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SI5.5 Value Proposition

 

Project Management Software

D-Tools System Integrator 5.5 enables AV, energy, IT, and security systems integration professionals and custom installers to streamline and simplify the entire system integration process. SI5.5 leverages a robust manufacturers database containing detailed information on over 50,000 leading products to generate fast, accurate proposals, detailed system designs, and SI5.5's powerful project management capabilities help ensure that the project is delivered on time and to budget. SI5.5 utilizes industry standards such as AutoCAD* and Microsoft Visio to create detailed designs that are dynamically linked to equipment lists for complete, accurate design and documentation of low voltage system projects.

SI5.5 helps you manage your projects more efficiently, and communicate more effectively with clients, project managers, installers, and other trades. SI5.5's new project and resource scheduling gives you the power to better control project time and costs.

SI5.5 ties all equipment information to product lists and drawings, creating a single, coordinated, dynamically-linked, instantly updatable project file. Users can quickly create proposals and drawings by simply dragging and dropping SI’s Smart Shapes™ – which represent detailed product information such as dimensions, pricing, etc. dynamically driven from D-Tools’ extensive manufacturers database – from a stencil onto a workspace to quickly and easily design floor plans, line diagrams, schematics and elevations, creating an accurate, up-to-the-minute project file. Installation tasks can be assigned to your internal teams and schedules can be tracked and maintained through our comprehensive project management console. Communicate tasks and assignments to your team members through our integration with Microsoft Outlook 2007**.

SI5.5 helps you manage your business in 3 critical areas:
 
Sell the Job

SI5.5 helps you create fast accurate sales proposals - because all pricing and product info is driven from our database, you are always working with the most up-to-date and accurate product data - ensuring that your proposals are accurate - and since all of the information is right there, you can drastically reduce the time needed to research products for your proposals - giving you the ability to react to customer requests more quickly, ensuring that you have the best chance to land the business.

Design the Job

SI5.5 enables you to create data-driven designs in either Visio or AutoCAD - or both. No other program leverages the industry standard drawing tools to quickly and easily generate data-driven plan and elevation views, line diagrams and schematics. Turn your system designs into detailed customer project documentation - leaving no doubt that you can deliver the project as designed.

Deliver the Job

SI5.5's new powerful project scheduling and resource management capabilities enables you to schedule, assign, and track all product and labor time and costs - ensuring that you deliver the job on time and to budget. Remote accessibility through terminal services and integration with Microsoft Outlook 2007 ensure that your teams are notified of project changes, enabling you to react quickly to your customer's needs.

No other software application can deliver all three critical elements of a successful system integration business - sell the job, design the job, deliver the job.
 
*Requires AutoCAD® 2005, 2006, 2007, or 2008 purchased separately.
** Requires Microsoft Outlook 2007 purchased separately.