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Struggling to see an ROI from your trade shows? Through the power of virtual reality (VR) software, your trade show booth can become the best, most cost-effective way to experience your products from the trade show floor.

The linchpin to a successful interactive, drag-and-drop, visual product configurator is its rules-based attachment point feature. In a nutshell, attachment points are acceptable locations where two products can connect or join together. Think of it as snapping together two LEGO pieces – peg must fit into hole. So, as you can imagine, when it comes to attaching two or more products together, accuracy and precision are paramount to the final design.

Now that the surgical suite (operating room) is configured with Powertrak 3D Product Configurator, how do you get management and/or stakeholders to approve, endorse, and move forward with the layout design.

Powertrak helps users to showcase the design in three ways: (1) Export in various image formats; (2) Interactively demonstrate in the Powertrak Configurator application; (3) Don a HTC Vive headset to provide a virtual reality experience.

Successfully designing an operating room layout requires properly maximizing space with placement and flow to ensure efficiency and safety.

It is of paramount importance that careful consideration is made to the OR setup, the patient's positioning on the operating table, and the traffic flow. Poor planning and improper positioning (equipment, patient, instrument) may jeopardize the safety of the operation or lengthen its time. 

LinkedIn has more than 332 million users around the world and is the largest professional network on the Internet. Although you might think of LinkedIn in terms of professional networking, it's also invaluable for sales. Savvy sales professionals know how to use LinkedIn to find and connect with thousands of potential leads.

When you run your sales meeting, do you sometimes feel like you’re in the movie “Groundhog Day?” If you have a sense of déjà vu as you discuss how to boost sales and increase productivity it’s time to get out of your repetitive routine. Make your next sales meeting more powerful by incorporating “how to” sales videos that teach best practices or videos that help motivate your team.

We’re excited to join Middle Atlantic Products as the company unveils its new, interactive 2D Rack Configurator at CEDIA EXPO in Denver, CO. Visit us in Middle Atlantic Products’ booth (330) today to witness the unveiling of its new product quoting and ordering solution, powered by Powertrak 2D Product Configurator.

Manufacturing is a crucial component of the U.S. economy, accounting for 12.5 percent of GDP, but 80 percent of manufacturers struggle to find enough workers with the necessary skills. While a sales team is already out giving tailored quotes with a product configurator, managers don’t want their pipeline to slow down because they’re lacking enough tool and die makers behind the scenes. Companies with employee shortages may end up facing longer lag times for product delivery and risk losing business to the competition.

Henry Ford once said, “The man who will use his skill and constructive imagination to see how much he can give for a dollar, instead of how little he can give for a dollar, is bound to succeed.” As your sales team configures quotes for customers, you want them to remember Ford’s quote. Your team should focus on pinpointing solutions to customers’ problems as cost effectively as possible.

I ran an update on a single organization on a multi-tenant deployment and one org had an issue (most likely a deleted security role). As a result, the upgrade failed over and over, and I couldn’t run it manually.

One of the featured functions in Powertrak 3D Product Configurator is creating or designing a room, office space, or any structure with walls. We find this functionality appropriate for businesses that require its franchisees to design a space according to corporate standards.

In Microsoft Dynamics CRM 2013, there seems to be a bug with the First Things First pop-up window. After clicking the “don’t show me this again” checkbox, the window will appear the next time I log in. I have found that no matter how many times I check the box, the pop-up window continues to reappear.

ID1073: A CryptographicException occurred when attempting to decrypt the cookie using the ProtectedData API (see inner exception for details). If you are using IIS 7.5, this could be due to the loadUserProfile setting on the Application Pool being set to false.

This post answers the most frequently asked questions about Powertrak’s advanced product configuration feature called Interactive 2D/3D Designer. Continue reading to discover who’s the best candidate to use 2D or 3D Product Configurator, what are the art and product data requirements, acceptable image file formats, or where to obtain art assets, and integration questions.

Abstract: I have a temporary fix to an error received when using a custom identity to run the Microsoft Dynamics CRM application pool. If you receive the error: Exception message: Could not find entry for server: $ With SearchFilter: samAccountName, continue to read how I resolved this issue, consider this a band aid solution until Microsoft gets back to me.

Imagine that you’re building three new audio racks for your business. Each rack serves a unique purpose, so all three will be configured with different products. You have full reigns in the design but your manager needs to review and approve prior to purchase.

How are those 2014 New Year’s Resolutions coming along? If you’re anything like our sales team you probably made some sales related resolutions this year. Well, unlike those daily trips to the gym – don’t let your sales and revenue aspiration fall by the wayside.

This post is to get you familiar with key functions and main areas of Powertrak’s 2D Product Configuration software. I encourage those interested to request a demonstration and see live because static images are a poor representation to illustrate interactivity!

Here is an easy step-by-step on how to build a customized sales quote using Powertrak Product Configurator. Remember, Powertrak Product Configurator is a configure-price-quote solution that enables customers, partners, and your sales staff to configure simple or complex orders and build quotes on any browser-enabled device.

The dimensional data grid functionality adds additional flexibility to the Powertrak Sales and Product Forecasting module. Already equipped with in-line editable grids, the module gains the ability to present data dynamically over two related dimensions and to allow users to edit that data in-line.