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	<title>Vision News Blog</title>
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	<description>Electrical and Plumbing Contractor Software News</description>
	<pubDate>Wed, 08 Sep 2010 19:06:13 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>PR: Vision InfoSoft Offers Electrical Bid Manager and On-Screen Takeoff; Streamlined Electrical Estimate Process</title>
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		<comments>http://www.visioninfosoft.com/blog/2010/03/23/pr-vision-infosoft-offers-electrical-bid-manager-and-on-screen-takeoff-streamlined-electrical-estimate-process/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 23 Mar 2010 18:06:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Derrick Delliquadri</dc:creator>
		
	<category>Estimating</category>
	<category>Press Releases</category>
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		<description>Vision InfoSoft Corp (Carlsbad, CA) launches digital plan takeoff software that streamlines the way electrical and plumbing contractors complete a project estimate. Contractors typically use printed construction project plans to manually count and measure takeoffs.  Now, with Electrical/Plumbing Bid Manager and On-Screen Takeoff, contractors complete the entire estimate process from takeoffs, estimating labor and creating [...]&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/VisionNewsBlog/~4/Idx1K55H5lE" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description>
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		<title>Estimating, The Stumbling Block to Success!</title>
		<link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/VisionNewsBlog/~3/OYLYATKvABY/</link>
		<comments>http://www.visioninfosoft.com/blog/2010/01/05/estimating-%e2%80%93-the-stumbling-block-to-success/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 05 Jan 2010 23:06:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brian Hoffelder</dc:creator>
		
	<category>Estimating</category>
	<category>Training</category>
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		<description>Estimating is probably the most feared facet of the construction industry, none more so than for electrical contractors.  Despite all of the advances in technology in software for estimating and design, let’s face it, an estimate is still a guess.  What could be more challenging than trying to assimilate the material [...]&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/VisionNewsBlog/~4/OYLYATKvABY" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description>
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		<title>Hone Your Estimating Skills - Sponsored by Graybar, Las Vegas</title>
		<link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/VisionNewsBlog/~3/KntEoXLb9rg/</link>
		<comments>http://www.visioninfosoft.com/blog/2009/12/16/hone-your-estimating-skills-sponsored-by-graybar-las-vegas/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Dec 2009 23:21:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Derrick Delliquadri</dc:creator>
		
	<category>Estimating</category>
	<category>Training</category>
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		<description>Brian Hoffelder, Vision InfoSoft&amp;#8217;s professional software trainer, will be at the Las Vegas Graybar location on Wednesday, January 6th, 2010 from 12pm PST to 4pm PST.
Graybar Las Vegas has sponsored this event and will be hosting the training session. This half-day course covers the principles of commercial estimating. Learn to Increase Profits on Every Job. [...]&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/VisionNewsBlog/~4/KntEoXLb9rg" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description>
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		<title>June Training - Chicago, IL and Boston, MA</title>
		<link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/VisionNewsBlog/~3/qdmpS0IBY7M/</link>
		<comments>http://www.visioninfosoft.com/blog/2009/06/17/june-2009-training-chicago-il-and-boston-ma/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Jun 2009 21:42:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Derrick Delliquadri</dc:creator>
		
	<category>Training</category>
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		<description>We have electrical contractor software training classes coming up in June 2009 that are located in Chicago, IL and Boston, MA.
Location:  		  Chicago, IL
Monday, June 22 - Chicago, IL
Course 1:  		  8:30am to 4pm
Course 2:  		  4:30pm to 7:30pm
Tuesday, June 23  - Chicago, IL
Course 3:  		  [...]&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/VisionNewsBlog/~4/qdmpS0IBY7M" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description>
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		<title>Software Release: EPIC Training Video on CD</title>
		<link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/VisionNewsBlog/~3/zdoYYaQR09w/</link>
		<comments>http://www.visioninfosoft.com/blog/2009/06/01/software-release-epic-training-video-on-cd/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Jun 2009 23:10:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Derrick Delliquadri</dc:creator>
		
	<category>Pricing</category>
	<category>Training</category>
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		<description>Vision InfoSoft has launched a new training video for the EPIC Pricing System.  Learn all of EPIC’s advanced features with this self paced learning video. The EPIC training video comes on CD to be played back on your computer.
Topics Covered

