In 1963 , Miller Pentecost established Power & Telephone Supply Company ( Power & Tel ) as a reliable source for tools and other products contractors needed to save both time and money in completing their projects on time . To do this , he developed relationships with manufacturers that saw the benefit of having a sales partner that could help them eliminate or reduce their storage costs and align their product roadmaps to the customer projects and outlook and demand forecasts . scw-mag . com 77