System Integrator Features
D-Tools System Integrator is an end-to-end software solution used by nearly 7,000 companies that streamlines low-voltage system integration projects by managing sales, estimating, design, documentation, procurement, project management, installation, and service through features like an integrated product library, client opportunity tracking, mobile quoting, detailed estimates, professional proposals with eSignatures, and powerful engineering drawing capabilities.
D-Tools System Integrator Features Overview
D-Tools System Integrator (SI) is a comprehensive end-to-end software solution for low-voltage system integrators. It streamlines the entire project workflow—from estimating, system design, and documentation, to procurement, project management, installation, and ongoing service—using a data-driven process and an extensive integrated product library.
Explore the System Integration Software Used by Nearly 7,000 Companies
Estimate, design, install, service, and manage your projects seamlessly with this leading end-to-end AV System Integration Software. For over 25 years, D-Tools System Integrator has helped electronic systems contractors boost revenue, save time, and cut costs.
Sales Management
Drive Sales Success at Every Step
Manage your entire sales process—from initial client engagement through signed contract. D-Tools SI’s tools drive efficiency and help close deals faster.
- Integrated Product Library: Add detailed product specifications, including dealer-specific pricing, to proposals and drawings from D-Tools’ extensive product library.
- Client Opportunity Tracking: Track client types (Lead, Prospect, Client) and lead sources for better sales opportunity management.
- Mobile Quote Scope & Budget Tool: Use the Mobile Quote iPad app to quickly establish project scope and budget during site visits.
- Accurate, Detailed Estimates: Create comprehensive quotes with locations, systems, labor estimates, product accessories, and packages.
- Professional Proposals: Present visually impactful proposals with scope of work, payment terms, and good/better/best options.
- Customer Portal for eSignatures & Client Communications: Share proposals online and get notified when clients view, comment, or sign proposals or change orders.
Powerful Engineering Drawings Capabilities
Create detailed, engineered drawings—including line diagrams, plan views, rack elevations, and schematics—to ensure clear communication with internal teams and external stakeholders. Native integration with Visio and AutoCAD makes it easy to produce detailed drawings that improve collaboration and project accuracy.
- Industry Standard Shapes and Symbols: Use D-Tools' library of industry-specific Visio shapes and AutoCAD blocks for accurate, professional drawings.
- BOM and Drawing Synchronization: Drawing items are linked directly to the bill of materials (BOM), ensuring BOM and drawings are always in sync, reducing manual updates.
- Draw First Capabilities: Design your system layout first; SI automatically generates the BOM based on your drawings, saving time and boosting accuracy.
Gantt Charts
Plan, Visualize, and Manage Projects with Ease
D-Tools SI’s timeline view provides an overview of all project tasks, dependencies, and key milestones, helping you keep projects on track and on budget.
- Assign predecessors to assure prerequisites are completed.
- Tasks can be added from projects by location or phase.
Project Management
Master Every Project with Confidence
D-Tools System Integrator’s project management tools empower you to plan, track, and execute projects seamlessly.
- Workflow Rules and Notifications: Set up rules to ensure smooth workflow between departments, with notifications for task or milestone completion or misses.
- Gantt Chart View: Map out project execution details, create and view tasks by phase, system, or location, assign resources, and set milestones and dependencies.
- Resource Allocation & Scheduling: Assign team members, equipment, and resources efficiently to project tasks.
- Change Orders & Revisions: Manage and document project changes, create and track change requests, and bill for external changes.
- Punch List Management: Create customized punch lists and reusable checklists, assign tasks, and track completion status and deadlines.
- Item Tracking: Track the status of project items from ordering to installation, ensuring materials are on hand and tasks stay on schedule.
- Time Tracking: Track actual labor hours and costs versus budgeted estimates, with exportable timesheet data for payroll.
- Project Reporting: Use comprehensive job-cost reporting tools to track costs versus estimates, control expenses, and improve profitability.
Mobile App Accessories
Mobile Solutions for On-the-Go Efficiency
D-Tools offers mobile companion apps to keep your team connected and productive from the office to the field.
Mobile Quote
- Create new quotes, add contact information, set pricing parameters, and collect deposits or retainers.
- Add and manage rooms and systems, including site photos.
- Add products as packages or allowances, adjust pricing on-the-fly.
- Automatically calculate quote totals and subtotals by system, room, or equipment vs. labor.
- Get customer approval on the spot with eSignature capabilities and collect deposits via mobile payments.
Mobile Install
- Publish project tasks and service orders to a web portal accessible by field technicians from any web-enabled device.