Pathway Lookup (Generic/Commidity Items)
Manufacturer Lookup (by Catalog or Model #)
UPC Numbers
Custom Pricing
Custom Material Lists
CatLynx Catalogs
EPIC DUO [...]&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/VisionNewsBlog/~4/zdoYYaQR09w" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description>
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		<title>Software Release: EPIC DUO provides daily electrical price updates.</title>
		<link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/VisionNewsBlog/~3/F1jTBVax2x8/</link>
		<comments>http://www.visioninfosoft.com/blog/2009/01/02/epicduolaunch/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 02 Jan 2009 17:32:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Derrick Delliquadri</dc:creator>
		
	<category>Pricing</category>
	<category>Press Releases</category>
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		<description>Carlsbad, CA, January 2, 2009 - Vision Infosoft Corporation announced today the release of its newest pricing product, EPIC™ DUO.  This new service includes daily Internet downloads of the most current  prices for the most commonly used electrical materials.  DUO is an acronym for “Daily Update Option.”  The new EPIC DUO pricing service includes the [...]&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/VisionNewsBlog/~4/F1jTBVax2x8" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description>
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		<title>Electric West Trade Show - February 27-29, 2008</title>
		<link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/VisionNewsBlog/~3/YwFUAFMZShM/</link>
		<comments>http://www.visioninfosoft.com/blog/2007/12/21/electric-west-trade-show-february-27-29-2008/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 21 Dec 2007 22:17:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Derrick Delliquadri</dc:creator>
		
	<category>Tradeshows</category>
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		<description>Vision InfoSoft will be at booth #119 at the Electric West trade show on February 27-29, 2008.  We are currently offering a free hall pass to anyone that pre-registers for the show.
Click here to Pre-register and save $25.
Click here to learn more about Electric West 2008.
See you Las Vegas!  Remember to stop by our booth [...]&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/VisionNewsBlog/~4/YwFUAFMZShM" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description>
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		<title>Software Release: Time &amp; Material Billing Manager™ - updated</title>
		<link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/VisionNewsBlog/~3/p5R_yfbuPI0/</link>
		<comments>http://www.visioninfosoft.com/blog/2007/10/15/software-release-time-updated/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Oct 2007 19:37:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Carlyle Poole</dc:creator>
		
	<category>Billing</category>
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		<description>We just released an update for Time &amp;#038; Material Billing Manager Plus (T&amp;#038;M) for Windows, Version 5.32. This version contains minor enhancements which were requested from our growing community of users.
Time &amp;#038; Material Billing Manager Plus Version 5.32

Updated Profit/overhead percentages calculation.
Updated inactive jobs editor.
Updated Markup for Flat Rate Items function.
Added ability to export invoices with [...]&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/VisionNewsBlog/~4/p5R_yfbuPI0" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description>
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		<title>Software Release: Electrical Bid Manager SQL Plus/Pro and Residential - updated</title>
		<link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/VisionNewsBlog/~3/mP_WSyHL5aU/</link>
		<comments>http://www.visioninfosoft.com/blog/2007/09/19/software-release-electrical-bid-manager-sql-pluspro-and-residential-updated/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 19 Sep 2007 19:34:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Carlyle Poole</dc:creator>
		
	<category>Estimating</category>
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		<description>We just released an update for Electrical Bid Manager SQL Plus/Pro (EBM)! This upgrade contains new features for both the residential and commercial versions of EBM.  With this release, we&amp;#8217;ve added several customer requested features and enhancements.
Specific updates for Residential version.



Updated Default setting for “Do not use Location Breakdown”.
Updated job “copy” function.


Specific updates for [...]&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/VisionNewsBlog/~4/mP_WSyHL5aU" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description>
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		<title>Over 500,000 Electrical Material Prices Updated in July 2007</title>
		<link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/VisionNewsBlog/~3/g6Jhdv44mcc/</link>
		<comments>http://www.visioninfosoft.com/blog/2007/08/01/over-500000-electrical-material-prices-updated-in-july-2007/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Aug 2007 21:06:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Derrick Delliquadri</dc:creator>
		
	<category>Pricing</category>
	<category>Press Releases</category>
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		<description>Every week, we diligently update electrical material prices to reflect current changes.  July was an exceptional month for electrical price changes.   We worked overtime and logged over 500,000 electrical material prices changes in July 2007 alone.  This means almost half of our comprehensive electrical material database was updated in one month. [...]&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/VisionNewsBlog/~4/g6Jhdv44mcc" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description>
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