Custom Install Tech System Review
- CITS System includes (2) cases (16) organizers
- Barcode scanner and COA software included!
- Streamline your company's installations
- Track parts used by project, technician, and date
- Bill for all the parts you use - have the parts you need
- Automate your reordering process, eliminate data entry, eliminate ordering from multiple vendors
- Prevent impulse buying and overnight shipping
- Eliminate costly return trips and client frustration
- Fully customizable part selection, organization method and layout
- Includes Over $1500 of Resalable Parts
Pros
- Incredibly convenient
- Durable, weatherproof
- Great organization
- Infinitely customizable
- Excellent customer and product support
- New products can be added as needed
Cons
- Best practices involve using CIS for majority of inventory
- Customization needed for optimal use
- Requires disciplined re-training on inventory use procedures
- Lack of documentation online (support is mainly via phone or email)
Custom Install Tech System Introduction
We did a first look of the Custom
Install Tech System (CITS) back in October of 2007 and found it to be an
extremely useful product with tons of potential to revolutionize the way many
custom installers handled their inventories. This time around we were fortunate
enough to be able to give the system a full test-run with a complete Standard
system which featured two weatherproof mil-spec roller cases, the Custom Order
Application (COA) software, and over $2500 in resalable parts. To say we were a bit
overwhelmed would be an understatement.
The reason the CITS system is so intriguing is due to the ease with which custom installers and system integrators lose track of inventory expended to a particular jobsite. The CITS software and barcode scanning system eliminates the problem by assigning "kits" to each installer and allowing them to bill materials to a job - tracking the parts in real time as they leave the kit. The downside is that this requires a complete retraining of how your installers handle parts and inventory replenishment, but it seems to be well worth it. As many in the business know, "the most expensive part is the one you don’t' have when you need it." No one likes to return to a jobsite simply because they didn't have what they needed.
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