Talk:RS (Part of RS Group plc)

Advert
This article is written pretty much like an advertisement. Example sentences: "In addition, RS's largest facilities in the UK to provide some products to Europe directly thus ensuring the very highest levels of service." or "RS Components' catalogues are like wish books for engineers.". Also the whole article is written in a generally positive language. Not neutral in my opinion. I haven't edited the page due to limited experience with editing wikipedia. But if anyone wants do it would be good I think :)
 * I have had a go at doing this Dormskirk (talk) 17:36, 26 May 2008 (UTC)


 * Agreed, this is really written like an advert and doesn't include any information about competitors or industry. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 114.76.89.88 (talk) 07:21, 22 September 2014 (UTC)

Taken over?
I have it on good authority that Electrocomponents plc (RS Components parent company) has been taken over. Any info, or anything to add to the article? 86.177.26.9 (talk) 17:07, 9 June 2010 (UTC)


 * Really? The Financial Times appears to not know about it.  Maybe somebody should tell them...? JulesH (talk) 20:19, 11 June 2010 (UTC)

Pictures
Hi all - I am Julius and I work for RS. Would love to offer some CC pictures of RS to Wikimedia for RS pages if fine with the community. --JuliusatRS (talk) 14:08, 4 October 2010 (UTC)

Operations
FYI interest Electrocomponents operates as RS Components everywhere other than the US where it operates under Allied Electronics. See - www - electrocomponents - co -uk/ecm/about/glance/ for reference  —Preceding unsigned comment added by JuliusatRS (talk • contribs) 14:13, 4 October 2010 (UTC)

RS components are not nice guys, I remember when I was 13 getting a letter from them pretty much accusing me of trying to con them because I didn't have the most up to date pricing information.

Some proposed changes
We would like to update the profile of RS Components by replacing the current introductory paragraph with the following paragraphs:

RS Components (RS) is a trading brand of Electrocomponents plc. Offering more than 500,000 industrial and electronic products sourced from over 2,500 leading suppliers, RS provides a wide range of value-added services to over one million customers. With operations in 32 countries, the company ships close to 50,000 parcels a day.

RS supports customers across the product life cycle, whether via innovation and technical support at the design phase, improving time to market and productivity at the build phase, or reducing purchasing costs and optimising inventory in the maintenance phase. The company offers its customers tailored product and service propositions that are essential for the successful operation of their businesses and helps them save time and money.

LWSatECM (talk) 14:00, 22 May 2020 (UTC)


 * Hello LWSatECM, and thank you for your suggestions, and for not editing the article directly. I'm afraid I must decline your edit request because your proposed text is too promotional and does not adhere to Wikipedia's neutral point of view policy. Wikipedia is not a vehicle for advertising, marketing or public relations, but the purpose of your proposed text is clearly to win over prospective customers and investors. As such, it cannot displace existing parts of the article unless it is substantially rewritten. The most obvious red flags are phrases that are frequently used in press releases, but are not appropriate for an encyclopedia. These promotional terms include but are not limited to phrases such as "leading suppliers," "wide range of value-added services," and "tailored product and service propositions." They should written more tersely. Best, Altamel (talk) 19:03, 22 May 2020 (UTC)

Revised changes to RS profile for your review
Please can you update the introduction with the following text:

RS Components (RS) is a trading brand of Electrocomponents plc. The company supplies industrial and electronic products from 2,500+ suppliers. RS also supports customers across the product life cycle with services including technical support, reducing purchasing costs, and optimising inventory. The company currently operates in 32 countries.

LWSatECM (talk) 14:15, 9 June 2020 (UTC)

Proposed changes to RS introduction
RS Components is a global trading brand of Electrocomponents plc. The company supplies industrial and electronic products and solutions: electrical; automation and control; test and measurement equipment; safety products; and engineering tools. The company currently operates in 32 countries via multiple channels such as eCommerce and trade counters.

LWSatECM (talk) 10:42, 10 July 2020 (UTC)
 * Hello LWSatECM. Just about all the information in your edit request is already covered in either the introduction or the body of the article. Can you explain why you prefer this version? Best, Altamel (talk) 03:55, 15 July 2020 (UTC)
 * You might want to use ping for a faster responce...  &thinsp;Darth&thinsp; Flappy   '&laquo;Talk&raquo;'  12:01, 15 July 2020 (UTC)

In answer to your question
Hi DarthFlappy In our current introduction we do not say that we supply industrial products and solutions such as safety products. We think it’s important for this to be included in the Knowledge Graph for those searching for RS on Google to save them time. We have stopped producing catalogues so we think that point should be removed. We also think it’s important to let it be known that we operate in 32 countries. LWS are my initials and ECM is the ticker code for Electrocomponents, the parent company of RS Components. Best wishes Lynn LWSatECM (talk) 13:11, 4 August 2020 (UTC)
 * If you want to use a template, put brackets around the template, for example:  results in
 * As for the edit request, removing the catalogues seems fine with me, but I'm not sure about the other one. "global trading brand" seems to cover it to me. (or others) are welcome to add it if they like.  &thinsp;Darth&thinsp; Flappy   &laquo;Talk&raquo;  11:35, 5 August 2020 (UTC)
 * 32 countries is hardly global. Just an average company that selects a few markets. LWSatECM you use the term 'we' freely, it is not always clear who the 'We' are. Do you mean wikipedia or the PR part of the company?SovalValtos (talk) 12:07, 5 August 2020 (UTC)
 * Good point! I changed it to  and changed the (primary) ref. Do you think that works for everyone?  &thinsp;Darth&thinsp; Flappy   &laquo;Talk&raquo;  12:26, 5 August 2020 (UTC)

Requested edit - moved from article page
Hi DarthFlappy, I tried to ping you but didn't hear back, hope all's ok. Can you please replace our RS intro paragraph with the following? RS Components is a global trading brand of Electrocomponents plc. The company supplies industrial products; automation and control, test and measurement equipment; engineering tools, consumables, electronic components and electrical products via e-commerce, telephone and in person at RS Local stores . RS Components operates in 80 countries . LWSatECM (talk) 08:53, 29 October 2020 (UTC)
 * X mark.svg Not done I don't think that the addition of the "global" adjective is helpful or necessary. At best, its redundant with the last sentence ("RS operates in 80 countries"); at worse it is misleading (since 80 countries isn't quite "global") and subtle advertising. RandomCanadian (talk / contribs) 23:50, 25 January 2021 (UTC)

R S Components
Although there are many sites on the internet showing many aspects of R S, there does not appear to be ONE that mentions the many years they spent at Fitzroy House, Epworth Street in London. Can we please ask why? This does appear to be very disrespectful to the very many staff who worked there and helped to make it the company it is today. Can this please be corrected. Denis Sheer ex telephone order office manager and Jill Sheer ex secretary to mr L. A. Thwaites 92.5.3.76 (talk) 16:52, 6 May 2022 (UTC)

Combine this page with that of RS Group plc?
Should this article and that for RS Group plc be combined? Neither is particularly long and both cover what is essentially the same subject. As far as I can tell RS Components is just RS Group plc's trading brand, much like Tesco (the brand) and Tesco plc (the company) which is all covered in one article. Allied Electronics could keep its own article as it looks to be more of a subsidiary.

Thoughts? DDFoster96 (talk) 12:42, 17 June 2022 (UTC)


 * I would support merging RS Components into RS Group. Dormskirk (talk) 12:58, 17 June 2022 (UTC)


 * As there were no objections, I have now done this. Dormskirk (talk) 09:43, 28 August 2022 (UTC)