With the launch of Tenpointsix 2.0, you can now benefit from even more great features!

Here, we do some pretty cool dashboarding in our CRM implementation. Unfortunately, Microsoft Dynamics CRM 2011 only supports 5 standard (read: boring) chart types out of the box: Column, Bar, Line, Pie, and Funnel. Well, I take that back--Funnel is exciting, but the other 4 are definitely boring.



However, since CRM uses the standard .NET Framework Chart control, it is an undocumented feature that you can extend the charting visualizations to take advantage of many other chart types. And, even better, this can be done without development extension of the control! Read more...

This guide will show you how to set up and use the Tenpointsix demo. Give it a try today and see for yourself how easy it is to use Tenpointsix!

You Can't Win by Following.

Growing up with computers I have always looked for ways to get tasks done faster on my computer.  With a simple addition to your PC and a new program it can be very easy for you to be more productive with both your personal and work computers.  Producing all-around performance increases both you and your employer will be happy with.

In the modern era, it would be difficult to find anyone in an industrialized nation who did not have access to a personal computing platform such as a desktop, laptop, PDA, or cellular phone. The proliferation of these devices throughout the market means that today more than ever we are interconnected peoples whose lives span across not only the physical world but also the virtual. For many members of the younger generations, this overlap is seamless and transparent. Differentiating between the virtual and physical portions of their lives is essentially meaningless.

Last night we had a great opportunity to demo Tenpointsix to a group of HVAC conference attendees at Victory Field, home of our minor league baseball team.  As we walked around to demo the app on iPads and iPhones, we had the chance to really see how potential users saw the app fitting into their businesses.

How many times has this happened to you?  You arrive at a client site to service a piece of equipment, and no one available knows where said equipment is.  Wasted time and a frustrated customer is no way to start a service call.

iPads seem to be emerging in new industries every day.  Finding the right apps to combine with the iPad's growing popularity could give your business a competitive edge.

With the rise of ubiquitous computing there has been increasing market penetration of devices allowing access to the constant streams of “always-on” communication that modern consumers expect; simultaneously transformative technologies such as web-services have been developed to better integrate these data pools across a wide variety of platforms. Increasingly, business users expect to operate on the same pool of shared corporate and personal data on a wide variety of computing devices within the span of a single day, or even a single meeting. Whether they are aware of it or not, businesses have created an implicit cloud architecture that is essentially transparent to both their professional and consumer users. Throughout the course of each day, both internal and external users to a system participate in “natural” clouds. Natural clouds are comprised of networked individuals who share information freely with one another, and in doing so disseminate information across an organization in accordance with security...

The ever demanding marketplace is evolving in every aspect, including the field service industry.  Can your firm keep up?

During my 10 years of consulting I have worked with many engineers who are great leaders and manage successful technology companies. There are many characteristics that define a leader. Like asking the right questions, admitting when something isn’t working quite right and working hard to make improvements when necessary. But – there’s a balance that needs to be found between sales and innovation. As a consultant – this is the nitty-gritty part that leads us to this question: What comes first, the chicken or the egg? What comes selling of the product or “perfecting” it?

In the service industry, timing is everything. Whether deploying resources or awaiting their arrival, it always pays to have a handle on every event experienced by your organization. And when it comes to scheduling, the centuries-old tool of choice for time management is the venerable calendar. Although we might not often think of it as such, we can readily consider it the timeless equivalent of the modern dashboard (another excellent feature available through Microsoft CRM 2011).

Tenpointsix has several features to automate your work flow. Using the Sequences tool, you can simplify the creation of your Asset and Work Order IDs.  No matter the format of your work order numbering scheme, Tenpointsix has the flexibility to build a sequence that will work with your existing work flow.

Innovations pioneered on mobile devices like the iPhone are making their way back into desktop operating systems and Apple's newly-released Lion is leading the pack.

Long gone are the hard, walled divisions of sales, marketing and field functions of large enterprise businesses.  Companies in industries as diverse as sound dampening vibration systems, to HVAC, to the Aircraft Manufacturing are realizing one simple concept.

It may seem unusual to say that the search feature would be one our favorite features, but one of our developers reminds us why it's so important and easy to use!

Apple's getting ready to launch iOS 5 and we've got the scoop on the new features and added benefits that we think are most beneficial.

The power of Tenpointsix lies in Microsoft Dynamics CRM. It allows users to harness the data generated by Tenpointsix and use it in all aspects of their business. In today’s blog post we will show you how to drive marketing efforts using calibration results. We will achieve this through the use of custom workflows.

With recent updates to Tenpointsix, we’ve added some features that are worth a second glance!

Tenpointsix gives you access to reporting that can help see results for regulatory compliance, auditing, and work orders just to name a few!

Companies are reevalutaing their current methods of marketing analytics and finding new ways to branch out.  Mass customization is one direction companies are turning. Find out why and what you can do to expand your target market and improve business.
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Prior to attending the Measurement Science Conference in Pasadena this past March, I had a preconception that most field work was documented with paper and pencil or on a laptop that was carried from place to place. Coming from a younger generation that grew up with computers and smart phones, I could hardly believe it when I found out it was true; most service industries still use outdated methods of recording data. I was astonished at the interest and positive reactions we were getting from the conference attendees and exhibitors.  I knew our product, Tenpointsix, had the potential to be a large success and was excited to hear others say the same. 

The impact that Tenpointsix could make on all aspects of any service business is huge, but forget the CRM integration, the consolidation of business functions, and all the other envied features of Tenpointsix for a second. The difference that this product can make solely to the field techs who will no longer have to spend a day at the office reentering data,...

Tenpointsix was first launched at the Measurement Science Conference in Pasadena, California this past March.  We had a great time networking, talking with, and getting to know all those we spoke with.  Although Calibration is just one industry that TenPointSix can be used for, this is truly where it all started.  Read what one of our team members thoughts were about the launch...

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The Tenpointsix Team