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In just over year, usage of Trade Service Corp.’s Submittal Manager, a submittal tool for electrical contractors that includes Internet-based software and 350,000-plus catalog pages and technical specifications representing over 1 million electrical items, has jumped from 1,000 submittal packages to 5,000 packages. In a press release announcing the new mark, the San Diego-based company says Submittal Manager cuts the start-to-finish time in half because it leverages a huge library of constantly-updated catalog pages, installation instructions, MSDS and spec sheets....More

The Industry Data Exchange Association, Inc. (IDEA), Arlington, Va., announced that more than 50 electrical manufacturers have now achieved the group’s Industry Data Warehouse (IDW) Platinum Band of Excellence. These manufacturers have helped increase the marketing content available to their trading partners through the IDW by more than ten times in the last six months....More

Epicor Software Corp., Dublin, Calif., added a specialist in enterprise resource planning (ERP) systems for mid-market manufacturers and distributors with its agreement to acquire Solarsoft Business Systems from Marlin Equity Partners...More

The latest Electroindustry Business Confidence Index (EBCI) results suggest the North American electroindustry remained in a "soft patch" in August....More

IDEA, Arlington, Va., announced the manufacturers that have achieved the Platinum level in the Industry Data Warehouse (IDW) Bands of Excellence. The manufacturers recognized have provided the product marketing content that distributors have requested to help them market products....More