October 2, 2018
A common complaint we hear from integrators is that they lack information to help with job costing. Nobody seems to have enough data in an easily accessible format to help […]
September 18, 2018
For many years, Evco Sound & Electronics Inc. had used the same local insurance company. When Kevin Bauer, Evco president, found out that it was having a hard time keeping the same insurance carrier, however, he decided it was time to start looking elsewhere. To get started, Bauer asked NSCA for insurance suggestions, which is how he learned about TrueNorth, an NSCA Business Accelerator. He gave the company a call and, when the representative mentioned other integration firms Bauer was familiar with, he knew he had found an insurance provider that understood the industry.
September 14, 2018
NSCA has just released an updated Financial Analysis of the Industry report for 2018, containing data from the most recent Cost of Doing Business survey
August 21, 2018
After a recent organizational restructure, Lone Star Communications decided to add a new layer of superintendent positions to its operations department. The creation of these positions also created the need for training. Job duties were separated, along with a reorganization of teams and departments, to establish defined superintendent and project management roles. Dan Hiett, senior vice president of operations at Lone Star, reached out to NSCA to learn more about how Enterprise Performance Consulting might be able to help ease the transition for employees impacted by the restructuring.
June 21, 2018
CEDAR RAPIDS, IA, June 21, 2018 – NSCA, the leading not-for-profit association representing the commercial low-voltage electronic systems industry, has released updated Labor Installation Standard guidelines, providing information that systems […]
May 15, 2018
Inteconnex was working closely with a client on a complete IT infrastructure upgrade, totaling approximately $120,000 in equipment. To avoid incurring 100% of the expenses upfront, the client was interested in financing the project. After hearing about NSCA Business Accelerator GreatAmerica, Inteconnex did some investigating to learn more about how its financing services worked – and then decided to complete the company’s first GreatAmerica financing deal. “Our first deal with GreatAmerica was awesome,” says Marc Meyer, Inteconnex president. “If I could route every deal through them, I would.”
May 6, 2018
Over the past couple of weeks, I’ve had the pleasure of spending a lot of time with the NSCA team and some of their members. What stands out the most […]
April 10, 2018
Many of the most successful RMR salespeople we know talk in monthly payments from the very start of a sales conversation. When a customer asks them to quote a price […]
March 25, 2018
These 5 impacts of diversity, equity, and inclusion should help integrators understand why DEI is a business priority. Diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) in the workplace is good for business. […]
January 30, 2018
Return-to-work programs get employees back to work approximately 1.5 times sooner than workers who aren’t part of such programs
