwards meets with the experts at Beacon Building Products to talk about how technology is being used to help roofing businesses place the most accurate material orders for every job. Will Barber from Beacon and Mike Larkin from EagleView talk about how the two companies have partnered to offer Smart Order, part of Beacon PRO+. An upgrade to ordering online, Smart Order is saving time, money and building processes that are changing roofing companies. Using several cutting-edge technologies including EagleView technology, Beacon PRO+ is changing how the industry does business.
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