Industry Information & Insights (i3)

Gain Deeper Understanding with Insights+

The Insights+ dashboard is an advanced tool available to i3 manufacturer and supplier partners, offering dynamic metrics, filters, and graphics on your products' sales and proposal data. This dashboard provides detailed insights, including sales performance down to individual item and integrator levels, helping i3 partners better manage inventory, tailor marketing efforts, and enhance decision-making.

Sales Metrics by Region

Geographic Sales Performance Tracking

Track your revenues and unit sales — by region, by average sales cycles, and by market share — to predict and calculate proper inventory levels. Insights+ allows you to filter by date, by location, by product category, by brand (if applicable), and by supplier (if applicable).

1Quoted, Sold & Ordered
Filterable by Region
2Market Share in Proposals & Contracts
3Quoted, Sold & Ordered Filterable
by Product Category & Timeframe

Make Your Data Actionable with Insights+

Main Dashboard

Get an at-a-glance look at your overall D-Tools Cloud sales data and dealer authorizations on a monthly and year-to-date basis via your proprietary interactive Insights+ dashboard. Track by revenue or by units your products in proposals, contracts and orders.

Market Share by Category

Especially valuable for suppliers with products in multiple equipment categories, the Insights+ dashboard allows you to filter your market share in 10 primary product categories, such as audio, video, networking, control and security.

Dealer Authorizations

Breakdown your authorized integrators using D-Tools System Integrator (SI) and D-Tools Cloud by pricing tier and track their individual proposal and sales data of your products. Track your annual cadence of new integrators following promotions and trade shows.

System Integrator (SI) Downloads

Review the total number of product catalog downloads and unique downloads by individual D-Tools SI integrators.

Turn Insights into Action

Streamline your supply chain, maximize sales and increase profits as an i3 Insights+ Partner.

Track Brand Health

Keep a pulse on critical metrics such as proposal-to-contract close rates, geographic performance and individual dealer loyalty to funnel more sales.

Forecast Confidently

Use the Insights+ sales cycle data to anticipate purchasing and pricing trends among integrators, enabling you to manage inventory and plan product features more accurately.

Optimize Positioning

Determine the strengths and weaknesses of your products among buying groups and other dealer cohorts such as size, business focus or location to optimize overall brand performance.

Deep Analytics

The Insights+ dashboard provides you with critical information to help you make informed decisions. On-demand custom surveys and custom reports* (available for an additional cost) provide deeper analytics.

Target Industry Segments

Inform your business strategy with segment-specific data across the residential, Pro AV, security, HVAC and IT/MSP industries.

Benchmark Against the Market

Stay on top of your market share by category to help you maintain or increase your percentage of the business.

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