D-Tools and Media Environment Design Team Up to Offer In-booth SI5.5 Training at CEDIA EXPO
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D-Tools Certified Partner, MED, will host 2 60 minute training courses in D-Tool’s Booth #2020 during CEDIA
D-Tools Inc. today announced that Certified Partner Ryan Brown of Media Environment Design (MED) will teach (2) 60 minute …

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AVIA, Inc. Increases Revenue and Reduces Costs Utilizing D-Tools System Integrator™ Software
12/19/2007 – 10:11 am | No Comment

Challenges:

•           Ability to provide documentation that clients could understand
•           No effective method to communicate project innovation to staff
•           Drawings were done by hand and were time consuming
•           Better project tracking

Based out of Ft. …

Defending your ignorance
12/18/2007 – 2:02 pm | No Comment

I think one of the biggest problems in many companies is how people will defend a position based on their ignorance.  I was aware of this behavior in the past but I never realized how …

The right time
12/10/2007 – 8:08 pm | No Comment

Getting to the right people with the right message at the right time is the goal of every marketer. But how do you keep the message fresh when hitting the same targets month after month?
We’ve …

New EZ Match Data Import/Mapping Feature
12/10/2007 – 7:37 pm | No Comment
New EZ Match Data Import/Mapping Feature

Check this video that one of our product managers, Jeff Freeeman, put together on the new EZ Match data import function of SI5.1  This feature allows our users to very easily just update price/cost information …

Good residential business process article
12/07/2007 – 5:13 pm | No Comment

I saw this post in CE Pro today. Electronic Systems Consultants: Making Data-Driven Decisions.  I like this article for a number of reasons.

Process first.  They identified a number of areas where software (not ours BTW) could …

Web to Case Form Test
11/19/2007 – 4:01 pm | No Comment

Web Form

Type   :

-None- Feature Request Follow up Other Question Registration Setup Technical Issue Training

Case Reason   :

-None- AutoCAD D-Tools SI Follow Up General QuickLinks Setup SketchUp Training Visio

Case Origin   :

-None- Call …

Haave Audio Video Systems Increases Revenue By As Much As 45% Utilizing D-Tools System Integrator™ Software
09/25/2007 – 4:30 pm | No Comment

Challenges:

•           Designs were hand-drawn and very time consuming
•           Method for creating quality Schematics
•           More efficient tracking
•           Decrease Costs per project
Based out of Vancouver, BC Canada, Haave Audio Video Systems is a full service …

Configuring a Database to Accommodate Custom Length Interconnects
07/25/2007 – 4:28 pm | No Comment
Configuring a Database to Accommodate Custom Length Interconnects

Configuring a Database to Accommodate Custom Length Interconnects
By Heather Mikelonis
System integrators have discovered the benefits of building custom interconnect cables during the rack build phase of system construction using bulk cable and compression connectors.  This …

SI 5 Smart Migration Plan
07/25/2007 – 4:27 pm | No Comment

D-Tools System Integrator 5
Smart Migration Plan

Developed By: Media Environment Design, Inc. & D-Tools, Inc.

This document has been created to help educate current D-Tools SI user companies on managing their upgrade to D-Tools …

Use Labor Skus to Estimate Your Programming
06/25/2007 – 4:25 pm | No Comment
Use Labor Skus to Estimate Your Programming

Using the Labor sku functionality in D-Tools has created a method to sequentially build your programming allowance into your project as you create the bill of materials for your proposal.  We use a series of …

5 on 5 Process DSG’s Top 5 features of SI 5
06/25/2007 – 4:24 pm | No Comment
5 on 5 Process DSG’s Top 5 features of SI 5

5 on 5

by Kevin Mikelonis
Here comes SI5!  We have seen a ton of great new features in SI5 coming to us from D-Tools and our staff has been working with all of the SI5 BETA …

Cinema Solutions Increases Revenue by 20% by Utilizing SI
06/25/2007 – 4:23 pm | No Comment
Cinema Solutions Increases Revenue by 20% by Utilizing SI

Challenges:

•           Labor was not allocated efficiently
•           Proposal generation timely
•           Overlooked miscellaneous items, resulting in inaccurate tracking
•           More efficient labor allocation
Based out of San Clemente, CA, Cinema Solutions is a system integration company specializing …