D-Tools System Integrator (SI) V21 has received the Security Sales & Integration 2024 Most Valuable Product (MVP) Award in the category of Business Operations. SI v21 is an update to the company’s industry-leading software solution for security integrators with new features including Dark Mode, streamlined scheduling and documentation, improved bulk data management and much more. The software integrates with D-Tools’ Product Library of more than 1.6 million products with dealer-level pricing.
Presented at ISC West 2024 in Las Vegas, the Security Sales & Integration MVP Awards reflect the most prestigious product awards program catering to the electronic security market. MVP Awards recognize the best technologies, products and solutions that keep lives and property safe.
According to Dan Ferrisi, group editor, commercial and security, Emerald, "The Most Valuable Product (MVP) Awards seek to honor vendors whose products and solutions achieve the highest aspiration in the electronic security industry: They keep people, property and physical environments safe. There could be no ambition more laudable."
He continues, "Our independent panel of judges carefully considered each entry, evaluating these solutions on the basis of design and technological innovation, differentiating functional features and key integrator benefits. As such, the installer and integrator community can feel supremely confident when designing and spec'ing an MVP Award winner."
Tim Bigoness, Chief Marketing Officer at D-Tools, notes that SI v21 is an end-to-end business management software solution designed for security integration companies.
“System Integrator (SI) V21 streamlines project workflows for improved operational efficiencies and healthier bottom-line results for security integrators,” says Bigoness. “The software ensures accurate, up-to-date dealer-level pricing via the D-Tools Product Library, reducing data entry time. SI helps avoid the risk of human error and inefficiency of duplicate entry through integrations with QuickBooks and other accounting solutions.
“Moreover, System Integrator enables security integrators to generate reports on internal business analytics. Using that data, dealers can refine their business models and operations to focus on growing revenues and profits,” he adds.
Among the key new features of SI V21 are:
Dark Mode to reduce eye strain during prolonged periods of screen time, allowing security integrators to spend longer durations within the D-Tools SI platform, leading to increased productivity.
Bulk Data Management is simplified with the ability to use a checklist to import/export CSV files. This makes it quicker and reduces errors when moving, updating, sharing or archiving large amounts of data within a large security project or across projects.
Quantity-based Quoting allows salespeople to develop a scope and budget for large security projects in a fraction of the time. Projects now support the ability to manage line items (products, labor and packages) by quantity.
Submittals -- Integrators can now add files or links to products, such as spec sheets and installation manuals. The feature allows for more efficient file organization and expedites the closeout process for delivering final documentation to clients.
Other new features in SI V21 include the integration with QuickBooks Time, improved product search functionality, and several time-saving enhancements to Mobile Install.
About D-Tools
D-Tools, Inc. is a leading provider of business management software for electronics systems contractors worldwide. For more than 25 years, D-Tools' award-winning solutions have empowered thousands of low-voltage systems integrators to streamline their business operations for greater efficiency and improved profitability. Boasting an integrated product library complete with up-to-date specifications and unique dealer-specific pricing, the D-Tools
Cloud and System Integrator™ (SI) platforms enable end-to-end management of the systems integration project lifecycle. From sales and system design through installation and ongoing service, D-Tools' purpose-built software products ensure accurate detail that directly benefits the bottom line. For more information, visit www.d-tools.com.
