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Lone Star Enhances the Customer Experience with a Focus on Process

Posted on November 19, 2018 in Customer Success Stories ,Industry Discussion ,Q360 by
Lone Star Enhances the Customer Experience with a Focus on Process

Increasing complexity in the AV industry is driving integrators to look at process A focus on process has not always been necessary for success, but it has long been a priority at Lone Star Communications. Ray Bailey, CEO, and Patt Bowles, Chief Customer Experience Officer, share their thoughts on the company’s attention to process and how this drives customer satisfaction. Lone Star has been ISO 9001 certified for 15 years, which is a rare achievement for an integrator. The ISO 9001:2015 standard is based on […]

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Genesis Integration Harnessed the Power of Data with Q360 PSA Software

Posted on February 12, 2018 in Blog ,Business Process Improvement ,Improve Profitability by
Genesis Integration Harnessed the Power of Data with Q360 PSA Software

Big Data is on everyone’s lips as both a challenge and an opportunity for 2018, with a promise that increased information will allow us to yield valuable insights and make better business decisions. Organizations that manage to make sense of their data, and use it to make informed business decisions are gaining competitive advantage. We spoke with Kelly McCarthy, President at Genesis Integration about this trend, and its impact on technology integrators. “With Q360, the amount of data available to us grew considerably, and our […]

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5 Best Practices from AVI Systems for a Successful ERP Implementation

Posted on January 15, 2018 in Blog ,Customer Success Stories by
5 Best Practices from AVI Systems for a Successful ERP Implementation

  Preparation and organization were keys to AVI’s successful Q360 implementation       Anyone who has ever experienced an ERP implementation, will tell you there is nothing ‘easy’ about it. But according to Kendra Lettau, Process Management Architect at AVI System, there is much that can be done to make an ERP implementation run smoothly. AVI Systems went live with Q360 in September, 2015. A little more than two years later, the company can look back and point to some best practices that helped […]

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Q360 Drives Business Transformation at Adtech Systems

Posted on September 18, 2017 in Blog ,Customer Success Stories by
Q360 Drives Business Transformation at Adtech Systems

Client Profile Adtech Systems opened its doors in 1988 as a projector reseller. Over the years, the company has evolved to become one of the premiere professional audio/visual integrators in New England. Today, Adtech has 170 employees, and operates across three states, serving some of the largest organizations in the region. In March 2015, two local entrepreneurs – Dustin Campbell and Philip Muscatello – purchased a majority interest in Adtech Systems. Dustin and Phil have extensive backgrounds in business operations and management across a variety […]

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Would You Rather Increase Revenue, or Reduce Costs?

Posted on October 15, 2019 in Around the Web ,Blog by
Would You Rather Increase Revenue, or Reduce Costs?

It takes about $100 of revenue to add $10 of profit, but it only takes $10 of cost savings to add $10 of profit. So, would you rather increase revenue, or reduce costs? Sales Executives generally think their role is to generate revenue, and they are mostly, but not entirely, correct. They can also make a serious contribution to cost containment if they pay attention to it. The problem is, sales rarely gives enough thought to what happens to a project once they hand it […]

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It Will Take a Village to Make the Security Industry Cyber Secure

Posted on October 7, 2019 in Around the Web ,Change Management ,Q360 by
It Will Take a Village to Make the Security Industry Cyber Secure

When it comes to who is responsible for the security industry’s cyber security preparation, the correct answer is everyone: manufacturers, security integrators and dealers, consultants and end users.   In Gordon Ramsay’s latest reality TV show, “24 Hours to Hell and Back,” chef Ramsay and his team pick a failing restaurant and, over the course of 24 hours, use a combination of training, physical changes and tough love in an attempt to get them back on track and save them from themselves. The theme of […]

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Solutions360 Announces Launch of New Web Client

Posted on September 30, 2019 in Automate Operations ,Blog ,Change Management ,Q360 ,Solutions360 by
Solutions360 Announces Launch of New Web Client

Solutions 360 is very excited to announce our completely redesigned Q360 web client   This is the launch of our first end-to-end web client. It is the same technology, the same efficiency and the same functionality that you’ve enjoyed for many, many decades. Now, it’s completely redesigned and available on our new web client. Our new design includes brand new functionality, new efficiency, new features, and everything that you’ve expected out of the fully executed product. This is something that our integrators have been asking […]

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Top 5 Benefits of Selling As-A-Service through Financing

Posted on September 23, 2019 in Around the Web ,Automate Operations ,Improve Financial Management ,Solutions360 by
Top 5 Benefits of Selling As-A-Service through Financing

Our partners at GreatAmerica Financial Services commissioned a 3rd party research firm to conduct a survey with 194 C-level partners at MSPs and UC Solution Providers. While a variety of information was collected, perhaps some of the most notable is what the partners listed as the top benefits of financing. The benefits of financing are plentiful for both Managed Service Providers (MSPs), systems integrators, and their customers. Financing allows customers to make large hardware and software purchases with low upfront costs.  The top 5 benefits of […]

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Leadership Buy In is Critical for Successful Business Transformation

Posted on September 16, 2019 in Blog ,Business Process Improvement ,Q360 by
Leadership Buy In is Critical for Successful Business Transformation

What are some of the key challenges and success factors for business transformation? Solutions360 and Navigate Management Consulting are both on a mission to help integrators pursue business transformation. Navigate achieves this through process and Solutions360 through software implementation. Roman Burchart, Vice President of Operations for Solutions360, and Brad Malone, Partner at Navigate, share their thoughts on the key challenges that integrators must face if the business transformation process is going to be successful. “The success (or failure) of an ERP implementation really starts at […]

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Forecasting for Successful Project Management

Posted on September 9, 2019 in Blog ,Business Process Improvement ,Improve Profitability ,Q360 by
Forecasting for Successful Project Management

How do you manage and forecast resources in you integration business? “One of the biggest problems we see is that integrators aren’t laying out their projects profitably right from the beginning,” says Brad Dempsey, CEO of Solutions360. “One of the first things you need to do before you’re worried about who’s doing what, is what is the timeline of the project look like? When do I need the different kinds of labor at a much higher level? Not necessarily down to the week, and understanding […]

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Quality Equals Pride

Posted on September 3, 2019 in Blog by
Quality Equals Pride

by Brad Malone, Partner at Navigate Management Consulting Is there a direct linkage between the level of quality delivered within an AV systems integration project and the level of personal and organizational pride in that accomplishment? And if so – which comes first? Is there a causal relationship? Before we start – we need to define both quality and pride – words that sometimes have different meanings. Let’s use Merriam Webster’s definition for both. Quality vs. Pride Quality is a degree of excellence; a superiority […]

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