- Send project documents and reports to Mobile Install, associating them with specific tasks or service orders.
- Add site items to service orders, track additional work, and get customer approval on the spot. Approved items can be added to existing SI projects.
Current D-Tools System Integrator subscribers or customers on the Software Assurance plan get access to one Mobile Install resource per SI license purchased. Additional licenses are available for a nominal monthly fee per user.
Customer Success Stories
Testimonials
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"The net impact was an efficiency improvement between 15-20% -- improved communication throughout the team, reduced the length of time spent in meetings, and the detailed drawings help reduce questions and unnecessary back and forth during the implementation of the project." — Jared Kelsey, Tierney Brothers
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"Not only does D-Tools reduce our time by up to 30% during the design phase, but our company has also increased its commercial focus by 15%, enabling us to take on larger and more complicated projects." — Southtown AV
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"Project profitability increased by 5% – project management efficiency increased by 13.8%, while product and material management accuracy increased 8.6%. Year-to-date, we have saved $78,000.00 in material costs. D-Tools has also helped us increase our profit by $140,000, making it a truly valuable, end-to-end software solution for our business." — Nicole Niles, XL Automation
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"This is a game-changer. Direct pricing integration is a key component for our success. It makes it so much easier for us to ensure that we are getting accurate, up-to-the-minute pricing, and having accurate product information available is critical." — Ben Lentz, Cyber Technology Group
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"With D-Tools software, we decreased time on quote generation by 40% and decreased design drawing time by 60%. Its combined feature set provides a win for us as well as our clients." — Sound Stage
See What's New in System Integrator
SI Version 24 provides new performance-enhancing capabilities to help companies save time, gain deeper insight into project processes, and improve operating efficiency throughout their business.
Support & Training
Flexible Deployment Options
Host SI on-premises for full control over your infrastructure, or choose cloud hosting through Amazon Web Services (AWS) for convenience and scalability. D-Tools SI adapts to your requirements.
Implementation and Training
D-Tools offers a dedicated team of professional services consultants for training, implementation support, and report customization, ensuring your team is fully equipped to use D-Tools effectively.
On-going Support
Access live technical assistance, live chat, and a wide range of training resources—including videos, webinars, and community forums—to get the most out of D-Tools SI.
SI Pricing
Explore D-Tools System Integrator pricing and find the tools you need to streamline your projects, drive growth, and achieve success.
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System Integrator Features
D-Tools System Integrator is a comprehensive end-to-end software solution used by nearly 7,000 companies that streamlines low-voltage system integrators' workflows—from sales management with integrated product libraries, client tracking, mobile quoting, and professional proposals, to powerful engineering drawings and project management—helping contractors boost revenue, save time, and reduce costs.
D-Tools System Integrator v23: Specialized Software for a Specialized Industry
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Sound Stage Reduces AV Design and Proposal Times for Company and Florida Hospital Project
Sound Stage, Inc., a seasoned AV integration company, significantly reduced project time, streamlined proposals, and improved design efficiency for a complex multi-floor Florida Hospital Executive Tower project by implementing D-Tools System Integrator software, which centralized their product database, enabled easy drag-and-drop proposal creation, allowed quick adjustments to pricing and labor, and helped maintain project profitability throughout the process.
D-Tools System Integrator v23: Foundational Aspects for Residential Integrators
D-Tools System Integrator v23, originally designed for residential audio-video integrators, offers specialized features such as Visio floorplan integration and enhanced Labor Types for bidding, deployment, and tracking labor across multiple project tasks, making it a tailored and efficient software solution for residential contractors while still supporting broader market needs.
Customer Success Story: D-Tools SI Helps Modern System Concepts Achieve 28 Years of Success
Modern System Concepts, a Houston-based systems integrator with over 28 years of experience and $5 million in annual revenue, attributes its sustained success and efficient project management—including proposal creation, drawing integration with AutoCAD and Visio, and repeatable processes like cloning and templating projects—to the continuous innovation and comprehensive capabilities of the D-Tools System Integrator software platform.
D-Tools System Integrator: Well-Suited for Integrators Across All Market Sectors
D-Tools System Integrator offers a Quantity-Based Project feature tailored for commercial integrators across sectors like Hospitality and Government, enabling streamlined bid creation by consolidating line item quantities into single entries for easier adjustments, improved design grouping in Visio or AutoCAD, and flexible conversion between Quantity-Based and Unit-Based project structures to enhance workflow efficiency and procurement processes.