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WHY CHOOSE ALVARADO?
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- STABILITY – Alvarado has been in business for more than 50 years, with the same family ownership for 30 years. Alvarado is here today and, most importantly for our customers, we’ll be here years from now. Why buy products that will be in service for years from a short term company or a business that will likely have different management and personnel in a year?
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OUR PEOPLE – Our personnel are crucial to our success. We recruit and hire the right people, train them to focus on customer needs and allow them the freedom to act within defined processes. The average tenure for our employees company-wide is 12 years; in sales and customer support it is 13 years and in technical support it is 20 years. When you talk to someone at Alvarado, they know what is going on…or know where and how to find the answers. |
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PRODUCT FOCUS – All our products are designed to protect assets and/or control the flow of people and we stick to what we do well. Alvarado engineers and manufactures at our modern development and manufacturing facility in southern California, about 35 miles east of downtown Los Angeles. Alvarado prides itself in using the most modern design and manufacturing methods and our well-tuned internal processes. This combination of product focus and modern processes allows us to produce high quality products at a very attractive price. |
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CUSTOMER & TECHNICAL SUPPORT – As a company, we constantly emphasize the importance of excellence in customer and technical support with all that we do. Our technical support staff personnel have an average of over 10 years of experience. The majority of technical inquires are handled immediately and the vast majority within one day. Our technical staff is empowered (and encouraged) to implement product and process changes that speed installation and improve overall product quality and serviceability. |
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- INNOVATION – From the early patents of Mr. Alvarado, we have a long history of innovation. Whether it be our installation of the first computerized facility admission system in a large US stadium in 1994 (Progressive Field - formerly Jacobs Field)...or the development of the Watchman…to the revolutionary features of our premeire SU4000 optical turnstile, Alvarado continually creates innovative products and makes the refinements that help our customers save money and perform better.
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BUSINESS PRACTICE – Quite simply, we strive to do things right and to do the right things. When we make mistakes, we learn and then we make things right. This is what we expect from our team and you can expect the same from us. |
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EXPEDITED SHIPPING – Alvarado manufactures and distributes from our 70,000 sq. ft. facility located 40 miles east of downtown Los Angeles. Our superior manufacturing and warehouse processes allow us to ship products an average of 35% faster than our competition.
For customers that need products even quicker, we offer expedited availability through our highly popular “quick ship” program. This program allows customers to receive a number of our most popular products for rush requirements for a nominal expediting charge. The applicable products and manufacturing times are contained in the .pdf chart below. Dates contained in the chart may be extended slightly during certain peak order times, but you will know what your expediting options are prior to Alvarado accepting the order. If we don’t meet our commitment, the expediting fee will be refunded or applied as credit toward the next order.
Expedited shipments generally must be paid in full prior to shipment and the expediting cost for the order is provided at the time of quotation. Availability days refer to business days. To include the ordering day in the calculation, the order must be placed (and payment received) prior to 7:30 am PST. For example, if three day expediting is available and desired, the order and payment would have to be received by Tuesday 7:30 am for the guaranteed ship date to be Thursday. If the order and payment were received after 7:30 am on Tuesday, our guaranteed ship date would be Friday.
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